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About Us: History, Areas of Support, Board, Staff
HISTORY
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The foundation was known as the Alabama Eye Institute, Inc. after the sale of the Eye Foundation Hospital (now Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital) in Birmingham, Alabama, to the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The foundation’s new name—EyeSight Foundation of Alabama—was adopted in January 2001. AREAS OF SUPPORT ESFA awards grants in the following areas: • Public education regarding preventive and routine eye care and vision screening • Eye care for the medically indigent • Low vision and rehabilitation service • Improved geographical access to general and specialty eye care services • Education and training of eye care professionals and scientific investigators • Research in the prevention and treatment of eye diseases, disabilities or impairment prevalent in Alabama and the development of effective methods of treatment, surgery or rehabilitation • Basic science research on the visual system ESFA Board of Trustees Robert C. Field, Chairman Carol (Koko) Mackin, Vice Chairman John N. Coleman, Secretary/Treasurer Stephen A. Yoder, Immediate Past Chairman N. Carlton Baker, Jr. Stephen F. Black Duncan B. Blair Michael A. Callahan, MD John N. Coleman C. Hartwell Davis, Jr. James D. Davis Mary Nabers Doyle, MD Felix M. Drennen, III Christopher A. Girkin, MD Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith Alison Gorrie T. Morris Hackney Sandral Hullett, MD, MPH Duncan Hulsey, PhD Josh Mandell Kate Nielsen Andrew L. Sink Charles Brian Spraberry EMERITUS TRUSTEES Clarence B. Blair Marvin R. Engel William C. Hulsey W. Carl Jernigan Allen D. Rushton Robert Weil SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR Ann H. Milam, PhD: Professor Emeritus, Dept Ophthalmology at University of Washington; Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute at University of Pennsylvania SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE - Past Members Joseph L. Demer, MD, PhD: Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Division and Director, Ocular Motility Laboratory, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California-Los Angeles Lee M. Jampol, MD: Feinberg Professor of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Paul P. Lee, MD, JD: Director, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Gordon Legge, PhD: Chairman, Department of Psychology and Director, Minnesota Laboratory for Low Vision Research, University of Minnesota Kelly W. Muir, MD: Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center Robert B. Nussenblatt, MD, MPH: Chief, Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health Lance M. Optican, PhD: Chief, Neural Modeling Section, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health Robert N. Weinreb, MD: Chairman, Dept Ophthalmology and Director, Shiley Eye Center, University of California-San Diego STAFF Torrey V.A. DeKeyser, Executive Director Shirley Hamilton, Director of Grants and Communications Carly Hines, Administrative Support Specialist |