ORBIS International

Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank (SDSEB) was proud to collaborate with Orbis International on a two-week training project with UC Davis Health on board the Flying Eye Hospital – a fully accredited ophthalmic teaching hospital on board a plane. Nearly 30 ophthalmic...
November is Eye Donation Month!

November is Eye Donation Month!

We at Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank are raising awareness about the life-changing opportunities that are created through eye donation. Eye Donation Month raises awareness about cornea donation and transplantation, honors selfless donors who gave the gift of sight,...

National Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually from September 15 – October 15. It is a great time to celebrate and honor the generosity of Hispanic donors and their families, while also underscoring the critical need for people from this diverse community to...

Expanded Corneal Services

Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank strives to provide physicians with the latest advancements in eye banking. We continue to provide safe, quality tissue for our partners, surgeons, and their patients along with fulfilling our mission to save and enhance lives. We are...

2022 Donate Life Transplant Games of America

The 2022 Donate Life Transplant Games of America are coming to an end tomorrow and we have BIG news about two members of the DCIDS Family! Both Noah, son of Alyssa Hernandez, SDS Eye Bank Director of Marketing and Development and Kyla Aquino Irving, SDS External...

New Associate Medical Director

We are proud to announce that we have a new Associate Medical Director, Caleb Morris, MD in Reno, NV. Dr. Caleb K. Morris is a Board-Certified Ophthalmologist specializing in corneal and cataract surgery at Nevada Eye Consultants. After graduating cum laude from...

Alternative Pre-loaded DMEK Option

We have heard your requests and would like to open the conversation to an alternative option to our currently offered, Weiss Glass Cannula – STRAIKO formerly known as Straiko Modified DMEK Jones tube that requires an incision size of approximately 3.2mm. Below...

Enhancing Lives for 21 Years

We are honored to have such a great team that has been working together for many years. Today, we would like to celebrate Sam Ramos, Stephanie Cottrell and Cindy Fashing on 21 years with DCI Donor Services. Steve Jobs once said, “The only way to do great work is...
Get to know our Associate Medical Director

Get to know our Associate Medical Director

Erich B. Groos, Jr., MD Founding Partner of Cornea Consultants of Nashville Medical Director of the Eye Surgery Center of Nashville Associate Medical Director for Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank What made you want to become an eye surgeon? My grandmother went blind...
Get to Know our Staff

Get to Know our Staff

Cindy Fashing Eye Bank Client Relations Coordinator What is your favorite thing about working for SDSEB? A couple things; passion because I have 2 family members with corneal transplant 1 being dad. Feel it brings her closer to her dad by talking about transplant....