Dakota Lions Sight & Health Encouraging Participation in “DoNation”
Dakota Lions Sight & Health is proud to participate in DoNation, the national campaign uniting America’s workforce for organ, eye, and tissue donation.
Dakota Lions Sight & Health Marks 30 Years of Service
Since its founding 30 years ago, Dakota Lions Sight & Health (DLSH) has remained dedicated to restoring sight and health through excellence in eye and tissue donation throughout the region.
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[Interview] Dakota Lions Sight & Health Birth Tissue
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital had its first donation of birth tissue in September as part of a new program with Dakota Lions Sight and Health. Dakota Lions Sight and Health can now coordinate the donation and collection of amniotic membranes and umbilical cords from consenting mother's having a planned Caesarean section. Grafts made from birth tissue have anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties and have a wide range of medical uses. MED spoke with Labor & Delivery manager Tina Dillon for insight into the hospital's involvement in the birth tissue donation program.
Dakota Lions Sight & Health Partners with Avera to Offer South Dakota’s first Birth Tissue Donation Program
Dakota Lions Sight & Health (DLSH), the only eye and tissue donation organization based in the Dakotas, has partnered with Avera to bring the first birth tissue donation program to South Dakota.
Rapid City Ophthalmologist Got His Start at the Eye Bank
Rapid City-born Colin Brown spent his childhood on a cattle ranch in Northwestern South Dakota and later in Pierre. He knew from an early age that healthcare was his calling, although he had not yet zeroed in on ophthalmology.
Cornea Donations During the Coronavirus Crisis
While the world continues to adjust to the new normal caused by the onset of coronavirus, Dakota Lions Sight & Health has also had to adapt.
Eye Bank Association Woman in Stem Spotlight
Marcy Dimond is the Chief Executive Officer at Dakota Lions Sight & Health, a position she has held since 2012.
Leading the Way in QA: Dakota Lions Sight & Health
Dakota Lions Sight & Health in Sioux Falls is taking its mission to restore sight and health to the rest of the country through the work of its Chief Quality Officer, Matthew Arnett.
20/20 at 20
Mike Neiman figures he was just 14 or 15 years old when he first began to notice that his eyesight was not what it should be.
Dakota Lions Sight & Health Takes the Pressure Off Surgeons with Advanced, Time-Saving Procedure
This winter, Dakota Lions Sight and Health in Sioux Falls became one of just a few elite eye banks in the country to begin offering pre-loaded corneal tissue for transplant surgery. In this new, advanced procedure, a DLSH lab technician removes the cornea cells from the donor tissue, prepares the Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) graft, and loads it into a Straiko Modified Jones Tube for transfer to the clinic.
Dakota Lions Sight & Health Offers Advanced Procedure To Save Time and Enhance Cornea Transplant Surgeries
Dakota Lions Sight and Health is now providing pre-loaded cornea tissues for transplant surgeries – just one of a few eye banks in the nation to offer this new, advanced service for cornea transplants.
Dakota Lions Sight & Health Celebrates 25 Years
This year, Dakota Lions Sight and Health celebrates a significant milestone in their journey marking 25 years of helping to “restore of the gifts of sight and health” in our region and beyond.
Dakota Lions Sight & Health Celebrates 25 Years
This year, Dakota Lions Sight and Health celebrates a significant milestone in their journey marking 25 years of helping to “restore of the gifts of sight and health” in our region and beyond.
Why The “South Dakota Lions Eye and Tissue Bank” is now “Dakota Lions Sight and Health”
If you have been in the area for more than a handful of years, you probably remember that the South Dakota Lions Eye and Tissue bank adopted this name in 2012 to better reflect its growing involvement in tissue (not just corneal) recovery and distribution.