ABOUT THE JOHN A. MORAN EYE CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Research
Physicians and companies worldwide use the • Intermountain Ocular Research Center at Moran to evaluate artificial lenses used for cataract surgery.
Moran’s Sharon Eccles Steele Center for Transla• tional Medicine is fast-tracking new therapies
using the world’s largest repository of donor eye tissue dedicated to the study of normal and diseased retinal tissue. Its first new therapy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is now in clinical trials.
Moran researchers built the world’s first maps of • the circuitry of healthy and diseased retinas to better understand the disease process.
Moran’s Alan S. Crandall Center for Glaucoma • Innovation is developing better diagnostics, therapies and surgical devices, and a deeper understanding of glaucoma and its genetics.
Education
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Faculty train 12 residents, four interns, and up to 13 fellows each year in one of the nation’s most selective and unique academic programs.
offers nine fellowship subspecialties: cornea, • Moran retina, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, uveitis,
pediatric, medical retina, oculoplastics, and international ophthalmology.
is the first and only free, peer• morancore.utah.edu reviewed, multimedia ophthalmology education website.
Patient Care
physician researchers spent years developing • Moran evidence-based instrument sterilization guidelines
for the cleaning and sterilization of intraocular surgical instruments.
Patient Support Program at Moran, a national • The model, is one of a handful nationwide offering support groups and rehabilitation services for patients and families adjusting to vision loss.
was part of the national effort that developed • Moran the widely used Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) supplement formulation for AMD.
Global & Local Outreach
by donors, Moran’s Global Outreach Division • Funded provides care to underserved Utahns at no cost and
trains doctors and nurses in low-resource countries to sustainably expand access to care.
Utah, the division provides no-cost eye care and • Insurgeries for thousands of uninsured, low-income, and
former refugee residents. Volunteers make regular trips to provide free care on the remote Navajo Nation.
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