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Finding an Eye Care Professional
Types of Professionals
- Ophthalmologists
- Medical doctors that specialize in eye care (Eye-MD). They must complete four years of premedical school; plus four years of medical school; complete a one-year internship; and a three-year residency in ophthalmology. They detect and treat eye diseases, prescribe drugs and perform eye surgery. They also prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses. >
- Pediatric Ophthalmologist
- An Ophthalmologist that has also completed at least a one-year fellowship in children's eye disorders.
- Optometrists
- They must complete four years of undergraduate school, plus four years of graduate training in a school of optometry. They receive a doctorate of optometry. They can prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses. They can detect diseases, but cannot practice medicine. They are not medical doctors. >
- Low Vision Specialist
- An Optometrist with special training in fitting low-vision aids: strong magnifying glasses, telescopic glasses, hand held telescopes, CCTV's, etc.
- Ocularist
- a highly skilled technician that fits and creates ocular prostheses: Scleral shells, prosthetic eyes and cosmetic contacts. The ocularist shows the patient how to handle and care for it and provides long-term care through periodic examinations >
- Opticians
- have a two-year technical degree. They interpret prescriptions and fit eyeglasses. They can adjust repair and reproduce previously ordered contacts, eyeglasses and frames. They cannot examine or test your eyes.
List of the Top Eye Hospitals
Optometrists are fine for fitting glasses and most low vision doctors are Optometrists; they are good for fitting VI people with adaptive vision aids. Ophthalmologists are (eye MD's) they are the ones to see if you have a vision disorder that isn't correctable with glasses. Most small town doctors know less about Coloboma then the average person can find on the Internet. Ophthalmologists that work with a major city teaching college (medical school) see the most visually impaired children. They have special training and experience with rare eye disorders like Coloboma.
Alabama Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital 1720 University Boulevard Birmingham, Alabama, 35233 (800) 822-8816 (205) 934-9999 http://www.health.uab.edu/eyes Arkansas Jones Eye Institute University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4301 W. Markham, Slot 523 Little Rock, AR 72205 501-686-5150 California Children's Hospital Los Angeles Division of Ophthalmology 4650 Sunset Blvd., #88 Los Angeles, CA 90027-6062 (323) 669-2344 UCLA Medical Center Jules Stein Eye Institute 100 Stein Plaza, UCLA Box 957000 Los Angeles, CA 90095-7000 (310) 825-5000 http://www.medsch.ucla.edu University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF Medical Center) 505 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 (For mail: Use zip code 94143-0296) (415) 476-1000 http://www.ucsfstanford.org USC Medical Center Doheny Eye Institute 1450 San Pablo Street Los Angeles, CA 90033 Appointment and patient info: 1-800-872-2273 Switchboard and info: (323) 442-6300 http://www.usc.edu/hsc/doheny Connecticut Yale Eye Center 330 Cedar Street P.O. Box 208061 New Haven, CT 06520-8061 Telephone: 203-785-2020 1-800-395-7949. Florida University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute 900 N.W. 17th Street Miami, FL 33136 (305) 326-6000 http://www.bpei.med.miami.edu Georgia Emory University Hospital 1363 Clifton Rd., NE Atlanta, GA 30322 (404) 712-7021 http://www2.cc.emory.edu Illinois Illinois Eye Institute 3241 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60616-3878 877.949.EYES Iowa University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City, IA 52242-1052 (319) 356-1616 Fax: (319) 356-3521 http://www.uihc.uiowa.edu Maryland Johns Hopkins Hospital Wilmer Eye Institute 600 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21287 (410) 955-5080 http://www.wilmer.jhu.edu Massachusetts Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 243 Charles Street Boston, MA 02114 (617) 573-5520 Fax: (617) 573-3444 http://www.meei.harvard.edu Michigan University of Michigan W.K Kellogg Eye Center, 1000 Wall Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 (734) 763-1415 http://www.kellogg.umich.edu Minnesota Mayo Clinic 200 First Street, N.W. Rochester, MN 55905 (505) 284-2511 http://www.mayo.edu/mcr Phillips Eye Institute 2215 Park Avenue, South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 (612) 775-8800 http://www.phillipseyeinstitute.com Missouri Barnes-Jewish Hospital One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza St. Louis, MO 63110 (314) 747-3000 http://www.bjc.org/bjh.html Department of Ophthalmology Saint Louis