Fact Sheet: Kellogg Facts, Figures and Firsts

Profile

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Chair: Paul R. Lichter, M.D.
Clinical faculty: 48
Research faculty: 9
Research Investigators: 4
Laboratory staff: 60
Nurses and Technicians: 58
History: The Department of Ophthalmology was established in 1872
Institutional organization: The W.K. Kellogg Eye Center is home to the University of Michigan Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, which is part of the University of Michigan Medical School and the University of Michigan Health System

Education and Training

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Residents: 21
Clinical fellows: 9
Research and postdoctoral fellows: 6
Alumni: 430 active alumni across the country and around the world

Program Rankings

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Hospital Specialties: US News & World Report
Overall Program, Research, & Residency: Ophthalmology Times
Research dollars awarded: National Eye Institute

Medical facilities

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The Kellogg Eye Center comprises three buildings on the University campus. These house 6 clinics, 4 operating rooms, an ophthalmic photography service, an optical shop, a café, a library, and faculty offices. Among these buildings is a 70,000 sq. ft. research tower with 14 laboratories. A 230,000-square-foot expansion to the Eye Center is scheduled to open in 2010.

The Kellogg Eye Center has community clinics in Ann Arbor, Brighton, Canton, Livonia, Milford, West Bloomfield, and Ypsilanti (2)

Patient visits

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1904: 1,400 patient visits to the Eye & Ear Ward
1916: 2,437 patient visits to the Eye & Ear Ward
1975: 28,000 patient visits to the Eye Clinic
1999: 79,424 visits to the Kellogg Eye Center
2009: 125,311 patient visits to the Kellogg Eye Center and 5,341 surgical procedures

Funding

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1884: End-of-year balance in the Eye & Ear Ward Treasury = $2.77
2009: Operating budget of 38.8 million which includes a research budget of 10.4 million

Grant support: National Eye Institute, Research to Prevent Blindness, Foundation Fighting Blindness, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, American Foundation for Aging Research, Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, and other agencies and private funding sources.