WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Across the world, Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) is becoming the standard of care for endothelial dysfunction. Miracles In Sight (MIS), a nonprofit eye bank that recovers, processes and distributes ocular tissue, is helping reduce the learning curve for this new surgical technique by offering traditional, pre-loaded and free-floating DMEK grafts. (more…)
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Miracles In Sight Contributes Corneal Tissue to Help Train Surgeons in Vietnam
(WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.) — Miracles In Sight (MIS), a nonprofit eye bank that recovers, processes and distributes ocular tissue, recently supported an effort led by UNC Eye to train ophthalmologists in Vietnam. MIS provided all the corneal tissues for the trip, resulting in 16 Vietnamese patients receiving the gift of sight. (more…)
Miracles In Sight Now Offers Options for DMEK Grafts To Facilitate More Successful Transplantation Procedures
At Miracles In Sight, we collaborate closely with our surgeon partners to determine what we can do to help them better serve their patients, and then we focus on meeting those needs. To achieve that, we are constantly looking for new and innovative techniques that allow surgeons to achieve more positive outcomes. That’s why we are adding both Pre-punched and Preloaded DMEK grafts to our tissue processing services.
Winston-Salem Journal Profiles Dean Vavra
Dean Vavra got confirmation that the Miracles In Sight eye bank was the right place for him in a dream in 2008.
He had just arrived at Miracles In Sight in Winston-Salem from Denver, Colo., where he had worked in various positions at the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank.
“I had a dream that I was trying to park a big truck in a snow storm,” said Vavra, the president and chief executive of Miracles In Sight. “I couldn’t get it parked, so I kind of just left it in the street. I went through a gate into what was like a community college setting. I walked into the cafeteria, and my mother was sitting in the cafeteria.”
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Miracles in Sight, Bringing Light to the World for Thousands
Miracles in Sight is the second largest eye bank in the United States and helps train future eye specialists, locally, nationally and internationally. It is open 7 days a week, and 24 hours a day. The organization strives to help the third of the population who experience corneal blindness.
Winston-Salem, NC-Based Miracles In Sight Acquires Eye-Banking Services of LifePoint, Inc. In SC
Collaboration Will Expand Availability of More Local Corneal Transplant Tissue
Miracles In Sight (MIS) announced today it has acquired the eye-banking program of LifePoint in South Carolina, effective May 4, 2015. The strategic partnership will help expand the footprint of MIS in the southeast, providing physicians in SC with the most up-to-date eye bank services and resources in the field today.
After a brief transition period, MIS will be the provider of eye-banking services for South Carolina. LifePoint will continue to provide organ and tissue donor services to hospitals throughout SC. (more…)
Miracles In Sight Announces Newest Service
Providing Pre-Stripped DMEK Tissue for Transplant
Miracles In Sight (MIS) was founded with the mission of restoring sight through transplantation and related medical therapy and research. We have worked hard to deliver a new service that will strengthen our position as one of the leading global organizations fighting corneal blindness. (more…)