VSP Blog » Derrek Lee http://vspblog.com Daily peek at eyecare Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:14:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Get Focused on LCA with Derrek Lee http://vspblog.com/2007/08/10/get-focused-on-lca-with-derrek-lee/ http://vspblog.com/2007/08/10/get-focused-on-lca-with-derrek-lee/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:30:00 +0000 Rob L. http://vspvisioncareblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/get-focused-on-lca-with-derrek-lee/ Part of our mission is to increase Americans’ access to care and awareness about the importance of eye exams. VSP has teamed up with Chicago Cubs star Derrek Lee and Boston Celtics CEO/co-owner Wyc Grousbeck to put a call out to all eye doctors in the country – to find every person in the country affected by Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis (LCA). The project is in association with vision researchers at the University of Iowa.

They call their effort “Project 3000” because a central part of their plan is to find every man, woman and child affected with LCA in the United States — an estimated 3000 people. LCA is a rare inherited eye disease that appears at birth or in the first few months of life, typically characterized by severe vision loss or blindness. Read article.

If you know of individuals affected by LCA, or their families, please direct them to the Carver Lab, Project 3000 website or call 866-495-CURE where they can sign up to learn more about Project 3000, and/or enroll in the Project 3000 Registry.

Lets all do our part to help in this effort.

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