The Faculty presently consists of eight full-time members. The general Eye Clinic is organized and staffed by the residents, while the faculty is organized into subspecialty clinical services. Over the past three years, the Vitreo-retinal Services has averaged 550 surgical procedures and 600 laser procedures annually.
Diabetic retinopathy is an area of particular emphasis in both clinical and research aspects.
The other research interests of the division include the cell biology of retinal pigment epithelium and the role of the growth factors in proliferative diseases of the eye. Patients with ophthalmic manifestations of systemic disease are often seen through this service. Additional research involves the application of automated static perimetry to neuro-ophthalmology, potentials for therapy in various forms of optic neuropathy, orbital and cerebrovascular bloodflow and the use of needle aspiration techniques in the diagnosis of tumors of the orbit and skullbase. We are continuing to follow these patients as part of a natural history study. The hospital has a superconducting magnetic coil resonance imager which is currently available for clinical research.