Seeing because of someone else’s eyes

Eye tissue donors like Portland Trail Blazer Jerome Kersey have saved the eyesight of more than 30,000 people

By Ariane Le Chevallier March 24, 2017 Portland, Ore.

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Shandiz Tehrani, M.D., Ph.D., OHSU School of Medicine and OHSU Casey Eye Institute assistant professor of ophthalmology. (OHSU)

Corrina Patzer

Corrina Patzer is the Chief Strategy Officer at Lions VisionGift. (Lions VisionGift)

Halo graft

The Halo graft is a patch made of donated corneal tissue and is used in surgical procedures to prevent vision loss in glaucoma patients. Sample of a sterile Halo graft. (Lions VisionGift)

Halo graft

The Halo graft is a patch made of donated corneal tissue and is used in surgical procedures to prevent vision loss in glaucoma patients. (Lions VisionGift)