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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 Stephen A. Yoder, Chairman Robert C. Field, Vice Chairman James D. Davis, Secretary/Treasurer N. Carlton Baker, Jr. Stephen F. Black Duncan B. Blair Michael A. Callahan, MD John N. Coleman C. Hartwell Davis, Jr. Marquita F. Davis, PhD Mary Nabers Doyle, MD Felix M. Drennen, III Alison Gorrie T. Morris Hackney Sandral Hullett, MD, MPH Duncan Hulsey, PhD Lanning B. Kline, MD Carol (Koko) Mackin Kate Nielsen Allen D. Rushton Andrew L. Sink Charles Brian Spraberry EMERITUS TRUSTEES Clarence B. Blair Marvin R. Engel William C. Hulsey W. Carl Jernigan Robert Weil SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE Ann H. Milam, PhD Scheie Eye Institute - University of Pennsylvania; University of Washington Joseph L. Demer, MD, PhD Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California-Los Angeles Lee M. Jampol, MD Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Kelly W. Muir, MD Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center Lance M. Optican, PhD National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health STAFF Torrey V.A. DeKeyser, Executive Director Shirley Hamilton, Assistant Director of Programs Carly Hines, Office Services and Communications Specialist |