Legacy Devers Eye Institute


The Legacy Devers Eye Institute in Portland, Oregon, is one of the few private, non-profit centers for ophthalmological care, research, and training in the United States. The Institute is affiliated with Legacy Health, a network of seven hospitals in Portland and Southwest Washington.

Mission

The Institute offers fee-for-service and charitable eye care. Part of its mission is to provide universal eye care in the Portland, Oregon, area.
The Institute also trains post-graduate professionals and conducts research. Scientists from Devers have refined how to interpret visual field testing, a standard part of the assessment of glaucoma. They have also improved corneal transplantation through innovations in DLEK and DSEK.

History and funding

The Devers Eye Institute was founded in 1959 thanks to a million-dollar bequest from Arthur Devers, a coffee merchant who suffered from retinal degeneration. The Institute now has an endowment of approximately twenty-five million dollars held primarily by the Legacy Health Good Samaritan Foundation. Part of its research activity is supported through grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Staff and alumni

The Devers Eye Institute staff includes fourteen ophthalmologists, four physician fellows, two clinical optometrists, and four additional senior scientists performing research. The Discoveries in Sight Research Laboratory is headed by Claude Burgoyne, M.D., 2015 winner of the American Glaucoma Society Clinician Scientist Award. The clinics are directed by Steve Mansberger, M.D., M.P.H., epidemiology section editor for the American Journal of Ophthalmology. The cornea service is headed by Mark Terry, M.D., 2016 recipient of the Eye Bank Association of America R. Townley Paton Award. James T. Rosenbaum, M.D., is the Chief of Ophthalmology.
Notable former staff and graduates of the training program include—