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USC Roski Eye Institute

Los Angeles, California, United States • 51 - 200 Employees
Hospital & Health Care

The USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine, with full-time faculty physicians covering all subspecialties of ophthalmology. In 1974, the USC Keck School of Medicine established the USC Department of Ophthalmology, which grew into the USC Roski Eye Institute, becoming an essential regional, national and global leader in the field. Recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Ophthalmology Times, The USC Roski Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology has been ranked in the top 10 ophthalmology programs in the country for the past 26 years. The USC Roski Eye Institute is headquartered near downtown Los Angeles and has clinics in Pasadena, and Arcadia. For more information, visit eye.keckmedicine.org. OUR VISION IS OUR MISSIONPROTECTINGUSC Roski Eye Institute leads major research in the epidemiology of eye disease to help prevent blindness.PRESERVINGUSC Roski Eye Institute diagnoses, treats and manages the most complex eye conditions, from in utero to advanced age.RESTORINGUSC Roski Eye Institute integrates and applies emerging technologies to develop new methods to restore sight to the blind.We have made it our mission to restore sight and make dramatic improvements in the quality of our patients' lives.Major breakthroughs• Changing health care policy in America -our world-renowned community health studies assess eye diseases for to treatment and prevention initiatives• Pioneered use of ultra-high speed Fournier domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) for advanced diagnosis• Invention of the world's first FDA approved artificial retina, Argus II- brought an unprecedented degree of sight back to those with a form of retinal blindness• Discovery of a new stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration• Discovered which retinal cells mutate to become retinoblastoma-the most common type of eye cancer in children