Palmer, a Miami ophthalmologist who settled in Miami in the 1920s. Norton, a neuro-ophthalmologist, retinal specialist, administrator and professor who joined the University of Miami's School of Medicine with aspirations of building a regional ophthalmic center in South Florida. īascom Palmer Eye Institute was founded seven years later, on January 20, 1962, by Edward W. Ophthalmology at the University of Miami School of Medicine began in 1955 and attained departmental status in 1959, one year after Norton became the department's first full-time chairman.
The institute's clinical faculty treats more than 250,000 patients annually, provides 24-hour emergency care, and is the only community-based ophthalmic care center for indigent and low-income patients of Miami-Dade County. īascom 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 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.
Hospital in Florida, United States Bascom Palmer Eye InstituteĢ5☄7′27.72″N 80☁2′38.25″W / 25.7910333°N 80.2106250°W / 25.7910333 -80.2106250īascom Palmer Eye Institute is the University of Miami School of Medicine's ophthalmic care, research, and education center.
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