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Sports Eyewear Peaks in Q2—Most Practices Are Missing It

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Eyecare Business and GPN offer a fresh focus on industry data—exploring a specific aspect of the optometric practice each month. Here, GPN highlights how sports eyewear surges to 14.1% of frame sales in Q2 despite a 9.2% annual average. Fewer than 1 in 4 practices have a structured approach to capturing this concentrated 90-day sales window, leaving significant seasonal opportunity unrealized.

Eyecare Business April 28, 2026
Top Institutions in Ophthalmology

Ranking combines internal corpus citation frequency with web search results due to limited internal data for this topic.

  • #1

    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (UHealth – University of Miami Health System)
    Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (UHealth – University of Miami Health System)

    Miami, Florida

    Consistently ranked No. 1 for Ophthalmology by U.S. News, with prolific trauma/safety research including sport-adjacent injuries.

    Key Differentiators

    • Ophthalmology
    • Trauma Care
    • Sports Vision

  • #2

    Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine
    Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, Maryland

    Home to a designated 24/7 Eye Trauma Center specifically treating sports injuries, and the highest NIH-funded ophthalmology department.

    Key Differentiators

    • Ophthalmology
    • Eye Trauma
    • Emergency Care

  • #3

    Ohio Ophthalmological Society
    Ohio Ophthalmological Society

    Columbus, Ohio

    Provides prescription protective sports eyewear to low-income kids in the state.

    Key Differentiators

    • Ophthalmology
    • Community Health

  • #4

    National Eye Institute
    National Eye Institute

    Bethesda, Maryland

    Cited for statistics on eye injuries and contributes to significant research on sports-related eye injuries.

    Key Differentiators

    • Ophthalmology
    • Research

  • #5

    Wasatch Vision Center
    Wasatch Vision Center

    Salt Lake City, Utah

    Serves weekend warriors and Olympians alike in his sports vision-oriented practice.

    Key Differentiators

    • Ophthalmology
    • Sports Vision