Foundation Fighting Blindness joins University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and leading institutions receive funding to fast track whole eye transplantation program

The program will be led by principal investigator Kia Washington, MD, a clinician, scientist and faculty member in the departments of surgery and ophthalmology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Washington is leading groundbreaking research at CU in eye transplantation and vision restoration, building on deep research and surgical experience in facial and eye transplantation.