Your child’s healthy vision is our goal. Our Eye Care Program experts diagnose and treat many different kinds of childhood eye conditions. If your child has an eye alignment or movement issue, we may refer them to our orthoptics experts or eye movement (motility) clinics.

Orthoptics Experts

Orthoptics is a type of eye therapy that helps teach the eyes how to work. It uses special tests and exercises to help improve how well your child’s eyes align, move and work as a team.

Our experts provide orthoptic therapy made just for your child. This treatment helps fix certain eye problems. This includes amblyopia (lazy eye), nystagmus (involuntary eye movement) and strabismus (crossed eyes).

Motility Clinics

If our experts find that your child has a lazy eye, we’ll refer them to our orthoptic experts for more tests. Our orthoptists hold weekly eye movement clinics. Based on how serious your child’s lazy eye is, they see kids for four to six weeks, or once every three months.

Eye Surgery

If a child has an eye alignment issue, such as crossed eyes, they may need surgery if other treatments don’t fix the issue.

We provide care for kids to support their vision and well-being at every stage.

Premier care: We provide complete ophthalmologic, optometric and orthoptic care for kids. If your child needs an eye exam or treatment for eye disease, our experts provide the best care.

Active in research: Our experts have the most pediatric eye care experience in the region. We also take part in clinical research studies. This includes national studies funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Advanced training: Our eye doctors (ophthalmologists) have at least three years of hospital residency. They completed a two-year fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology. They’re also experts in treating eye conditions, including surgery.

For questions or to schedule a visit, please call (877) 607-5280.

Before

What to bring to the visit:

• Your child's current eyeglasses or contact lenses (if they have them)
• A list of their medicines
• Health and vision insurance information

During

An expert will test your child’s vision and see if there are problems. The test may include drops to make their pupils open (dilate). This is done so they can see the insides of their eyes better. Your child may see more than one eye care expert based on the reason for the visit.

After

If your child had drops put in their eyes, their vision might be blurry. Their eyes may also be sensitive to light for several hours. Bringing sunglasses can help.

The care team will share the findings with you. If your child needs eyeglasses or contact lenses, the doctor will prescribe them. For other issues, they will come up with a treatment plan. That could include further testing, therapy or surgery.

The care team may set up a follow-up visit to monitor your child or continue treatment.