A PUBLICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS
SPRING 2015
❮ QUOTABLE ❯
➾WHAT’S INSIDE
Pg. 2 | Donor Profile:
Dan Day
Pg. 4 | Research Milestone
Timeline
Pg. 7 | Research Roundup
Pg. 7 | Gift Planning:
Deloris Adams >> Help end blindness. Use the envelope between pages 4-5 to make a life-changing gift.
A Life-Changing Event
Dr. Christine Kay, a retinal surgeon and researcher, explains why she’ll
be attending VISIONS 2015, FFB’s annual conference, in June.
FIFTEEN MONTHS AGO, Christine Kay gave birth to twin daughters prematurely. Today, the girls are
healthy, but back then, they spent time in
a neonatal intensive care unit. “I worried
like crazy,” says Kay, an M.D. specializing in
retinal care. “Having gone through that, I
now have a much deeper understanding of
what it means to be the parent of someone
affected by disease.”
Dr. Kay will bring that maternal sensibil-
ity, as well as the expertise of a surgeon-
clinician-researcher, to VISIONS 2015,
FFB’s annual conference, June 25-27, in
Baltimore, Maryland. She will sit on the
panels of three sessions, including one
titled, “Clinical Trials: Am I Ready?”
The conference will also offer other
research and support sessions, innumera-
ble networking opportunities and notable
speakers, including New York’s former
governor David Paterson and Rebecca
Alexander, author of the memoir
Not Fade Away. For more details, visit
www.blindness.org/visions.
Dr. Kay, meanwhile, spoke with In Focus
about her work and what she’ll cover
during the sessions. (continued on page 6)
“It is not miserable
to be blind; it is
miserable to be
incapable of
enduring blindness.”
—John Milton
An estimated 82%
of all people with
blindness are over
50 years old.
—World Health
Organization
