UAB Medicine, home to Alabama’s leading transplant program, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Transplant Institute, has been named the presenting medical partner of the Transplant Games of America when the biennial event comes to Birmingham in July 2024. Additionally, UAB’s Sports and Exercise Medicine team will be providing medical coverage for all athletes at the games.

The cornea is the clear dome-shaped “window” located in the front of the eye. Behind this clear window lies the iris, or colored part of the eye. A corneal transplant – also known as a corneal graft, keratoplasty, penetrating keratoplasty, or endothelial keratoplasty – involves replacing the diseased portion of the cornea with a clear, […]