Attendance at meeting of Eye Bank Association of America
Mr. Rahman with his mentor Mr. Jake Requard III. Mr. Jake requrad came to Bangladesh many times and has been actively supporting the eye banking activities of the country since 1990. He is a renowned figure in the world of eye banking. He is one of the advisers of CHOKH.
Mr. Jake Requard III serves as Vice President of LinCor Biosciences, Pte. Ltd. Mr. Requard has been an eye bank consultant for Orbis International and a number of tissue-engineering and medical technology companies. He has been involved in developing eye banks and donor eye tissue distribution networks since 1974. He started his career in eye banking as a recovery and processing technician. He served as President/Chief Executive Officer of Vision Share. He served as Senior Vice President of Operations and Research at Tissue Banks International. He served as Executive Director of the St. Louis Eye Bank at the Washington University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. He served as Vice President at Mid-America Transplant Services. He has served on committees of the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA). He has written several textbook chapters on eye banking and has traveled extensively internationally to provide donor corneas from US eye banks and support the development of eye banks in other countries. Mr. Requard has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Loyola University of Maryland.