Letter From Our Director
In 1925, Helen Keller spoke to the Lions around the world and inspired them to take up the challenge as Knights of the Blind. The Lions of Kentucky took this challenge to heart and helped to build an internationally recognized eye center. The Kentucky Lions Eye Bank, located in the eye center, has saved the vision of thousands of Kentucky residents by providing tissue for corneal transplantation. The generous financial support of the Kentucky Lions has allowed the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Louisville to be one of the pre-eminent eye research centers in the world where patients and doctors from around the world come to receive the finest in medical care and learn the latest in medical and scientific innovation.
In 1969, the Kentucky Lions Eye Center opened its doors to patients, scientists and medical trainees. We recently completed a major expansion of our facilities, with state-of-the-art laboratories and offices. The results is a multi-dimensional eye care facility where each of the eye care specialties is practiced, in close proximity to some of the country's most outstanding scientists.
Today's Kentucky Lions Eye Center houses programs from both the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the University of Louisville and the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation.
If you have any specific questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. My e-mail address is: hjkapl01@gwise.louisville.edu
Sincerely,
Henry J. Kaplan, M.D.
Evans Professor of Ophthalmology,
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences,
Director, Kentucky Lions Eye Center
University of Louisville