Innovations

View stories from Innovations, an annual e-publication highlighting areas of expertise and innovation at OHSU Casey Eye Institute. 

Inside the Lab

Innovations 2023

A microscopic retinal organoid after 240 days grown from stem cells.

New Stem Cell Center Advances Retinal Disease Research

New center explores exciting possibilities for treating inherited retinal diseases that lead to blindness.

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Innovations 2022

Dr. Diana Lozano conducts glaucoma research at a confocal microscope

Extraordinary teamwork generates breakthroughs in glaucoma

Glaucoma researchers at OHSU Casey Eye Institute work cooperatively to improve glaucoma care. 

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Innovations 2021

New eye imaging technology captures blood oxygen saturation in retinal capillaries.

Using Spectroscopic OCT to measure capillary oximetry

Compared to conventional methods, OCT oximetry can provide three-dimensional information on specific vessels.

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Innovations 2020

Researchers are able to learn about inherited retinal diseases by watching monkeys

Accelerating scientific research in retinal disease

Rare opportunity to study an inherited photoreceptor degeneration in a nonhuman primate model.

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Innovations 2019

Image of retinal neovascularization taken with OCTA technology at Casey.

New frontiers of imaging for eye diseases

At the forefront of OCT to detect changes that may allow for treatment to prevent permanent vision loss.

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Advancing Surgery

Innovations 2023

Image of microscopic circulating hybrid cells discovered at OHSU that may detect who has eye cancer that spreads outside the eye.

New Clues to Metastasis of Ocular Melanoma

A collaboration among OHSU cancer researchers reveals which cases of ocular melanoma are likely to spread.

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Innovations 2022

Dr. John Ng examines a patient with colleagues in the background.

Expediting care for patients with facial paralysis

Facial Nerve Center is the only place in Oregon to offer cutting edge facial reanimation surgery.

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Innovations 2021

Operating room team and surgeon perform first ever gene therapy procuedure using CRISPR technology

Pioneering the first-ever CRISPR gene editing in vivo

OHSU performs the first gene editing procedure in a living person in all of medicine using CRISPR technology.

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Innovations 2020

DETECT cornea surgery include images of the front of the eye

Fine-tuning corneal procedures

Embedding clinical research in patient care leads to improvement in quality of life for patients.

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Innovations 2019

Doctor looking at computer image of gene therapy surgery

Leading the field in gene therapy

OHSU Casey Eye Institute is ideally positioned to support gene therapy and its clinical trials.

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Areas of Expertise

Innovation 2023

An eye doctor examining a patients on the Casey Community Outreach Program mobile clinic.

Oregon Vision Health Network expands vision care statewide

The Oregon Vision Health Network is expanding our model of eye care from individual to population health.

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Innovations 2022

Retinal image using ultra-widefield OCTA

Advancing Ocular Imaging

Ultrawide-field,  AI, and new handheld devices represent next evolution of optical coherence tomography.

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Innovations 2020

An artificial intelligence app created to diagnose a common blinding eye disease in preemies

Leading in artificial intelligence applications

Data-Driven Medicine: Diagnosing retinopathy of prematurity using artificial intelligence.

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Innovation 2019

Black and white image of blood vessels in the eye taken with technology developed at Casey

Defining the future of eye care through informatics

Data-Driven Medicine: Leading invention in AI, telemedicine and data analytics for ophthalmology.

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