Cheers to Making Blindness Disappear!

I want to extend a BIG thank you for your past support of the Retina Foundation during the North Texas Giving Day campaign. Your generosity has profoundly impacted our work, and I wanted to share some incredible ways your support continues to make a difference in our core research initiatives:

• CEO and Medical Director, Dr. Karl Csaky, in collaboration with Dr. Srinivasa Sripathi, has successfully enrolled over 5 sibling pairs in a first-of-its-kind AMD stem-cell study.

• Joining Dr. David Birch, Dr. Mark Pennesi has begun increasing the number of clinical trials and expanding an inherited eye disease clinic through his expertise in ocular genetics.

• Dr. Yi-Zhong Wang is training neural networks to identify biomarkers and predict disease progression simplifying diagnosis, reducing time to treatment, and accelerating treatment trials for retinal disorders.

• Dr. Eileen Birch provided whole-child assessments to over 400 children over the past year as she continues to improve early detection and develop novel treatments for children with eye conditions.

This year we have set a bold North Texas Giving Day 

Goal of $100,000

Dr. Robert C. Wang, Dallas area vitreoretinal surgeon, believes so strongly in advancing the Retina Foundation’s mission that he has made a generous $10,000 donation match doubling the impact of your contribution.

Will you consider increasing your gift this year in support of the Retina Foundation’s aggressive exploration of new avenues for treating and preventing vision loss?