Edward J. Holland, MD, cofounded the Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration because he knew he had a good idea, but that idea just was not catching on.Holland pioneered the Cincinnati Protocol of ocular surface stem cell transplantation by borrowing from renal transplant specialists and using preoperative testing of donors and recipients and full dosing of long-term systemic immunosuppression to prevent rejection. With this approach of managing ocular surface stem cells, he was able to significantly improve the outcomes of these procedures, which had been abandoned by most corneal surgeons
