Pediatric Ophthalmology

The Pediatric Ophthalmology / Orthoptic / Adult Strabismus Department’s primary mission is to deliver the highest quality comprehensive eye care to children from birth through their teen years. The Department also delivers specialized eye care for adults with double vision (diplopia) related to strabismus and other disorders effecting binocular vision.
Pediatric Cases Though strabismus, amblyopia and refractive errors are the most prevalent problems that are treated in the pediatric population, other ophthalmic diseases which effect children’s vision and binocular vision require a comprehensive eye care approach in children. All eye diseases potentially affect vision and consequently affect binocularity in these young patients whose visual systems are still growing and developing. For this reason, The Pediatric Ophthalmology Department has expanded over the last 10-15 years to develop specialized departments for pediatric congenital and acquired cataracts, pediatric glaucoma, pediatric retinal diseases, and pediatric corneal pathology. The Departments continues to expand the scope of services for children in specialty clinics in the hospital. This involves co- management, evaluation, and treatment of pediatric patients with ocular trauma and hearing problems that may also affect the visual system. They also offer the specialized service of pediatric visual fields and pediatric low vision. Recognizing that vision is essential for a child’s future educational and physiological growth, they also work with the Social Service Department, even before school age arranging services for visually challenged children