Eye Institute
UW Medicine Eye Institute  

 At the UW Medicine Eye Institute, our mission dovetails with our passion: To improve patients’ vision.

We provide comprehensive care for people with glaucoma, cataracts, and diseases of the retina, cornea, orbit and nerves. Our surgeons also perform refractive and oculofacial plastic (cosmetic and traumatic) procedures.

Our dedicated physicians, surgeons and researchers care for patients in the new Ninth & Jefferson Building at Harborview Medical Center, just off Interstate 5 on Seattle’s First Hill. Patients can park conveniently in the building’s underground garage. Institute physicians and staff will continue to treat patients at the Eye Center at UW Medical Center, as well.

Eyes on James is our full-service optical shop located at street level in the Ninth & Jefferson Building at the intersection of James Street and Terry Avenue. The shop offers eye exams, specialty glasses and contact lenses. For additional information, call 206.897.4774.

First-time customers can receive 20 percent off frames and lenses>

Whether your eye problem is simple or complex, the UW Medicine Eye Institue looks forward to offering you first-rate service and terrific results.
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Facial aesthetic surgery is used to help people who want to restore their face to a more youthful contour. As we age, facial tissue that was more prominent higher on the face begins to descend with gravity, creating sallow cheeks, folds around the nose and some jowling. To restore the face to a more youthful appearance a plastic surgeon reshapes the face by restoring volume and removing excess... Read more
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Robert E. Kalina, M.D.
Dr. Kalina is a UW professor and past chair of the UW Department of Ophthalmology. He is past president of UW Physicians, director emeritus of the ...
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Macular Degeneration
When Anne Beidler began to notice changes in her vision, she feared the worst: she'd watched her mother lose her sight from macular degeneration. But Dr. Atma Vemulakonda, at the UW Medicine Eye Institute, was able to treat Anne by injecting a new drug into her eye that began to improve her vision within hours. The institute is leading research efforts to improve treatment for eye diseases and also training the next generation of ophthalmologists at the University of Washington's School of Medicine.