University Eye Institute Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1755 South Grand Blvd Saint Louis, Missouri 63104 314-577-6037 1-800-432-8474 New York Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital 210 E. 64th Street New York, New York 10021 (212) 605-3770 New York Eye and Ear Infirmary 310 East 14th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 979-4000 http://www.nyee.edu North Carolina Duke University Medical Center Duke University Eye Center P.O. Box 3802 Durham, NC 27710 (919) 416-DUKE 1-888-ASK-DUKE http://www.dukeeye.org Ohio Cleveland Clinic 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195 Phone: 1-800-223-2273 http://www.clevelandclinic.org/eye/ Oklahoma University of Oklahoma College of Medicine The Dean A. McGee Eye Institute 608 Stanton L. Young Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5065 405-271-6060 Oregon Casey Eye Institute 3375 SW Terwilliger Boulevard Portland, Oregon (888) 222-6478 (503) 494-3000 Pennsylvania Scheie Eye Institute Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 51 North 39th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 662-8100 http://www.med.upenn.edu/ophth Wills Eye Hospital 900 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 Main: (215) 928-3000 24-hour ER: (215) 928-3080 http://www.jeffline.tju.edu/wills South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina Storm Eye Institute 167 Ashley Avenue P O Box 250676 Charleston, SC 29425 843-792-8100 800-894-3513 Tennessee University of Tennessee Department of Ophthalmology Medical Center 920 Madison Ave., Suite 915 Memphis, TN 38103 (901) 448-6650 Texas Methodist Hospital Cullen Eye Institute 6565 Fannin Street Houston, TX 77030 (713) 790-3333 http://www.methodisthealth.com Virginia Richmond Eye & Ear Surgical Specialty Center 8700 Stony Point Parkway Suite 100 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 775-4500 www.reessc.com Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics 600 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53792 (608) 263-6400 http://www.uwhospital.org
Global (not USA) Hospital Listing
Australia Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital AUSTRALIA 32 Gisborne Street East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002 Australia (03) 9929-8666 www.rveeh.vic.gov.au Canada McGill University Department of Ophthalmology 845 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, Quebec Canada, H3A 2T5 (514) 842-1231 ext. 1544 http://www.mmi.mcgill.ca England Moorfields Eye Hospital City Road London, England EC1V 2PD (44) 207-253-3411 www.moorfields.org.uk University of Oxford Oxford Eye Hospital Woodstock Road Oxford, OX2 6HE United Kingdom 01865-224500 http://www.eye.ox.ac.uk/oxfeye.htm The Royal College of Ophthalmologists 17 Cornwall Terrace London, NW1 4QW 44 0 20 7935 0702 ext. 26, 25 or 24 http://www.rcophth.ac.uk University of Bristol Department of Ophthalmology Bristol Eye Hospital Lower Maudlin St. Bristol, UK, BS1 2LX 0117 928 4827 http://www.www.ubht.org.uk/eye/university/newpage1.htm Canada �cole d'optom�trie Universit� de Montr�al 3744 rue Jean-Brillant Montr�al, Qu�bec Canada, H3T 1P1 http://www.opto.umontreal.ca McGill University Department of Ophthalmology 845 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, Quebec Canada, H3A 2T5 (514) 842-1231 ext. 1544 http://www.mmi.mcgill.ca France Institut d'Optique Centre Universitaire d'Orsay B�t 503, B.P. 147 Orsay Cedex, France 91403 33 0 1 69 35 87 87 Ecole Sup�rieure d'Optique BP 147 Orsay Cedex, France 91403 01 69 35 88 88 http://www.iota.u-psud.fr/~ecole Germany Department of Ophthalmology University Essen, Germany Hufelandstrasse 55 45122 Essen, Germany http://www.uni-essen.de/augenklinik/ehomepage.html Italy University of Padova ? Institute of Ophthalmology Via Giustiniani 2 35128 Padova, Italy 049/8212134 or 8212125 http://www.unipd.it/esterni/wwwvisus Netherlands Rotterdam Eye Hospital Oogziekenhuis Rotterdam, Postbus 70030 Rotterdam, the Netherlands 3000LM (10) 401-7707www.oogziekenhuis.nl Scotland University of Aberdeen Department of Ophthalmology Medical School Foresterhill Aberdeen, Scotland, AB25 2ZD 44 1224 681818 ext. 553782 http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~opt013 Sweden Department of Ophthalmology Lund University Department of Ophthalmology University Hospital Lund, Sweden INT46 46 17 20 74, 17 27 90 http://www.oft.lu.se/index.en.html
Global Hospitals on the World Wide Web (Hospital Web) runs a huge data base of hospitals both in the USA and global.
Other Links
Finding an Eye Care Professional - advice on looking for an eye care professional from The National Eye Institute.
Search for a physician by name or specialty in the United States; provided by The American Medical Association (AMA)
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