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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. Learn more.

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.

    News & Annual Reports

    Latest News

    Jul 19, 2021

    Researchers: HtrA1 Augmentation is Potential Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Research conducted at the Sharon Eccles Steele Center for Translational Medicine (SCTM) at the University of Utah’s John A. Moran Eye Center explains why people carrying a block of genetic variants strongly associated ...

    Jul 19, 2021

    Moran Eye Center Faculty Present at ASCRS

    John A. Moran Eye Center faculty will share skills and present research at the upcoming American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting this week.

    Jul 16, 2021

    Moran Eye Center Awarded First-Time Grant to Train Eye Care Technicians on the Navajo Nation

    A new grant from the University of Utah School of Medicine’s GME Resident Engagement & Training for Underserved & Rural Needs will allow the Moran Eye Center to train certified ophthalmic assistants on the Navajo Natio...

    Jul 15, 2021

    Eyes Irritated by Summer Smoke? Here’s What to Do

    Smoke from summer wildfires raging throughout the west can travel hundreds of miles. And with it comes invisible micron-size particles that wreak havoc on our health and float in the atmosphere long after the smoke has c...

    Jun 17, 2021

    John A. Moran Eye Center Names New Director of Global Outreach

    The John A. Moran Eye Center is welcoming Abdulkhaliq M. Barbaar, MSW, MBA, as the inaugural Dumke Endowed Director of Global Outreach, leading a division dedicated to increasing access to sight-saving care in Utah and w...

    Jun 14, 2021

    The Ripple Effect: Moran Eye Center’s Operation Sight Day Takes on Blindness in Utah

    Seventeen people walked into the Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah on June 12, 2021, with severe vision loss or blindness from cataracts. By that afternoon, they could see again thanks to Operation Sight Day, an...

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