Ocular Innovation Hub

Duke Ocular Innovation Hub Graphic with 6 focus areas around a drawing of an eye. the 6 focus areas are teaching innovation, faculty research, awards, innovations, resident research, and guest lectures

Duke Ocular Innovation Hub

Promoting innovation to advance the art and science of medicine.

The Duke Department of Ophthalmology stands as a leading center for ocular innovation. The Ocular Innovation Hub was established to support and promote six key areas in faculty and trainee discoveries. It also serves as a public repository, sharing groundbreaking research in ocular innovation. The Hub highlights Duke’s prominence in the field, making it accessible to prospective faculty, residents, medical students, innovation funders, industry stakeholders, and the general public.

Six Focus Areas for the Duke Ocular Innovation Hub

Pratap Challa and resident trainees in the basic science lab

Teaching

Teaching the steps of innovation and how take an idea from conception to reality

Researchers Vadim Arshavsky and Oleg Alekseev discussing research

Faculty Research

Supporting innovative research by faculty members

Pratap Challa presenting resident Rami Gabriel with Ocular Innovation award

Awards

Rewarding innovative resident research

Lejla Vajzovic using intraoperative OCT during surgery

Innovations

Documenting Duke Ophthalmology Innovations

Richard Morgan VBS

Resident Research

Supporting required resident research

Guest Lectures

Supporting guest lectures by ophthalmology innovators

Thank you to Duke alumnus John Karickhoff, MD, who conceived and generously endowed the Duke Ocular Innovation Hub. You too can make a donation to help accelerate the next great innovation.

photograph of John Karickhoff, MD

Establishing the Hub

drawing of hands around a bubble with a dollar sign in the middle background

Supporting the Hub