May Griffith, PhD, University of Montreal & Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Canada, highlights issues associated with using donated corneas and the subsequent need for tissue engineered corneas. There is currently a shortage of donated corneas and many countries do not have eye banks. Patients may not also be suitable for corneal transplantation due to their condition and ones who receive donated corneas or other ocular tissues may face transplant rejection. This interview took place at the 6th World Congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS 2021).