Prevention of blinding eye disease worldwide through research and training focused on infectious and inflammatory eye diseases.
Established in 1947, The Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology is an internationally renowned, privately endowed Organized Research Unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. The Foundation is dedicated to research and training in infectious and inflammatory ocular diseases, and the application of this research to the prevention of blindness worldwide. It is recognized as the pre-eminent center in the world for this discipline.
The activities of the Foundation include Fellowship Training, Faculty Research, Medical Group Practice, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, and International Research and Training.
The Foundation is supported by endowments, research grants, private donations, and clinical practice income. It is administratively and functionally distinct from the Department of Ophthalmology at UCSF. |
