Event

The Eye Ball

Set your sights for an evening that lives up to its name with dinner, drinks, dancing, the Envision Awards, select auction, and a bevy of visual surprises.

Wonder at amazing advances in vision research and technology while paying tribute to special guests who are making a difference today in how we see tomorrow.

HONOREES:
David Beebe, Ph.D., Janet and Bernard Becker Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University
School of Medicine

Tom George, Ph.D., Chancellor, University of Missouri - Saint Louis

Christopher Fitch, Deputy Sheriff, St. Clair County, IL; recipient of LASIK surgery through Lifelong Vision Foundation

Geoffrey C. Tabin, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Director of the Division of International Ophthalmology at the John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah; Mountain Climber; Co-Director Himalayan Cataract Project

Proceeds benefit the Programs of Lifelong Vision Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) founded by Dr. Jay Pepose in 2000. Our community programs bring clear vision to hundreds of people in our community and internationally through free vision interventions for special needs children, vision assessments for infants within the first year of life regardless of a family's income or insurance access, free LASIK surgery for first responders from East St. Louis, and cataract surgery for underserved in other countries. Our education programs train and encourage the next generation of vision scientists and practitioners. Our research and clinical trials inform and transform vision interventions, impacting families to communities, at home and abroad.