Dr. Clara Chan’s new study about Corneal Transplant was recently published in the medical journal Cornea: The Journal of Cornea and External Disease. 

The cornea is the thin layer of clear tissue that covers the front of the eye. As Medical Director of the Eye Bank, Dr. Chan oversees the collection, processing and distribution of donated human eyes and tissue for sight-saving transplants.

Eye tissue received by the Eye Bank is processed based on the individual needs of each patient. Eye surgeons make requests to the Eye Bank, specifying the tissue they need depending on the surgery. Then the technicians at the Eye Bank will prepare the tissue for surgery.

Dr. Chan’s study helps to predict the thickness of the cornea after it is precut by a technician. Predicting the thickness of the cornea will help reduce tissue waste and will increase the amount of eye tissue available for corneal transplant.

Congratulations to Dr. Chan and the co-authors of the study on this publication!

Read the abstract of the article.