Share Los Angeles, CA - August 29, 2008 – The Macular Degeneration Partnership (MDP) along with The Discovery Eye Foundation (DEF) will be participating in the annual AARP’s National Event and Expo in Washington D.C. from September 4 to 6, 2008. MDP has been instrumental in working with AARP in organizing the Vision Pavilion at the expo.  

Share Los Angeles, CA - The Discovery Eye Foundation (DEF) is pleased to announce Roni Leiderman, Ph.D., and Barry Smooke as the newest members of its Board of Directors.

Share Los Angeles, CA - Corneal Transplant Renews Vision for DEF Board Member Cliff Einstein

For Cliff Einstein, Chairman of Dailey and Associates Advertising, life is a visual feast. As a powerhouse in the world of advertising, an avid collector of and a leading authority on contemporary art, a dedicated sports car and motorcycle enthusiast, and a devoted family man, much of his life has evolved around his visual abilities.

Share Los Angeles, CA - An Insurance Policy Against Blindness - There is power in numbers – especially when those numbers include research scientists from some of the best respected institutions in the world. At this time, the Discovery Eye Foundation (DEF) is a leading partner in one of the most exciting collaborative efforts involving retinal stem cells for regeneration and transplantation.  This effort is being sponsored by DEF at the University of California, Irvine.

Share Los Angeles, CA - The Discovery Eye Foundation partners with the US Department of Health and Human Services

Since 1998, the Macular Degeneration Partnership (MDP), a program of the Discovery Eye Foundation,  has been dedicated to providing accurate, timely information about age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with a unique focus on low vision rehabilitation. Now, that focus is receiving national emphasis due to Healthy People 2010, an initiative sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Share Los Angeles, CA - September 22, 2006 - Betty White and MDP Vision Pavilion Promote Eye Health - As expected, MDP’s Vision Pavilion at the Annual AARP Conference this fall was a tremendous success. The Pavilion brought together vision organizations and rehabilitation companies to educate seniors about age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The focus of this year’s Pavilion was on early detection and treatment.

Share Los Angeles, CA - September 22, 2006 - AMD Week Activities September 18-22, 2006 - The Macular Degeneration Partnership (MDP), an outreach program of The Discovery Eye Foundation (DEF), took its message of early detection and treatment to Capitol Hill to mark Age-Related Macular Degeneration Week.

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Share Los Angeles, CA - Mention the word "herpes" and most people think of painful sores around the mouth or in the genital area. But herpes can also affect the eyes, causing swelling, redness, watery eye discharge, sensitivity to light, or even blisters on the eyelids.

Share Los Angeles, CA - The Discovery Eye Foundation (DEF) announces their support and progress in the research of Ocular Herpes and Infectious Blindness. Their research continues to bring them closer to understanding new medical approaches, therapies and the molecular
mechanisms of Ocular Herpes. Advancements have also been made in developing a new vaccine that would eventually prevent the spread of the Herpes Simplex Virus of the eye and genital tract.

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Share Los Angeles, CA - At the Global Keratoconus Congress in Las Vegas, Blanchard Contact Lens and RoseK International presented the National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF) a Patient Outreach and Education Program of the Discovery Eye Foundation with an annual sponsorship contribution of $10,000.

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The Discovery Eye Foundation, a national foundation that was founded in 1970 by Rita and Morris S Pynoos, plays a vital role in finding the causes of and cures for eye disease while helping individuals with vision loss and their families find new way to see the world.

Share Los Angeles, CA - June 16, 2008

Dr. Anthony Nesburn: A Guiding Light in the Battle Against Blindness
Growing up as a child of an Ophthalmologist, Dr. Nesburn always knew he, too, wanted to be a Doctor. So it was no surprise when the LA native graduated UCLA magna cum laude and earned a cum laude MD degree and ophthalmology training at Harvard Medical School.  At UCLA and at Harvard, he pursued and excelled in research which has been a major focus of his career.