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.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Day%20240%20image%202_850px.png)
New Stem Cell Center Advances Retinal Disease Research
New center explores exciting possibilities for treating inherited retinal diseases that lead to blindness.
Innovations 2022
![Dr. Diana Lozano conducts glaucoma research at a confocal microscope](/sites/default/files/2023-03/Lozano_CaseyEye_research_KEC_8037_690px.jpg)
Extraordinary teamwork generates breakthroughs in glaucoma
Glaucoma researchers at OHSU Casey Eye Institute work cooperatively to improve glaucoma care.
Innovations 2021
![New eye imaging technology captures blood oxygen saturation in retinal capillaries.](/sites/default/files/2021-02/Data_driven_med_Jia_image_690px.jpg)
Using Spectroscopic OCT to measure capillary oximetry
Compared to conventional methods, OCT oximetry can provide three-dimensional information on specific vessels.
Innovations 2020
![Researchers are able to learn about inherited retinal diseases by watching monkeys](/sites/default/files/2020-02/Innovations2020_inside_the_lab_930px.jpg)
Accelerating scientific research in retinal disease
Rare opportunity to study an inherited photoreceptor degeneration in a nonhuman primate model.
Innovations 2019
![Image of retinal neovascularization taken with OCTA technology at Casey.](/sites/default/files/2019-04/wide-field%20OCTA%20of%20retinal%20neovascularization%20in%20PDR2_285px_0.jpg)
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.
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.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/UM_hybridcell_dapi-GP100-CD45_cropped.png)
New Clues to Metastasis of Ocular Melanoma
A collaboration among OHSU cancer researchers reveals which cases of ocular melanoma are likely to spread.
Innovations 2022
![Dr. John Ng examines a patient with colleagues in the background.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Facial%20Nerve%20Clinic%20-%20Casey%20Eye-31_Ng_690px.jpg)
Expediting care for patients with facial paralysis
Facial Nerve Center is the only place in Oregon to offer cutting edge facial reanimation surgery.
Innovations 2021
![Operating room team and surgeon perform first ever gene therapy procuedure using CRISPR technology](/sites/default/files/2021-02/2020_B3%2002_gene%20editing%20trial_25_690px.jpg)
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.
Innovations 2020
![DETECT cornea surgery include images of the front of the eye](/sites/default/files/2020-02/Innovations2020_advancing_surgery_930px.jpg)
Fine-tuning corneal procedures
Embedding clinical research in patient care leads to improvement in quality of life for patients.
Innovations 2019
![Doctor looking at computer image of gene therapy surgery](/sites/default/files/2019-04/Gene_Therapy_image_400px.jpg)
Leading the field in gene therapy
OHSU Casey Eye Institute is ideally positioned to support gene therapy and its clinical trials.
Areas of Expertise
Innovation 2023
![An eye doctor examining a patients on the Casey Community Outreach Program mobile clinic.](/sites/default/files/2019-06/Doc%20and%20patient%20in%20van%202_500px.jpg)
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.
Innovations 2022
![Retinal image using ultra-widefield OCTA](/sites/default/files/2022-02/40-degree%20field%20of%20view%20en%20face%20OCTA_cropped3.png)
Advancing Ocular Imaging
Ultrawide-field, AI, and new handheld devices represent next evolution of optical coherence tomography.
Innovations 2020
![An artificial intelligence app created to diagnose a common blinding eye disease in preemies](/sites/default/files/2020-02/Innovations2020_data_driven_medicine_930px.jpg)
Leading in artificial intelligence applications
Data-Driven Medicine: Diagnosing retinopathy of prematurity using artificial intelligence.
Innovation 2019
![Black and white image of blood vessels in the eye taken with technology developed at Casey](/sites/default/files/2019-04/ROP%20Example%20-%20overlay_360px.png)
Defining the future of eye care through informatics
Data-Driven Medicine: Leading invention in AI, telemedicine and data analytics for ophthalmology.