Kentucky Lions Eye Bank


 

Louisville

301 East Muhammad Ali Blvd.

Louisville, KY 40202

Phone: 1-502-852-5457

Fax: 1-502-852-5471

Lexington

1510 Newton Pike, Suite 220

Lexington, KY 40511

Phone: 1-859-368-0957

Fax: 1-859-421-0822

Kentucky Lions Eye Bank Staff

Brad Tennant- Chief Executive Officer- btennant@kylionseyebank.org

Derrick Spalding- Director, Clinical Services – dspalding@kylionseyebank.org

Dianne Morris – Controller – dmorris@kylionseyebank.org

Nicole Wilson – Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Manager -nwilson@kylionseyebank.org

Robert Gayheart – Director, Business Development – rgayheart@kylionseyebank.org

Joel Boyes – Eye Bank Technician – jboyes@kylionseyebank.org

Tony Fogle – Eye Bank Technician – tfogle@kylionseyebank.org

Lindsay Miller – Medical Review and Donor Eligibility – lmiller@kylionseyebank.org

Shalin Patel –Tissue Processing Specialist– spatel@kylionseyebank.org

Jason Pratt – Medical Review and Donor Eligibility – jpratt@kylionseyebank.org

Dwayne Stafford- Eye Bank Technician – dstafford@kylionseyebank.org

Brittney Twigg – Office Coordinator – btwigg@kylionseyebank.org

Board of Directors

Dr. Woodford Van Meter

Board Chairman

Dr. Richard Eiferman

Vice Chairman

Tom Van Etten

Treasurer

Tom Matney

Secretary

Judge Glenn Acree

Director

Noel Hardwick

Director

Dr. Joern Soltau

Director

Brad Tennant

CEO, Ex-Officio

Medical Advisory Committee

Dr. Woodford Van Meter

Dr. Woodford Van Meter received his medical degree from Vanderbilt  University, School of Medicine, in 1979.  He completed his residency in 1983 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and his fellowship at Robert W. Woodruff Health Science Center of Emory University, Atlanta in 1984. He is a member of the Kentucky Medical Association.

Dr. Hossein Asghari

Dr. Hossein Asghari received his medical degree from Iran University of Medical Sciences in 1997. He completed his residency in 2004 at Tehran  University of Medical Sciences.  His completed a cornea and anterior segment fellowship ta Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2008 and a cornea fellowship at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky in 2014.

Dr. Richard Eiferman

Dr. Richard Eiferman received his medical degree from Medical College of Wisconsin in 1972.  He completed his residency in Ophthalmology in 1973, also at the Medical College of Wisconsin. His fellowship was in cornea/external disease was completed at Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, in 1977. He is a member of the Kentucky Medical Association.

Dr. Lawrence Tenkman

Dr. Lawrence Tenkman received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio in 2006.  His residency was completed at the University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Eye Institute.  He furthered his anterior segment training with fellowships in glaucoma at Emory University in Atlanta and in cornea and refractive surgery at Price Vision Group in Indianapolis.

Dr. John Meyer

Dr. John Meyer received his medical degree from the St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1986. He completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the Anheuser-Busch Eye Institute in St. Louis, Missouri in 1994.  His Fellowship in Cornea, External Diseases and Refractive Surgery was completed at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia in 1995.  He is a member of the Kentucky Medical Association.