Department of Ophthalmology
Bringing Sight to Life
Our vision is to provide state-of-the-art eye care while making new discoveries that hold true promise for treating currently incurable eye diseases. We live that vision every day.
More than 114,000 people visit the Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Eye Center annually to access our cutting-edge patient services. We are the only academic eye center in a 500-mile radius. We attract the best and brightest residents and fellows from across the globe. Our research programs are bringing discoveries from the laboratory to our patients faster than ever before.
Every day, we are creating new hope for people with sight-threatening diseases.
Learn more about us and our services below.
Patient Services
Our clinical care focuses on the quality of life for each individual patient by offering choices to patients, cutting-edge technology, and a dedicated, collaborative team.
Basic and Applied Research
We are committed to finding cures for blindness by developing new pharmaceuticals and innovating better technologies for patient care. We are creating entirely new possibilities for saving sight by advancing the understanding of eye disease at the molecular and genetic levels.
Education
With residency and fellowship programs offered through the University of Colorado School of Medicine, we are committed to educating tomorrow's ophthalmology leaders. We are preparing outstanding clinicians, surgeons, researchers, and technicians to ensure healthier eyes worldwide.
