Retina Institue and Eye Concepts

The Doheny Retina Institute is part of the USC-affiliated Doheny Eye Institute. The Retina Institute, led by internationally recognized faculty of the Keck School of Medicine, is dedicated to relieving the suffering of patients with diseases of the retina by quickly bringing new treatments to the marketplace.

The group’s primary research interests are macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, two of the most common causes of vision loss in the United States. Both diseases attack the retina, and finding new ways to halt this destruction and restore the retina to health—and hopefully to return lost sight—are the core goals of the Institute faculty. Faculty work to better understand these diseases through research and to design and test new treatments for the disease.

The Retina Institute is also the home of the Eye Concepts, where bioengineers work in close collaboration with ophthalmologists and other vision researchers to develop new surgical innovations and devices. One such device, the retinal prosthesis (which is also called the retinal implant or eye chip) is now in clinical trials at the Doheny Eye Institute.

For more information, visit the Doheny Eye Institute Web site.