Clockwise from upper left: The Sloan Letters visual acuity chart; Courtney Kraus connects with a young patient; Ed Maumenee in the operating room; David Guyton examines one of Wilmer’s littlest patients; James Handa in the operating room.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of patients and families come to the Wilmer Eye Institute seeking care for everything from routine eye exams to the most complex conditions imaginable. Here, patients and families find specialists and specialty teams with the training and experience to address critical problems, and where Wilmer’s collaboration with world-class experts from across Johns Hopkins means patients will receive the best, most comprehensive care available anywhere. Wilmer’s history comprises a rich tapestry of advances in patient care exemplified by stories of those whose sight and lives have been enhanced by the care they’ve received here. In the pages that follow, we invite you to explore some of these advances and their impact.