Our Mission is to increase public awareness of corneal dystrophy, a potentially blinding disease affecting the transparent front part of the eye.

We bring hope to sufferers of Corneal Dystrophy

through  education, inspiration and support

The Corneal Dystrophy Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) Public Benefit Charity.

The Foundation provides financing for several Corneal Dystrophy support groups on the internet; Fuchs’ Friends and the Cornea Transplant group.

The Cornea is the ‘window to the eye’. It is the crystal clear, slightly domed part of the eye through which you see your iris and pupil.

Corneal Dystrophy is an eye condition in which the cornea thickness increases due to elevated pressure in it.  Normally it's  a slowly progressing disease.  For more  explicit detail click the following phrase -  Corneal Dystrophy - in the left margin.

 Over 4000 people have been members of Fuchs’ Friends at one time or another.  Membership is  worldwide with a discussion board where more than 80,000 messages provide sharing of experiences, information and emotional support.  Members discuss all aspects of corneal dystrophy, including symptoms, coping, treatment, transplants, recovery, and research.

 Volunteer Moderators at Fuchs’ Friends maintain more than 300 pages of information for members, including:

• The latest information on advanced transplant procedures.
• Research on and access to important information about corneal dystrophy and related vision issues covered in web sites, print media articles, and research papers. 
• Tips for coping with the visual impairments of corneal dystrophy.
• A list of doctors recommended by member/patients.
• Tips for use of special accessibility features in computer operating systems.
• Sources for special sunglasses and helpful visual equipment.
• Videos, pictures and speakers’ content from our events.

 Each year we host an educational symposium and conference in a US city, meeting and hearing top corneal specialists, researchers, and other eye care professionals. 

 We shall continue to present and expand our educational symposiums and conferences, online information, and corneal dystrophy publications.  We stand ready to offer our services to eye care professionals in matters of information, training, advances in treatment, and corneal dystrophy research.

Navigation:
To make navigation simple, the buttons in the left margin will take you around the site .

Site Sections:

• Donate! provides methods of on-line and US Mail giving.
• Events lists upcoming events sponsored by the Corneal Dystrophy Foundation.
• Grants/Sponsors.
• Links provides some informative web locations to view
• About the CDF describes the corporation, its current status as a Tax Exempt Entity, the makeup of the Board of Directors and our Officers.
• Press contains our press releases.
• NIH Corneal Studie provides information about a National Institute Health Study of the genetics of Fuchs’ Corneal Dystrophy