Instituto Oftalmológico Fernández-Vega

The Instituto Oftalmológico Fernández-Vega (IOFV) is a monographic Ophthalmology Hospital. The surname Fernández-Vega has been linked to this medical specialty for over 125 years. Currently, the Institute devotes all its efforts to the prevention, diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of those diseases that hinder vision. Currently, the facilities of the Institute in Oviedo cover a surface area of approximately 12 000 square meters, where close to 200 people work. Over 100 000 patients are seen and 8 000 surgeries are performed every year. In order to stay ahead in innovation and to return to society part of what its patients have given to the Institute, the IOFV has launched the Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica (FIO) (Eye Research Foundation). The Foundation carries out biomedical translational research in ophthalmology and vision sciences. All this activity generates a great teaching capacity for health professionals devoted to vision (ophthalmologists, opticians-optometrists, nurses and Medicine students), it materialises through different pre and post-graduate programmes in collaboration with the Universidad de Oviedo. Furthermore, the Institute cares for disadvantaged people through the Fundación Fernández-Vega, present both at a local level and in international missions, such as recent trips to Cambodia and Peru.