Doctors from China Travel to ISR Eye Banks In Shreveport LA

INTERNATIONAL SIGHT RESTORATION EYE BANK Hosted Four Doctors From Wuhan, China To Visit Lusk Eye Specialists To Observe and Practice The Advanced DMEK Procedures.
By: International Sight Restoration Eye Banks
 
SHREVEPORT, La. - Dec. 9, 2016 - PRLog -- Four doctors from Wuhan, the sprawling capital of Central China's Hubei province, travelled to Shreveport Louisiana on November 11, 2016 as guests of ISR EYE BANKS (ISR). They visited the wet lab facility at Lusk Eye Specialists, where they observed and practiced the advance ophthalmic Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) procedure with ISR Eye Banks' Medical Director and corneal specialist Dr. Bryan Lusk.

In facilitating events, such as this, ISR is truly advancing its' mission "Helping The World See", by bringing new cutting edge technologies to over 50 countries they work with worldwide.

"There are few people in the world who are skilled with this technique," says ISR's President and CEO Christina Sanchez Miller, visiting Shreveport from her corporate office in Tampa, Florida. Tony Simpson, ISR's Director of Donor Services, along with Christina Sanchez Miller were responsible for arranging this two-day training event.

Ophthalmologist Dr. Lingjuan Xu, who works in a 7000 bed hospital in the third largest city in China (of which 160 are for ophthalmic patients) says, "It is very difficult to work with delicate tissue that is under 20 microns thin." For reference, 500 microns is half of a millimeter.

Eye surgeon Dr. Guigang Li remarked, "Dr. Bryan Lusk makes this DMEK procedure an art."

About International Sight Restoration:

International Sight Restoration, Inc. (ISR) was established in 2001 to promote donation in developing countries and to provide ocular tissue to international patients. ISR is now the largest eye bank for international ocular distribution. ISR provides over 4000 corneas per year to domestic and international surgeons. The surgeons and hospitals ISR helps are located in the United States, and over 50 countries such as Mexico, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Argentina, Croatia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Bahrain, and Lebanon.

http://www.internationalsight.com

About Lusk Eye Specialists:

Lusk Eye Specialists (Lusk Eye) delivers over 30 years of excellent eye care in the ARK-LA-TEX, "treating your family like ours" with two generations of ophthalmologists. Since 1985, corneal specialist Dr. James Lusk and now with his sons', corneal specialist Dr. Bryan Lusk and glaucoma specialist Dr. Jeffrey Lusk, continues to work with primary eye care providers in the region to provide seamless co-managed comprehensive care to patients. Lusk Eye's dedication to leading edge technology in LASIK, laser cataract surgery, glaucoma, and corneal transplants is surpassed only by its commitment to personal quality care.

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Tags:Corneal Transplant, Non-profit, Ophthalmology
Industry:Health
Location:Shreveport - Louisiana - United States
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