Ophthalmic clinical research consulting

Build a research-ready practice.

Row21 helps ophthalmology practices assess, build, and strengthen the operational capabilities needed to participate in sponsor-funded clinical trials.

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Operations

Workflows, staffing, and daily site routines.

Regulatory

Processes, documentation, and expectations.

Imaging

Equipment, capture workflows, and data quality.

Clinical research readiness is more than finding patients.

Becoming a capable research site requires coordinated decisions across staffing, workflows, facilities, equipment, regulatory processes, imaging, data, sponsor expectations, and day-to-day trial operations. The right model depends on the practice—its people, locations, existing capabilities, growth goals, and the types of studies it hopes to support.

Staffing

Workflows

Imaging

Regulatory

Sponsor expectations

What We Do

Focused support for research readiness.

Research Readiness Assessment

Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and determine what is required to become research-ready.

Research Readiness Assessment

Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and determine what is required to become research-ready.

Implementation Planning

Prioritize what needs to be built, changed, or sourced—and establish a practical path forward.

Implementation Planning

Prioritize what needs to be built, changed, or sourced—and establish a practical path forward.

Research Operations Preparation

Prepare the workflows, responsibilities, infrastructure, and operating processes needed to support sponsor-funded trials.

Research Operations Preparation

Prepare the workflows, responsibilities, infrastructure, and operating processes needed to support sponsor-funded trials.

Who We Help

For practices at different stages of research readiness.

Ophthalmology practices exploring clinical research for the first time.

Practices expanding an existing research program and clarifying what needs to mature next.

Multi-location ophthalmology groups seeking a repeatable research model across sites.

Our Approach

A practical path from readiness questions to operational preparation.

Assess

Understand current capabilities, constraints, and research goals.

Assess

Understand current capabilities, constraints, and research goals.

Prioritize

Determine what must be addressed first.

Prioritize

Determine what must be addressed first.

Build

Develop the people, processes, infrastructure, and outside support required.

Build

Develop the people, processes, infrastructure, and outside support required.

Prepare

Align the practice for sponsor conversations and trial execution.

Prepare

Align the practice for sponsor conversations and trial execution.

Why Row21

Guidance grounded in ophthalmic trial operations.

Ophthalmology-focused clinical perspective, with particular depth in retina.

An operating model designed around the realities of an active clinical practice.

Recommendations tailored to the practice rather than a generic readiness checklist.

Clear decisions about what should be built internally—and where outside support can add value.

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Built around the realities of ophthalmic clinical research.

Row21 helps ophthalmology practices understand what it takes to participate in sponsor-funded clinical trials—and build the people, processes, infrastructure, and operating model required to do it well.

Our approach combines ophthalmic clinical perspective with practical attention to how research must fit within the realities of a working practice.

Next step

Is your practice ready for clinical research?

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