Bascom Palmer Eye Institute serves as the Department of Ophthalmology for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. We are committed to the protection and preservation of the treasured gift of sight. Our full-time faculty of internationally-respected physicians is skilled in every ophthalmic subspecialty and is board-certified with fellowship training.
This year marks the 8th consecutive year that Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is rated the #1 eye hospital in the country as published in U.S.News & World Report’s Best Hospitals issue. Ophthalmology Times rated Bascom Palmer the best overall ophthalmology program in the nation with the best eye hospital and the best clinical and residency programs. Additionally, many of our doctors are listed in Best Doctors in America.
In addition to providing excellent eye care to more than 250,000 patients annually at our centers in Miami at the Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital, in Naples, Plantation and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, our faculty members conduct innovative biomedical research and present progressive, industry-leading academic programs to ophthalmologists and other physicians in the community and worldwide.
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. In 2009, Bascom Palmer surgeons performed the first modified osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis surgery in the United States and restored vision to a woman who had been blind for 9 years. The complex procedure involved several surgeries culminating in implanting her eyetooth in her eye, as a base to hold a prosthetic lens.
