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Former EyeNet Ham Radio Operator Reminisces About His Work
Thursday, April 3, 2025
In 1962, Ted Hunter and Alson E. Braley created the Eye Bank Network, utilizing ham radio operators to coordinate the exchange of donor eye tissue between eye banks in the United States. The two recruited George Carsner to participate.
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"I've never doubted the skillset of these guys"
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Retired Attorney Bob Rush's association with Iowa Lions Eye Bank stretches back to 1969, when he was a law student at the University of Iowa.
Cornea researcher featured in University of Iowa campaign
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Among those featured in the 2025 Dare to Discover campaign, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Research, is Simran Sarin, a student in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, whose research examines cornea transplant outcomes.
Iowa Lions Eye Bank Shares Expertise with Corneal Specialists in India
Saturday, February 1, 2025
When Greg Schmidt arrived in Pondicherry in mid-November of 2024, he was greeted with a banana leaf on his door, welcoming him to the city in southeastern India.
Schmidt, director of research and business development at Iowa Lions Eye Bank, traveled to Pondicherry with Dr. Kanwal Singh Matharu, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Iowa, to visit Aravind Eye Hospital and their eye bank.
