Dry Eye Fellowship Fund

Drs. Joan Exford and Donald Korb, AOF Presidents Circle Platinum members

Overview

At the beginning of Academy 2010 San Francisco, the Foundation received a generous $25,000 donation from Drs. Donald Korb & Joan Exford to establish a research and leadership fund in the area of dry eye. The AOF Celebration Luncheon in San Francisco, provided a perfect backdrop for Don Korb to announce this lead gift to the 250 attendees. He praised former Ezell Fellow Dr. Kelly Nichols' leadership as the chair of the International Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Work Group for the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society and said her work made him proud to be an optometrist.

Close to $100,000 has already been pledged or donated. While the exact details are still to be finalized, the fund will support a young investigator during an internship in a world-class ocular surface laboratory.   

Jack Schaeffer was the first to make a Presidents Circle pledge to the Dry Eye Fund

Contribution Form

Pledges and contributions are strongly encouraged. Please use the pledge form (PDF format) to make a contribution to the Dry Eye Fellowship Fund.