Ocular Health Services is primarily a referral clinic where patients with ocular disease or a risk of developing ocular disease are examined and treated. Referrals are accepted from any of our internal clinic areas, as well as from other optometrists, family and other physicians, occupational therapists, etc. Patients may present without referral though usually past information on their care is requested. Emergency services are provided. Conditions monitored include ocular surface disease (e.g. dry eye, lid abnormalities, facial nerve palsy including post-acoustic neuroma removal, and Sjogren's syndrome-related disease), lid and other anterior segment diseases, diseases and disorders of the retina and vitreous (e.g. age-related macular degeneration, diabetic-related eye disease, peripheral retinal findings, etc.), glaucoma and other optic nerve diseases, as well as the ocular manifestations of systemic diseases and their therapies. Specialized testing used in diagnosis and management includes ophthalmic ultrasound, retinal and anterior segment photography, computerized visual field analysis, retinal and optic nerve tomography, and optical coherence tomography.
Referral to, or consultation with, other health care providers is initiated when secondary eye care is required or systemic disease concerns are identified.
Appointments
Members of the public, including the University community, are examined generally on referral from a health care professional, on referral from the other clinics in the School of Optometry, or on an urgent care basis.
To book an appointment, please contact Lisa directly by telephone. Appointments by email are not feasible. For appointments, call (519) 888-4623 or University of Waterloo ext. 84623.
