Overview

Overview

At Cole Eye Institute, we treat adults and children with all ophthalmic conditions, performing basic eye care and advanced eye surgery. Because of the broad range of therapies and surgical treatment options, people from all over the world come for treatment from our world-class staff.

This is a warm, open space designed with you in mind — from the time you arrive and through your entire stay with us:

  • You’ll find easily accessible parking, and we offer valet parking.
  • When you walk into our spacious lobby, you’ll find large-print signs to let you know where you need to go.
  • You’ll notice natural lighting throughout the building. That means it will be easier on your eyes — even if they were uncomfortable when you arrived or were just dilated as part of your care.

Your visit will begin on the second floor (if you’re not here for surgery). First, you’ll find a centralized check-in desk and we’ll give you a pager to let you know when we’re ready to see you. If you need any diagnostic tests, we’ll take you directly from the examination area to a designated elevator that takes you to the testing area. And kids have a separate waiting area with games and an aquarium to help keep them occupied.

We also designed the surgical facility with you in mind. So, all preoperative testing is in one location. We have the latest equipment in all eight operating rooms. That means we can perform everything from retinal surgery to cataract surgery — safely and effectively. Your family and friends also have a special waiting area where they can meet with your surgeon privately after your procedure. And when it’s time for you to go home, you’ll be escorted in a wheelchair to a special discharge area so family or friends can drive right up to the door to pick you up.

Many procedures developed at the Cole Eye Institute have been adopted by ophthalmologists around the world. The institute also offers one of the largest hospital-based continuing medical education programs in the United States. Our residency and fellowship programs are highly competitive and draw many applicants each year.

Cleveland Clinic is recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and exceptional care. Cleveland Clinic’s Cole Eye Institute specializes in a range of options for treating eye conditions, including cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and many others.

Our New Expansion

Our New Expansion

Cole Eye Institute Newly Expanded Building Now Open

We’re excited to announce the opening of the new 150,000-square-foot Jeffrey and Patricia Cole Building at Cole Eye Institute, an expansion supporting exponential growth in our services.

We’ve added three procedure rooms, eight operating rooms and 60 outpatient exam rooms with access to imaging technology. We also have new dedicated space for research and education. 

Cole Eye Institute is one of the world’s most advanced eye centers. The expanded eye center will enable Cleveland Clinic to improve how we treat eye conditions. And that means the best care possible for you and your loved ones. This new building and renovated facilities will allow us to help more people who need eye care. 

We have new drop-off and pick-up areas and valet services at the east-side entrance, with easy access to E. 105th Street.

The existing Cole Eye Institute Building, built in 1999, will be renovated later this year.

Following that work, the two buildings will connect to create an integrated eye center. That means enhanced and exceptional clinical care, as well as diagnostic and surgical services for more people who need them. This expanded institute will also be a place of innovation and groundbreaking research.

Leadership

Leadership

Daniel F. Martin, MD 
Chairman, Cole Eye Institute

Andrew P. Schachat, MD
Andrew P. Schachat, MD
Institute Vice Chairman and Institute Quality Review Officer

Elias I. Traboulsi, MD, MEd
Elias I. Traboulsi, MD, MEd 
Vice-Chairman for Education

Philanthropy & Community Outreach

Philanthropy & Community Outreach

Your role in preventing blindness

Eyesight is a priceless gift, a gift you can give by supporting the work of the Cole Eye Institute. You can designate your gift to the Cole Eye Institute and its Research, Education or Macular Degeneration Fund.

Your support will help us continue developing new treatments for eye diseases that will save or restore a patient’s eyesight. With your help, the Cole Eye Institute can continue advancing treatments for eye diseases and shaping the future of eye care — so someone doesn’t have to imagine life without eyesight.

Request More Information

To request more information about making a charitable gift, call or send an email to:

Mayme Patthoff
Senior Director of Development
216.445.7834
patthom@ccf.org

How you can help

You can help by making a contribution in a variety of ways:

A gift

Cash gifts, usually in the form of checks, are the most popular type of charitable contribution. Donors will qualify for an income tax charitable deduction for a gift of cash.

A charitable lead trust

The most flexible of the charitable trusts, a Charitable Lead Trust is an effective way to transfer wealth to children or grandchildren while reducing the amount of transfer tax.

The donor first transfers assets to a trust. After paying income to Cleveland Clinic, the trust transfers the remainder to designated heirs.

A life-income gift

Several forms of gifts provide donors or their named beneficiaries an income for life while committing resources to future use by Cleveland Clinic. Donors to any of these life-income arrangements are entitled to charitable deductions in the year the gift is made for part of its fair market value, and are often able to increase their spendable income.

Gifts of long-term appreciated property also avoid or defer tax on the capital gain.

  • A charitable remainder trust may be funded with cash, securities or real property. One or two beneficiaries named by the donor will receive income on a quarterly basis for a period of years or their lifetime. At maturity, the trust principal is transferred to Cleveland Clinic.
  • A charitable gift annuity is an agreement between a donor and Cleveland Clinic in which the donor makes a gift and one or two designated beneficiaries receive a guaranteed income for life. Some of this may be tax free.
  • Cleveland Clinic's Pooled Income Fund pools gifts in the form of cash or securities from many donors for investment purposes. Beneficiaries designated by the donors receive a proportionate share of the net income earned by the fund, quarterly, for life.

A charitable bequest provision

A charitable bequest is an easy way to make a meaningful gift to Cleveland Clinic. The full amount of the bequest is deductible from a taxable estate.

Naming opportunities

A permanent legacy in the name of a donor or designee (such as a family member or physician) can be created through a gift to support the Cole Eye Institute. Please contact us for more information on naming opportunities.

Personal fundraising page

You can create a personal Cleveland Clinic Fundraising Page to honor a loved one or celebrate a special event. Share your page with friends and family to raise support for research and world-class care at Cleveland Clinic.

  • Honor a loved one or caregiver: A simple, yet powerful way to appreciate and cherish a special someone who has touched your life.
  • Remember someone special: Pay tribute to the life of a family member, friend or colleague by creating a page in his or her memory.
  • Celebrate the milestones in your life: whether it’s a birthday, bar or bat mitzvah, anniversary, wedding or the end of medical treatment, you can set up a fund to mark your special occasion.

Thank you for your support

Thank you for your consideration in supporting the Cole Eye Institute. We appreciate the generous support that we receive from the philanthropic community. Philanthropic support is helping to elevate the Cole Eye Institute to be among the best eye care providers and allows us to continue conducting cutting edge research and make breakthroughs in visual science to help those with eye diseases.

Community outreach

Cleveland Clinic & KOHL'S Cares Vision First Program

Vision First was launched in 2002 through collaborative efforts of the Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Cleveland’s philanthropic community. A partnership with KOHL’S Cares was established in 2013. Together we will help Northeast Ohio students in need of eye treatment, seek and gain the advanced care to correct their vision.