Oregon donors help OHSU expand access to eye exams, treatment and education statewide

Philanthropic gifts totaling $3.25 million will support OHSU Casey Eye Institute Community Outreach Program

By Franny White March 31, 2021 Portland, Oregon

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After receiving a free eye exam at an OHSU Casey Community Outreach Program mobile clinic in Newberg on Sept. 19, 2020, Agatha Castle tries on a free pair of with the help of volunteer Zachary Urdang, M.D., Ph.D., who is also an OHSU surgical resident. (OHSU)

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CEI Mobile Unit

The OHSU Casey Community Outreach Programs 33-foot mobile eye clinic is an ophthalmology exam room on wheels that travels throughout Oregon to provide free eye exams for low-income adults. (OHSU)

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Casey Community Outreach Program

Casey Community Outreach Program volunteer Meaghan Smith holds a sign thanking The Roundhouse Foundation and Heather Killough for their combined $3.25-million donation to the program. (OHSU)

Heather Killough

Heather Killough (left) visits with OHSU Casey Eye Institute Director David Wilson, M.D., during a 2019 event at OHSU. Killough and The Roundhouse Foundation have donated a combined $3.25 million toward the Casey Community Outreach Program, which provides free vision screenings across the state through a mobile eye clinic. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Kathy Deggendorfer

Kathy Deggendorfer (second from left) and others stand in front of the OHSU Casey Community Outreach Program mobile eye clinic at a vision screening event in 2015. Deggendorfer is a trustee of The Roundhouse Foundation, which joined forces with Heather Killough to donate a combined $3.25 million toward the program. (OHSU)