Wills Eye Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | 840 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Organization | |
Type | Specialist |
Affiliated university | Thomas Jefferson University |
Services | |
Speciality | Ophthalmology |
History | |
Opened | 1832 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.willseye.org |
Lists | Hospitals in Pennsylvania |
Wills Eye Hospital is a non-profit eye clinic and hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1832 and is the oldest continually operating eye-care facility in the United States. It is the ophthalmology residency program for Thomas Jefferson University.
Since 1990, Wills Eye Hospital has consistently been ranked one of the top three ophthalmology hospitals in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and its ophthalmology residency program is considered one of the most competitive residency programs in the world.[1]