How to view a solar eclipse safely
The solar eclipse will be visible across Catalonia, but looking at it without proper eye protection can cause permanent damage to the retina. Ophth...
News from Institute of Ophthalmology
Clínic Barcelona ranks as the third best public hospital in Spain according to the Merco Salud 2025 ranking
The hospital, which has also been recognized as the best public hospital in Catalonia, stands out with five services ranked first: Digestive System...
Dr Marta Pazos, new director of the Clínic Ophthalmology Institute
Dr Marta Pazos has been appointed director of the Clínic Ophthalmology Institute (ICOF) at the Hospital Clínic Barcelona. A glaucoma specialist, sh...
Advances in the treatment of eye infections from contact lenses
Akantior: a recently approved drug for the treatment of acanthamoeba keratitis. The parasite infects the cornea through contact lenses and can caus...
Dr. Joan Giralt: There are teenagers who do not accept their diabetes and often come to you in a very serious condition"
Dr. Joan Giralt has been part of the Clínic family for almost 17 years now… and for 12 years has been a professor of ophthalmology at the Faculty o...
Dr. Javier Zarranz-Ventura receives the EURETINA Retinal Medicine Clinical Research Award 2024
Dr. Javier Zarranz-Ventura, ophthalmologist at the Clínic and researcher in the IDIBAPS Ocular Inflammation: Clinical and Experimental Studies grou...
Mireia Hereu, Optometrist, Clínic: “Here comes the wolf!!! No, the wolf isn’t coming now, but, if we don’t watch out, he will end up coming"
Mireia Hereu examines in detail over 10,000 eyes a year… so just add up the number of eyes she’s seen in the 25 years she has worked as an optometr...
Characterizing neovascular lesions on the macula allows us to predict the response to treatment in patients with AMD
A study coordinated by researchers at the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS reveals that characterizing the type of neovascular lesion in the eye of patients...
What are the most common eyelid diseases?
These diseases are very common, although they are normally resolved with pharmacological or surgical treatment without any major problems.
6 things you didn't know about Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Age-Related Macular Degeneration is, of course, related to age. However, studies show it is possible to reduce the risk of having (or delaying) thi...