2023 November #BeTheGift Connections: Seeing is Believing
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November is #EyeDonationMonth! On this episode of #BeTheGift Connections, we’ll learn about the many ways eye tissue can be used to improve lives. Our guests include Shelly Cleek, a cornea recipient and Donate Life Ambassador, along with her surgeon Dr. Bernard Chang. We’ll also learn how eye tissue is processed and distributed at the Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank in Nashville from Dr. Erich Groos, Associate Medical Director, and Alyssa Hernandez, Director of Marketing. In addition, we’ll discuss the many ways eye tissue can help with reconstruction, glaucoma and dry eye!
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