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Affiliation: King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital and Johns Hopkins Medicine
The vision of KKESH is to be committed to provide the highest tertiary ophthalmic
care combined with applied and clinical research and the expansion of training and
education, so as to be recognized not only on the regional level, but rather on the
world wide level. The recent attempt toward such recognition is the announcement
made by H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeea, the Minster of Health, in January 2010, of
the affiliation agreement between the KKESH and the of Johns Hopkins University.
The focus of the affiliation is the exchange of medical expertise and knowledge and
collaborate to introduce and provide the highest and best healthcare combined
with research and training. Moreover part of the agreement dictates that a team of
physicians from Wilmer Eye Institute will work at KKESH on an extended basis, and
collaborate with their Saudi colleagues to discover and develop new procedures and
new treatment for eye diseases that are currently incurable.
Founded in 1925, the Wilmer Eye Institute was the nation’s first university eye clinic to
combine patient care, research and teaching under one roof. Wilmer has grown from
one full-time faculty member at one site in East Baltimore to more than 130 full-time
faculty members at eight locations throughout Maryland, the largest faculty of any
ophthalmology department in the United States, a total staff of 600, and an annual
budget of over $80 million.No other ophthalmologic institution in the world has
Wilmer’s track record and long tradition of wide-ranging achievements:
- In 2009, the number of patient visits to Wilmer will exceed 200,000, with patients
coming to the Institute from all 50 states and 73 foreign nations.
- Wilmer faculty receives more National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants than any
other ophthalmology institution in the United States.
- Wilmer has the most competitive residency program in the country.
Wilmer is now positioned at an extraordinary juncture in its long history, where
discovery and opportunity have intersected to advance the understanding and
treatment of devastating eye diseases. The new Robert H. and Clarice Smith Building
and Maurice Bendann Surgical Pavilion, will be the proving grounds of a new era
in ophthalmology. Opened in June 2009, this 200,000 square foot new building is
two buildings in one, offering state of the art facilities for both research and clinical
practice. It advances a long tradition of bringing the newest understanding and the
latest discoveries to help deliver the best and most advanced care possible.
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