Georgia Eye Bank Inc

Corneal and Ocular Tissue for TransplantService

Surgeons can order donor corneas and other eye tissue for transplant surgery, including emergency cases. Requests are taken by phone, fax or email at any hour.

Donor Family and Recipient CorrespondenceService

Reviews and forwards anonymous letters between donor families and cornea transplant recipients while protecting privacy.

Donor Family Authorization and SupportService

Guides donor families through phone authorization and medical/social history questions when eye donation is possible.

Eye Donation Education and Donor Registration InformationService

Explains eye and cornea donation and directs people to the Donate Life Georgia donor registry.

Eye Tissue for Research and TrainingService

Researchers, trainers, and teachers can apply to Georgia Eye Bank to receive human eye tissue for non-surgical uses like medical research, training, and education. Applicants fill out a form describing their project, and the group's President and CEO reviews and approves each request.

Public Outreach VolunteeringProgram

Trains volunteers to help with donor registry awareness, health fairs, and education for nurses or community groups.

Research, Education, and Training Tissue SupportProgram

Researchers, teachers and companies can ask for human eye tissue for research, teaching and training. The eye bank works with surgeons, universities and biomedical companies.