Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is committed to the protection and preservation of the treasured gift of sight. The Institute's full-time faculty of internationally-respected physicians and scientists are skilled in every ophthalmic subspecialty. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, which serves as the Department of Ophthalmology for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida, is recognized as one of the world's finest and most progressive centers for ophthalmic care, research and education.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute continues to be rated the nation's bestophthalmic hospital by board-certified ophthalmologists from across the United States. This year marks the seventh consecutive year that randomly-selected ophthalmologists have rated Bascom Palmer the #1 eye hospital in the country as published in U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Hospitals issue. Ophthalmology Times, an industry periodical for and by ophthalmologists, surveyed ophthalmology department chairmen and residency program directors who rated Bascom Palmer the best overall ophthalmology program in the nation with the best eye hospital and the best clinical and residency programs.

Since its founding in 1962, Bascom Palmer has nurtured an internationally-acclaimed faculty. Their continuing legacy is more than four decades of pioneering work that has revolutionized the way numerous ophthalmic conditions are diagnosed and treated. Each of our physicians specializes in at least one area of ophthalmic care and has completed fellowship training in one or more subspecialties. Many of the Institute's faculty members are listed in the respected and comprehensive medical referral book, Best Doctors in America.

In addition to providing excellent ophthalmic care to more than 200,000 patients annually at our facilities in Miami, Naples, Plantation and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, our faculty members conduct innovative biomedical research and present progressive, industry-leading academic programs to medical students, ophthalmologists and other physicians in the South Florida community and worldwide. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute opened its third patient care facility in 2004. The facility is located at the Naples Community Hospital Medical Plaza near downtown Naples, Florida. The approximately 3,000 square-foot center will focus on the management of vitreo-retinal diseases, such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. Bascom Palmer's newest office located in Broward County, Florida, opened in the city of Plantation in 2004. The 10,000 square foot facility, the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Plantation offers diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and disorders including vitreoretinal diseases, glaucoma, corneal and external diseases, aesthetics and oculoplastics, and refractive surgery including Custom LASIK.