Visionaries for the ‘Love of Sight’
By May 9, 2014 0 908
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The Foundation Fighting Blindness, a nonprofit driving sight-saving research, honored Ryuji Ueno, M.D., co-founder of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Timothy Olsen, M.D., of Emory University, with the organization’s Visionary Award, in recognition of their longstanding commitment to helping patients with eye diseases. More than 225 guests attended the 12th Annual D.C. “For the Love of Sight” Visionary Awards Dinner April 1, at the downtown Ritz-Carlton, raising $320,000 to benefit research.
- Foundation Fighting Blindness CEO Bill Schmidt with Sucampo Pharmaceuticals co-founders, awardee Ryuji Ueno, M.D., and Sachiko Kuno. | Neshan Naltchayan