Discovery Eye Foundation

Welcome to UC Irvine's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute

UC Irvine’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute is Orange County’s premier eye-care provider, offering state-of-the-art ophthalmic services, ranging from routine ophthalmic evaluations to complex medical management and surgical care. Our faculty of internationally recognized physicians, surgeons and scientists provide highly specialized training to future ophthalmologists, access to leading-edge clinical trials as well as sight-saving treatments and therapies for virtually any eye disorder.

Eye surgeons, stem cell researchers, geneticists, infectious disease specialists and engineers are working on technologies and treatments for macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, corneal disease and cataracts as well as a vaccine to prevent eye and genital herpes infections. These efforts have vaulted UC Irvine into the top echelons of institutions receiving National Institutes of Health grants for vision research.

It is part of the institute's academic mission to work collaboratively with the eye-care industry in Orange County, which has highest concentration of technology and pharmaceutical companies devoted to vision care. Our goal is to spark innovation and continue to revolutionize patient care.

The range and depth of clinical and scientific expertise among faculty members, many of whom regularly appear on the list of the nation's "Best Doctors," enable the institute to offer the most advanced training and treatment in the following areas:

Comprehensive ophthalmology and ocular pathology
Cataract, corneal surgery/external disease and refractive surgery
Glaucoma
Neuro-ophthalmology
Oculofacial plastics and orbital surgery
Ocular oncology
Pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus
Uveitis and ocular inflammation
Vitreoretinal surgery and retinal diseases
Molecular virology and immunology
Laser treatment and research