Schepens Eye Research Institute

Schepens Eye Research Institute fights blindness by developing new technologies, therapies and knowledge to retain and restore vision. Through a continuum of discovery, the Institute works toward a future in which blindness is prevented, alleviated and, ultimately, cured.

Founded in 1950 by famed retinal surgeon Charles L. Schepens, MD, Schepens Eye Research Institute is the largest independent eye research institute in the nation and an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Since our inception, it has trained more than 600 postdoctoral fellows in various disciplines of eye research; trained more than 500 eye surgeons who now practice around the world; and published more than 4,600 scientific papers and books about health and eye disease.