Acuity Foundation Ireland

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Acuity Foundation Ireland marks the passing of Professor Michael O’Keefe, teacher, mentor, supporter and above all one of the kindest and most generous giants of ophthalmology. He will be missed by many. 🙏🏻

Congratulations to Sjögrens Research Ireland – a collaboration between Sjögrens Ireland, Joan Ní Gabhann-Dromgoole and the Ocular Immunology Research Group at RCSI, for being Highly Commended in the Patient Organisation Project of the Year category at the Irish Healthcare Awards 2022.

In the Christian tradition, the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, displays in the lobby of the hospital, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib or crèche). This special exhibition, during the Christmas season, is of art objects representing the birth of Jesus.

Happy Holidays from Acuity Foundation Ireland!

It’s beginning to look like 🎄 Christmas!

Thanks to everyone who contributed today! We appreciate your generosity. 💚💙

Your donation will help improve the lives of people suffering from blindness, deafness and conditions of the head and neck.

https://acuityfoundationireland.ie/donation-form

In order to provide the highest quality of contemporary care and even better care in the future, Acuity Foundation Ireland funds laboratory and clinical research in auditory and visual diseases. Please consider donating today! https://acuityfoundationireland.ie/donation-form

Team Orbis Ireland, including our very own Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Medical Director Donal Brosnahan!

The Great Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa raises funds for ORBIS Ireland. ORBIS Ireland was established in 2005 and is currently focused on one major project: to eliminate a highly prevalent and life destroying, blinding disease – trachoma – in some of the poorest regions of southern Ethiopia.

Over 45,000 people are expected to participate in Africa’s biggest road race – a challenging 10km at 10,000 feet above sea level.

Michéal O'Rourke, from the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, on the “Grand Rounds: Oculoplastics” panel at the Irish College of Ophthalmologists Winter Meeting and Annual Montgomery Lecture 2022 👁☘️. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

A three-year-old patient of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, has become the first person in Ireland to be treated with a genetic treatment for an inherited retinal degeneration.

Luxturna is licensed to treat biallelic RPE65-mediated retinal dystrophy.

It is hoped that this therapy and others follow will be able to beat a path toward better vision for those with inherited blindness. Although this child was treated abroad with funding from the HSE Ireland, it is expected that funding will soon be available for this therapy in Ireland. This year, there has been no fear of the winter months for this family, who dreaded the darker days, due to the improvement in the child's night vision.

Consultant ophthalmologist, Emma Duignan, cares for patients with hereditary eye diseases. Dr. Duignan is continuing a 40-year legacy of collaboration between the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin.

George, the nine-year-old, Irish bulldog, is enjoying time in the autumn leaves at the Eye & Ear!

One day left to visit "Listen and See" at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital! Here are some pics from the opening.

A wonderful event, for an important cause! The sponsor and consultant preview was a terrific success with works selling briskly. Thanks to everyone who has supported “Listen and See at the Eye and Ear”. Funds raised will benefit the resesrch efforts of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin.

Happy World Sight Day!

World Sight Day (WSD) aims to draw attention to people around the world on the importance of eye care. On the occasion of WSD, individuals are invited to join in the celebration by prioritizing their eye healthby ensuring eye care is accessible, inclusive and affordable to everyone. Observation of World Sight Day began in the year 2000 and second Thursday of every October was chosen as the day of observation. Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital

Evolution and progress! Congratulations to Diana Malata for the terrific article in this month’s WIN. Please check it out here: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/71428455/40.

Is there anything Lar cannot do?

Congratulations to Prof. Dara Kilmartin for successfully running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon!

Formal ceremony to celebrate nursing at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital! Presentation of parchments to PG diploma students, Annemarie Cochrane, staff nurse from OPD, retiring, and four patient care and quality awards to Eric Mandani, Lyndon Tabo, Michelle Riglar and Tina Sheridan.

Real time update: Stephen is currently in Hell but making his way Back! There is still time to donate and support his hard work https://hellandback2022.enthuse.com/pf/stephen-comiskey/post/2159479. Orbis Ireland Orbis International

Our crew from the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Christian, Zen, Rachel, Matthew and Stephen, is ready to take on the Hell & Back challenge today, Saturday, October 1!

Money raised will enable Orbis Ireland to continue to deliver vital sight saving treatment and care in their battle against to the people of Southern Ethiopia. Orbis International

God is in the details! Paintings created for “Listen and See” at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital will raise vital funds for research.

Monday Memory! A wonderful podcast from 1984.

The Eye and Ear An exploration of the history of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear hospital in Dublin.

Thank you, Ed Reynolds, Steadyhanded, for sharing your art and artistry with our Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital community. We will be featuring a number of the specially commissioned works over the next week.

We are thankful for those who have generously agreed to help us mark the, 125th Anniversary of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, by supporting our art exhibition and October 12, Sponsor and Consultant Preview! If you, your corporation or foundation, is interested in learning more, please email [email protected].

“Early Start” is one of the wonderful, new works, by artist Ed Reynolds, to be auctioned on October 13, to benefit the research program at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin.

Acuity Foundation Ireland, official charity of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin, is partnering with the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Research Foundation by hosting a very special art exhibition and auction to celebrate the hospital's 125th anniversary while raising vital funds for research. For more information, please email [email protected].

Adelaide Road view at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. A new work by Ed Reynolds created to raise funds for inherited retinal disease research efforts.