Welcome to the internet site of the Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent Blindness. We believe the best patient care is only possible when patients actively participate in their care and are as informed as possible about glaucoma. This site, voted one of the top five glaucoma websites in the world, provides a wealth of information and links to other resources.

The Glaucoma Service Foundation’s mission is to preserve or enhance the health of all people with glaucoma and to provide a model of medical care by supporting the educational and research efforts of the physicians on the Wills Eye Institute Glaucoma Service, the largest glaucoma diagnosis and treatment center in the country. Fifteen glaucoma specialists use sophisticated diagnostic facilities to evaluate the appearance and functioning of the optic nerve and ocular drainage system and recommend treatment. A dynamic research program, the Glaucoma Research Center, constantly evaluates evidence for current therapies and works to develop new ones. Members of the Service have introduced medical treatments and surgical techniques that are now in common practice world-wide.

This site provides access to unique chat sessions. These unique chat sessions with Glaucoma Service physicians, honored at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology as “the premiere virtual glaucoma chat support group in the world,” personalizes the educational outreach of the Service to an unprecedented degree. The chat support group is a cornerstone of the Service's e-Medicine program, which includes teleconsultation, teleinformatics, and research into the practicality of telescreening for glaucoma.

The Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent Blindness can be reached by phone at 215-928-3283 or click here to contact us.

Support for this website provided by an educational grant from Alcon Laboratories, Inc. and the Avery & Patricia Clark Fund for Glaucoma Research and Education.

Special thanks to the Robison D. Harley Fund for Glaucoma Education and Research, the lead sponsor for the 4th Annual CARES Conference.

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NEWS AND MEDIA

Announcing the 6th Annual Glaucoma CARES Conference, Saturday, September 22, 2012

March 29, 2012
The Edmund B. Spaeth Oration Photo Gallery
Photos by Roger Barone

Every Thursday Dr. Lan Lu Lectures Seniors About Eye Disease (Philadelphia, PA)

World Glaucoma Week 2012

Honoring Dr. Patricia Bath

Google World Glaucoma Week-2012 doodle on March 12, 2012?

George L. Spaeth MD's new book "Family Voices" released

Dr. Spaeth Honored by ASB

Ethics Conference at Wills Institute
Photos by Roger Barone

Dr. Pro in Surgery Teaching Fellow
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