separate locations
Department of Ophthalmology Clinical Locations
1917
St. Francis Hospital
Initially, OSU medical students were taught at the Starling-Ohio Medical College facility, White Cross Hospital at Goodale Park, and Saint Francis Hospital downtown. By the time the department had been formed in 1929, much of the faculty was comprised of community ophthalmologists. They were clustered around Town and State Streets near Grant Hospital and its predecessor, Saint Francis Hospital, along with another group near Mount Carmel Hospital.
1924
Starling-Loving University Hospital
The new hospital opened in 1924, and students could receive instruction at the new facility. The faculty physicians still practiced privately downtown and generally spent one or two afternoons per week teaching and staffing the eye clinic. In 1946, the Starling Loving eye clinic consisted of a large central room for patient interviews and refraction and a treatment room, small classroom, and visual field room that occupied what Dr. Havener later characterized as “a small corner of the third floor of the ancient Starling Loving building.”
1951
University Hospital
In 1951 the new University Hospital opened and freed up more room at Starling Loving Hall, allowing the ophthalmology department to triple in size, with more rooms, more faculty, an orthoptic service, contact lens laboratory, microbiology laboratory, and photography dark room at Starling Loving. A section of the new hospital was set aside for two ophthalmology operating rooms and a dedicated section for ophthalmology inpatients.
1966
Means Hall
Means Hall, (where the James Cancer Hospital now stands) originally built as a tuberculosis sanatorium, was repurposed and the second floor was devoted to ophthalmology surgery. It had a large inpatient unit with 35 beds and 3 OR suites designated for ophthalmology. In 1966, the department offices were moved to the second and third floors of Means Hall, allowing extra space in the old Starling Loving eye clinic for renovation and expansion.
1975
Cramblett Hall
In 1975 the department moved clinical facilities to the University Hospital Clinic Building named Cramblett Hall at 456 West Tenth Avenue. This brought new clinical examination space, faculty office space, laboratory facilities, and the eye bank into a single location.
2006
Havener Eye Institute Dublin
The Dublin Post Road office opened in 2006 and provided comprehensive eye care. Services include cataracts, cornea, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology and LASIK surgeries. In 2024 this location is being designed to expand LASIK surgeries, add a Program of Excellence for Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Diseases, and provide cosmetic oculoplastic services.
2009
Eye and Ear Institute
The department moved to Gowdy Field in June 2009. An outpatient surgery center occupied the first floor with Ophthalmology on the 5th and 3rd floors, and ENT on the 4th floor. The future goal is that ENT and Ophthalmology will fill the entire building.
2018
Havener Eye Institute Westerville
By 2016, the department expanded into a satellite location in Westerville. This location on County Line Road occupies the 2nd floor offering a complete spectrum of all specialized ophthalmic care.
2021
Outpatient Care New Albany
In 2021, the department expanded its care by establishing an office in New Albany. This office location offers personalized eye care including the following services: Glaucoma screenings and treatments, Cataract assessments, Laser vision correction consultations (LASIK), Diabetic eye disease evaluations, Comprehensive eye examinations, Age-related macular degeneration treatments (AMD)
2022
Outpatient Care Dublin
In August 2022, Outpatient Care Dublin opened for personalized comprehensive eye care. Our services include cataracts, cornea, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology and LASIK surgeries, refractive surgery, retina and oculoplastic cosmetic care. Outpatient Care Dublin opened the doors to a new way to get personalized, comprehensive eye care in a facility unlike any other, right in the Dublin community.