Surgeons at Mass Eye and Ear are the first in the United States to have replaced the eye surface of patients who each experienced chemical burns to one eye — by using their own stem cells taken from the other healthy eye — in a technique known as cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cell transplantation (CALEC). Four patients have been treated since the trial kicked off about two years ago. The CALEC technique was developed by researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Dana-Farber Cancer Insti

In 2022, Leslie Pascual-Esposito underwent surgery at Mass Eye and Ear to remove half of her thyroid after a growth was discovered. Earlier this year, she ran the Boston Marathon with Team Eye and Ear to celebrate her return to good health and "give back to this medical team that took me in and took care of me." This #GivingTuesday, consider making a gift to help someone, like Leslie, who's experiencing diseases of the head and neck, blindness or deafness. http://spklr.io/6180msnu | Massachusett