2022 July #BeTheGift Connections: “The Marvelous Gift of Sight”
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Nationally, almost 80,000 patients last year received a cornea transplant. In the July edition of #BeTheGift Connections: “The Marvelous Gift of Sight,” Dr. Erich Groos, Associate Medical Director for Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank and Dr. Deborah DiStefano walk you through how donor tissue gives hope to many who are blind or visually impaired. In addition, we will explore the important role of an eye bank and talk with two cornea recipients who have received the Gift of Sight. Register to be an organ and tissue donor at BeTheGiftToday.com. 
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