
Since Pam Meadowcroft became an Eye & Ear Foundation Ambassador last year, she has grown into her role and is excited to share what she has learned. The EEF Ambassadors […]
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Since Pam Meadowcroft became an Eye & Ear Foundation Ambassador last year, she has grown into her role and is excited to share what she has learned. The EEF Ambassadors […]
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Eugene Myers has retired from surgery and clinical practice, and is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh, but he has not stopped teaching. His […]
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Taking a break from the dreary and cold Pittsburgh winter, the Eye & Ear Foundation held two events in Florida the second week of February. Invited guests had the opportunity […]
Heather Chronis Danek is the Senior Director of Development for Individual Giving and Corporate Relationships for the Eye & Ear Foundation at the University of Pittsburgh. A graduate of the […]
Ryan Summers* has been vision impaired all his life. He has a detached retina in his left eye and has had three cornea transplants. Once he got the UPMC for […]
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Anyone who has met Craig Smith will not be surprised to know that his heart expanded – literally and figuratively. He has always been a people person, so when he […]
Are you hearing a noise that no one else can hear? You might have tinnitus, one of the most common health conditions in the country. Over 50 million Americans experience […]
Carrie Fogel may have recently expanded her family by two, but she considers the Eye & Ear Foundation a second family. As if juggling newborn twins and a toddler was […]
Dr. Joseph Martel is fascinated by the eye and retina. The Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh is always awed by the “beautiful view of the retina […]
Sofia Maxwell* was frustrated and discouraged. Having lost her vision, she needed medical assistance and in-home services, but was denied several times. She was already a wreck trying to figure […]
Bruce Gebhardt has joined the EEF Board. He is the co-founder and principal at Pathfinder Capital Advisors, an investment bank, advisory, and investment group founded in 2001 that has closed […]
A bull market, increased caps on charitable contributions, and expected tax legislation changes make 2021 a great time to make a planned gift to The Eye & Ear Foundation of […]
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The 12 years that Lawton Snyder has been CEO of The Eye & Ear Foundation have gone very quickly, in his own estimation. He reflected on how far EEF has […]
Sight + Sound, Fall 2021 In 1975, Dr. Eugene Myers, now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology and Emeritus Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, saw a patient who had been referred by […]
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Sight + Sound, Fall 2021 The Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology is proud to announce that this year’s winners of the Wiegand Entrepreneurial Research Award are Christopher Cunningham, PhD, in […]
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