Bascom Palmer Eye Inst & Hosp

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Name :

Bascom Palmer Eye Inst & Hosp

Address  :

900 N.W. 17th Street

Town  :

Miami

State  :

Florida

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

33136

Phone  :

305 326 6000

Fax  :

305 326 6104

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

eyehotline@med.miami.edu
Specialization
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology Lab
  • Plastic Surgery
Facilities
Description
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 fulltime faculty of internationallyrespected physicians is skilled in every ophthalmic subspecialty and is boardcertified 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 USNews amp World Reports 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 250000 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 industryleading 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 osteoodontokeratoprosthesis 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
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