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About the John A. Moran Eye Center

Nationally Recognized 

Ranked among the nation’s best for providing excellent patient eye care.

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The Moran Eye Center offers some of the best patient care in the country and has been nationally ranked by U.S News & World Report and Ophthalmology Times. Moran is the largest eye care center in the Mountain West, with more than 40 specialists and 11 convenient locations offering a full range of leading-edge treatments and a robust patient support program.

Our research labs are translating discoveries into new therapies for diseases, including glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration, while our highly competitive education program ranks among the nation’s best.

The Moran Eye Center believes no person with a blinding condition, eye disease, or visual impairment should be without hope, understanding, and treatment. Learn more about our vision and mission statement and Committee for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).

Comprehensive Eye Care Services

Cataracts

Glasses & Contacts/ Optometry

Glaucoma

LASIK

Pediatrics

Retina

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    Giving & Outreach

    At Moran, we believe no person with a blinding condition, eye disease, or visual impairment should be without hope, understanding, and treatment.

    Giving

    Our goal at the Moran Eye Center is to provide the best eye care available while finding better treatments and cures for blinding conditions. We aim to be one of the premier ophthalmic research institutions in the world. This is only possible with the private financial support of friends and donors like you.

    Outreach

    There are 39 million people who are blind worldwide. Four out of every five blind people could be cured at a modern eye clinic, but most lack access to care because there aren’t enough doctors. The Moran Eye Center trains doctors, nurses, and other eye care professionals in more than 25 countries.

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    News & Annual Reports

    Latest News

    Oct 20, 2021

    Scientists Enable Blind Woman To See Simple Shapes Using Brain Implant

    Newly published research details how a team of scientists from the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah and Spain’s Miguel Hernandez University successfully created a form of artificial vision for a blind...

    Oct 20, 2021

    Moran Eye Center, Spanish Researchers Successfully Test Artificial Vision for the Blind

    For more than 30 years, John A. Moran Eye Center researcher Richard “Dick” Normann, PhD, has been working to create a form of artificial vision for people who have completely lost their sight. With the successful tes...

    Oct 20, 2021

    Glaucoma and Cataract Surgeon Austin S. Nakatsuka, MD, Joins Moran Eye Center

    The John A. Moran Eye Center recently welcomed glaucoma and cataract specialist Austin S. Nakatsuka, MD, as a full-time faculty member.

    Oct 19, 2021

    What Is Myopia, And Why Does It Affect So Many Children? Screen Time Is A Growing Concern

    Ophthalmologists say they’re seeing myopia, or nearsightedness, affect growing numbers of children and young people. John A. Moran Eye Center optometrist Shandi Beckwith, OD, specializes in myopia correction, specifica...

    Oct 18, 2021

    Scientists Identify Reading Ability and Speed as Crucial Measures of Visual Decline for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients

    A research team including John A. Moran Eye Center scientists has identified reading ability and reading speed as key measures for evaluating visual decline in patients with dry, late-stage age-related macular degenerati...

    Oct 12, 2021

    Moran’s Night for Sight Raises more than $1 Million for Charity Eye Care

    Night for Sight, the John A. Moran Eye Center’s largest community event benefitting the Global Outreach Division’s work to end curable blindness in Utah and worldwide, exceeded a fundraising goal of $1 million.

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