Global Leader in Eye Care, Vision Research and Ophthalmology Education
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute serves as the Department of Ophthalmology for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life by improving sight, preventing blindness, and advancing ophthalmic knowledge through compassionate patient care and innovative research.
This year marks the 24th time that Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the country as published in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals issue. Additionally, many of our doctors are listed in Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors.
In addition to delivering exceptional eye care to more than 300,000 patients each year across our six state-of-the-art centers—located in Miami, Palm Beach Gardens, Naples, Plantation, Coral Gables at the Lennar Foundation Medical Center, North Miami at SoLe Mia, and our newly opened facility in Abu Dhabi—our faculty lead groundbreaking biomedical research and provide world-class academic programs. These initiatives empower ophthalmologists and physicians locally and globally with progressive, industry-leading education and expertise.
Advancing Medical Innovation
Consistent with our mission to resolve diseases and disorders of the eye, our scientists and physicians develop new theories, therapeutic techniques and surgical instruments that advance the course of ophthalmic practices worldwide.
The Institute’s full-time faculty of internationally respected physicians and scientists encompass every ophthalmic sub-specialty. Its contribution to ophthalmic knowledge, research, and diagnostics has, in many cases, revolutionized ophthalmologists’ understanding and management of eye diseases and disorders.
World Renowned Research
Bascom Palmer’s scientists and physician-investigators actively search for the causes, preventive measures and most effective treatments for diseases and disorders of the eye. Some current areas of clinical research directly addressing patient care include macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, artificial cornea development and ocular cancer.
Our multidisciplinary research program covers a broad spectrum, from the most basic investigations into the nature of molecules, cells and tissues, all the way to the development of devices for clinical application. We have extended our mission as an umbrella organization uniting all eye and vision researchers at University of Miami and neighboring academic institutions. Research activities have been initiated to enhance the collaborative environment for this multidisciplinary group.
Today’s and Tomorrow’s Ophthalmologists
We regard the education of our ophthalmology residents and fellows, medical students and ophthalmologists from around the world as one of the highest priorities to ensure that the vision needs of future generations are met. This tradition of excellence has been instrumental in earning Bascom Palmer Eye Institute world recognition as an outstanding teaching, research and patient care facility. Our training programs are regarded as the best in the nation. In addition to offering an ophthalmology specialty for residents and sub-specialty training for fellows, physicians may also participate in our continuing medical education programs.