Welcome to the Lions Eye Institute

The Lions Eye Institute in Perth, Western Australia, is the largest eye research institute in the southern hemisphere.

Each year LEI provides specialist clinical services to 50,000 patients from throughout Australia and the world. Our internationally renowned surgeons perform around 3,000 complex eye operations annually. Ophthalmologists abroad seek specialty medical training at LEI and return to their region with a higher level of skill.

Since 1983 the Lions Eye Institute has supported community services aimed at early detection and prevention of blinding eye disease.