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About the Scheie Eye Institute
The Scheie Eye Institute, founded by Harold G. Scheie in 1972, is a leader in the field of ophthalmological research, education and patient care.
Our physician-scientists focus on translational research ranging in topic from age-related macular degeneration to glaucoma to retinitis pigmentosa. The Scheie Eye Institute is ranked #1 in funding from the National Eye Institute.
Our full-time residency and fellowship program is devoted to training 15 residents and 8 fellows to become leaders in the future of ophthalmology. In fact, Scheie is now the first institute to receive a training grant in Ocular Genetics and Bioinformatics from the National Institutes of Health. This will enable us to train scientists and ophthalmologists to interpret the huge amount of genetic information which will become available to us within the next five years as whole genome sequencing becomes widely affordable.
The Scheie Eye Institute employs 60 physicians and researchers to consult and treat eye problems of every kind. Last year alone Scheie received 81,129 patient visits. We have three locations in the city of Philadelphia, and locations in Radnor, and Media Pennsylvania.
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Scheie News
Study Confirms Two AMD Treatments Equally Effective
The CATT two year study shows equal visual improvement for AMD patients treated with Lucentis and those treated with Avastin
Second Dose of Gene Therapy Improves Vision
Gene therapy patients successfully received treatment to other eye
Scheie #1
Scheie Eye Institute is #1 among all departments of ophthalmology and eye
institutes across the U.S. in research grant awards from the NEI
Scheie Faculty Receive Pioneer Award
Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, and Albert Maguire, MD receive NIH Director's grant to research gene therapy for inherited blindness
