“Better Known Around the World than Around the Corner”
March 17, 2009: Our Club was treated to a wonderful presentation by Dr. Edward Wilson, Director of Charleston’s Storm Eye Institute; the only comprehensive eye institute in South Carolina. Dr. Wilson has a very distinguished resume to include over 2000 published professional papers and 500 keynote presentations. Named after Albert Florens and Mrs. William (Willie) Storm, the Eye Institute has been South Carolina’s center for the management of complex and serious eye diseases for thirty years. As a research institute, Storm Eye enjoys notoriety throughout the world for innovation and discovery in many fields including intraocular lenses, retinal function and the study of retinal diseases, and glaucoma neuroprotection.
The Institute’s teaching programs attract, year in and year out, many of the best applicants from across the country. Storm Eye Institute is undergoing another exciting phase of growth. Dr. Wilson is certain that the Institutes future will be even more exciting than it’s past as they strive to maintain and improve our patient satisfaction by being “user friendly”. “Even as we grow in size and complexity, we wish to maintain our small town southern hospitality.” Patients and referring physicians remain impressed with how easy it is to gain access to the doctors of Storm Eye. Each of our professionals are willing and able to hear your concerns and help in any way possible. The information provided in this website is intended to facilitate that easy access and to help meet our “user friendly” goal. Wilson emphasized the Staff’s quality is increasing: last year the Institute had 600 applications for 4 teaching positions: 42 were interviewed and the top 4 were higher.
Dr. Edwards concluded by showing a very interesting video and then re-stating, “at the Storm Eye Institute, vision is our mission. We seek to advance the science of ophthalmology and meet the eye care needs of the public by committing to care, to teach, to serve, to discover.”
Reported by Bill Crowe, Keyway Committee Chair