Bridge to the Future

Longime supporter names DEF in her estate plan

Frances Hirsh is a native Los Angeleno and former real estate broker. While she used to be a “great golfer,” the 96-year-old now spends most of her retirement playing bridge. One thing she does not do is let her age-related macular degeneration (AMD) get in her way.

“I get shots of Lucentis and Avantis every three months, and it keeps the AMD from getting worse,” she says, adding that AMD does not interfere with anything she does — including bridge and reading.

She and her late husband have been longtime patients of Dr. Tony Nesburn, Discovery Eye Foundation’s medical director — and of his father before him — and Hirsch has been a generous donor to DEF for many years. She included DEF in her estate plan, she says, “Because I believe in the longevity of eyes. Your eyes are the most important part of your body, and I want to help any way I can. DEF’s research program is so important — whatever they can do to help people’s eyes is a wonderful thing.”