Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE VITREORETINAL SURGERY FOUNDATION STRIVES TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH RELATED TO RETINAL AND MACULAR DISEASES. WE SUPPORT RESEARCH BY FUNDING AWARDS FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR A CAREER DEVOTED TO RETINAL DISEASE AND RESEARCH. WE PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION BY SPONSORING COURSES DESIGNED FOR MEDICAL AND EYE CARE PROFESSIONALS. WE PROMOTE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATION BY RAISING AWARENESS OF RETINAL DISEASES, TREATMENT OPTIONS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
FURTHERING EDUCATION RELATING TO RETINAL MACULAR DISEASES AND ADVANCING CLINICAL RESEARCH.
VITREORETINAL SURGERY FOUNDATION ORGANIZED AND OFFERED EDUCATION CLASSES AND SEMINARS ON THE TOPICS OF RETINA AND MACULAR DISEASE, RELATED CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND THE VARIOUS MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TREATMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THE RETINAL DETACHMENT STUDY AIMS TO COMPARE EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE SURGICAL PROCEDURES FOR PRIMARY RETINAL DETACHMENT THROUGH COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF A LARGE, COMPREHENSIVE AND ACCURATE DATA SET. TO DATE, 100% OF CASES ACROSS 6 SITES HAVE BEEN ENTERED, AND 5 OF THE 6 SITES HAVE VERIFIED THEIR DATA. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 2,200 USABLE CASES, AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS HAS YEILDED STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RESULTS. WE HOPE THAT THIS ANALYSIS WILL INFORM CURRENT PRACTICE AMONG SURGEONS AND THEREFORE ACHIEVE BETTER OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS; THE SECONDARY AIM OF THIS STUDY IS FOR THIS DATA SET TO BE USED IN A NUMBER OF SUB-ANALYSES RELATING TO RETINAL DETACHMENTS.
THE VRSF ACCEPTED 44 APPLICATIONS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH IN 2019 AND FUNDED 20 $2,000 RESEARCH AWARDS AND 3 $10,000 FELLOWSHIP AWARDS. THE RESEARCH AWARDS ARE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS, RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS WHO WANT TO DO A RESEARCH PROJECT DURING THEIR CLINICAL TRAINING. THE FELLOWSHIP AWARDS ARE FOR INVESTIGATORS INVOLVED IN FULL-TIME RESEARCH DURING THEIR TRAINING. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE 22 PRESENTATIONS AND 18 PUBLICATIONS FROM PREVIOUS AWARDS PUBLISHED IN 2019.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Martha Wright Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Tang Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Stephan Rice | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tim Olsen Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dale Gregerson Phd | DIRECTOR THROUGH MAY 2019 | 1 | $0 |
| John Davies Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Parke Iii Md | SECRETARY/TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Herbert Cantrill Md | PRESIDENT | 3 | $0 |
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