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FLORIDA LIONS EYE BANK
In Miami and services Districts 35 I-D-A
P.O. Box 016880
Miami, FL 33101-6880
305-326-6359 or
800-329-7000 ext 6359
24-hour line 305-324-4340
Located within the Bascom Palmer facility, the Florida Lions Eye Bank is one of
the most successful ophthalmic tissue banks in the country. This Eye Bank is the
only eye bank in the United States which provides all of their services FREE OF
CHARGE.
During the past 40 years, approximately 57,000 corneas and scleras have been
provided for transplantation throughout South Florida and around the world. The
Eye Bank has also provided 24,968 eyes for research and teaching, working
closely with departments such as the biophysics laboratory. Also, FLEB funds
over $50,000 to the University of Miami to help underwrite projects in various
stages of development at the Biophysics Laboratory. The Florida Lions Eye Bank
also operates a Pathology Laboratory. Physicians and Medical Examiners from all
over Florida send tissue to this lab to be studied for diagnostic purposes and
child abuse investigations. Approximately 2,000 studies are performed each year
in this lab.
For more information please visit our website at www.fleb.org
Executive Administrator
Elizabeth Fout-Caraza
Bus: 305-324-4340
Fax: 305-326-6394
President
Richard
M. Vidal, PDG
Hm: 305-829-3119
FAX: 305-829-8114
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