The success of the Eye Bank, to meet the needs of those who are waiting, relies on the cooperation of hospital administrators, physicians, nurses, ancillary staff, and the donor families who give consent for donation.
We are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are located at 2550 Willow Street in Vancouver in the Eye Care Centre Building within the Vancouver General Hospital site.
| YEAR |
NUMBER OF DONORS |
NUMBER OF CORNEA TRANSPLANTS |
NUMBER OF SCLERA TRANSPLANTS |
|---|---|---|---|
2001 |
535 |
485 |
169 |
2002 |
498 |
483 |
200 |
2003 |
418 |
430 |
199 |
2004 |
419 |
465 |
241 |
2005 |
384 |
353 |
237 |
2006
|
490 |
507 |
219 |
2007 |
527 |
520 |
240 |
Medical Director .................................... |
J. Martin McCarthy, M.D. |
| Deputy Medical Director ........................ | Simon Holland, M.B. |
| Advisory Board | |
| VGH/UBC Head of Ophthalmology ......... | Fred Mikelberg, M.D. |
| Eye Bank Staff | |
| Manager ................................................ | Dermot Kelly |
| Chief Medical Technologist .................... | Ivan Yan |
| Transplant Coordinators ....................... | Rick Farrer, Brian Ha, Chris Frketich, Teresa Mizban |
| Nurse Educator ...................................... | Jane Slingsby |
| Quality Assurance Coordinator .............. | Janet Bristeir |
| Administrative Secretary ........................ | Catherine Millard-Saadi |
As well, the Eye Bank has several on-call technicians who perform the donor screening and eye retrieval procedure in the greater Vancouver area and coordinate the eye donation process for the province.
The Eye Bank of British Columbia became a certified member of the Eye Bank Association of America in 1984 and has been re-certified in 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2004, and 2007.