The mission of the Retina Foundation of the Southwest is to prevent vision loss and restore sight through innovative research and treatment.
Vision loss during childhood can impact a child’s ability to learn important skills for growth, development, and independence, such as crawling, walking, reading, writing, and playing sports.
Vision loss and eye diseases can affect multiple generations of a family. Researchers have identified certain genes as responsible for eye diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa and x-linked retinoschisis.
The Retina Foundation is an international leader in research. We perform groundbreaking clinical trials for patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Become a patient today.
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March 16, 2021
A Year Ago Today
One year ago, the Retina Foundation temporarily closed its doors to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus. Looking …
December 7, 2020
A Family Forever Changed by Research
Hello, my name is Aaron Hawes. I have been a patient at the Retina Foundation for all but the very first …
June 16, 2020
Choroideremia Research Is Necessary to Help Prevent Blindness at an Early Age
Choroideremia is an X-linked, recessive, inherited retinal disorder that affects 1 in 50,000 individuals. X-linked refers to the X chromosome, …
The Retina Foundation of the Southwest’s Rose-Silverthorne Retinal Degenerations Laboratory is an international leader in research for inherited retinal diseases.
Dr. Yi-Zhong Wang discusses visual function and imaging evaluation for patients with retinal diseases and his deep machine learning project.
The Clinical Center of Innovation for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) at the Retina Foundation is a renowned leader in AMD clinical research, managed by Dr. Karl Csaky. The Center provides specialized vision evaluations including a first of its kind quick contrast sensitivity test.
By donating to the Retina Foundation, you are making a tremendous difference in the lives of children and adults with vision loss by supporting innovative research and treatment.
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