Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Geography
Location	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Coordinates	25°47′27.72″N 80°12′38.25″W / 25.7910333°N 80.2106250°W / 25.7910333; -80.2106250
Organisation
Funding	Private
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Services
Beds	56
Speciality	Ophthalmology
History
Opened	January 20, 1962 (1962-01-20)
Links
Website	bascompalmer.org
Lists	Hospitals in U.S.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is the University of Miami School of Medicine's ophthalmic care, research, and education center. The institute is based in the Health District of Miami, Florida, and has been ranked consistently as the best eye hospital and vision research center in the nation.^[1]

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute faculty and staff treat patients from around the world at the institute's multi-location facilities, including its flagship location in Miami and at satellite facilities elsewhere in Miami-Dade County, Broward County, Palm Beach County, and Collier County in South Florida.

The institute's clinical faculty treats more than 250,000 patients annually,^[2] provides 24-hour emergency care, and is the only community-based ophthalmic care center for indigent and low-income patients of Miami-Dade County.