Many diseases involve the retina, from localized disorders to manifestations of systemic diseases, such as diabetes. We specialize in the medical and surgical management of all systemic types of vitreo-retinal diseases, including:

• Retinal tears and detachments
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Macular diseases, including age-related macular degeneration
• Retinal-vascular diseases
• Ocular trauma
• Intraocular tumors
• Uveitis (inflammation)
• Sickle-cell disease, hypertension and collagen-vascular disease
• Systemic diseases with retinal manifestations

Office Procedures

• Retinal Laser photocoagulation
• Intravitreal injections
• Pneumatic reinopexy

Hospital Procedures
Some surgical procedures do require the specialized equipment available only in the operating room. Should this be necessary, our staff will work with you to schedule the procedure at the surgical facility most appropriate for you. Surgical cases are typically performed on an outpatient basis. Our physicians have privileges at many hospitals and ambulatory facilities in the area.

Diagnostic Tests Performed in our Offices:

Visual Field Testing: This test evaluates the total area in which objects can be seen in the peripheral vision while the eye is focuses on a central point. The test will detect any loss of peripheral vision and provide a map of that loss which will be helpful in diagnosing the cause. A brain tumor, stroke in the brain, vascular diseases in the eye (such as retinal vein/artery occlusion) and optic nerve damage (due to glaucoma) retina damage (caused by detachment) and macular degeneration are some of the diseases that may be detected by the visual field test.

Fluorescein Angiography or ICG Angiography: These are diagnostic procedures in which a rapid sequence of photographs are taken by a high resolution camera and analyzed by a computer to document the blood circulation of the retina/choroid. The dye is typically injected into a vein in the arm, forearm or hand. Both procedures are very important tools retina doctors use to diagnosis and guide treatment of macular degeneration. Other than macular degeneration; fluorescein angiography is used to diagnosis and treat diabetic retinopathy, hypertensive retinopathy and other vascular and chorioretinal diseases.

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): This procedure employs technology to measure the thickness of the retina at the micron level. With this equipment it is possible for our physicians to identify and diagnose many types of retinal abnormalities by obtaining optical scans of a cross-section of the retina. This is useful in evaluating age-related macular edema, cystoid macular edema, diabetic macular edema, macular traction syndrome, macular holes, and surface wrinkling retinopathy.

Ocular Ultrasound: Ultrasound imaging is useful when the view into the eye is obstructed by cataract, hemorrhage or other opacities. It is also useful in the diagnosis of ocular tumors.

Preferential  Hyperacuity Perimeter:This test is useful in detecting suspicious areas which may indicate a conversion from dry to wet  macular degeneration.