Mary Jane O’Neill Fellowship in International Eye Banking

Mary Jane O’Neill Fellowship in International Eye Banking The Mary Jane O’Neill Fellowship in International Eye Banking was established in 2001 to provide medical or technical personnel from eye banks outside of the USA and Canada with the skills necessary to develop, operate, and maintain successful eye banks within their own countries, reducing blindness due to corneal disease or injury. The Fellowship will bring individuals to the United States of America for a 2-3 week period during June 2015 to attend the EBAA Annual Meeting and work with a host EBAA member eye bank. Once a Fellow is selected, EBAA will work with the host eye bank and the Fellow to determine the actual dates of the program. Criteria to Apply: Eligible candidates for this fellowship would include (1) managers, executive directors, or experienced technician-supervisors employed full-time by an eye bank and (2) medical directors of an eye bank (full time, part time, or consultant). Candidates from the U.S. and Canada are not eligible. Candidates must be employed by or affiliated with an eye bank, which is operationally active (i.e., currently approves and distributes corneas for transplantation). Successful candidates will: Speak, read, and write English fluently Have decision-making responsibility within the eye bank (i.e., ability to influence change) Basic eye bank operations experience (cornea recovery, processing, evaluation, distribution) Demonstrate persona...
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