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THANKS TO THOSE WHO MAKE EMORY EYE CENTER RESEARCH POSSIBLE: PRIVATE GIFTS- which have PATIENTS always been vital to the progress Every time Emory Eye Center doctors of healthcare- are more critical and medical trainees meet with than ever to maintaining patients, hear about their symptoms, excellence and supporting and watch the progress of their singular accomplishments in condition, they gain knowledge that research at Emory Eye Center. affects not only their research, but Such funds help break new the future of ophthalmic medicine. ground in educating future ophthalmology care givers, in eye research that pushes the boundaries of knowledge, and in enabling tools and resources for providing cutting-edge care to our patients. Endowed gifts PARTICIPANTS IN CLINICAL TRIALS The volunteering spirit of patients who generously participate in clinical trials can help make good vision a possibility for many people who desperately need it. help sustain Emory Eye Center’s REFERRAL SOURCES prominence as one of the nation’s Thanks to those who have recommended leading academic eye institutes. the Emory Eye Center to a friend or rela- To learn more about endowed tive with eye-related problems, encour- giving, please contact Kate Myers, aged someone to sign up for a clinical director of development for the trial, mentioned an Emory doctor whose Emory Eye Center at 404-778- care helped them, or know someone who 4121 or [email protected]. would like to support vision research. Researcher Eldon Geisert at the confocal microscope. 2015 | Emory Eye 9