Community Report

We are pleased to present our 2023 Community Report. 

The department has continued to pursue our singular mission: to alleviate suffering from eye disease. We continue to do this through our robust research programs, outstanding patient care and educational programs to train the next generation of physicians. We have had a remarkable year in the department in each of these areas and are delighted to share our progress with you in this report.

Our research has grown to its all-time greatest extent and is among the most vibrant in the nation. Our vision scientists are committed to improving diagnosis, treatment, and ultimately finding cures for diseases of the eye and visual system. Collectively, the department published nearly 140 papers during the 2022-23 academic year. Our department is third in the nation in NIH funding among ophthalmology departments, and the University of Washington as a whole is second for National Eye Institute funding.

Learn more in this report about how our South Lake Union campus and the Karalis Johnson Retina Center support four pillars of research in its mission to eradicate retinal blindness: advanced optics imaging, computational ophthalmology, accelerating the therapeutic pipeline, and vision restoration research. 2024 marks the fifth anniversary of the Karalis Johnson Retina Center and it has been a remarkable success in advancing research and serving patients from throughout the region.