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Eye Care Services: Conditions & Treatments

Our board-certified UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute ophthalmologists are experts in the evaluation and treatment of adults and children with eye conditions ranging from mild myopia to rare retinal and ocular disorders.

Our specialists at the institute — the top eye-care provider in Orange County and one of the leading academic eye centers in the nation — also offer the most advanced laser refractive services available in the region.

They perform cataract extractions, cornea transplants and other procedures at UCI Medical Center in Orange and at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute on the UCI campus in Irvine.

Learn more about our laser refractive surgery services ›

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Conditions

Our eye care specialists are experts in treating the following conditions:
  • Cataracts and complicated cataracts
  • Myopia
  • Presbyopia
  • Hyperopia
  • Astigmatism
  • Keratoconus
  • Corneal ectasia
  • Corneal dystrophy
  • Corneal edema
  • Fuchs endothelial dystrophy
  • Pterygium
  • Herpetic eye infection
  • Corneal ulcers/keratitis
  • Limbal stem cell deficiency
  • Ocular surface disease
  • Dry eye
  • Intraocular lens complications
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Blepharitis
  • Shingles
  • Anophthalmos
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Blepharospasm
  • Blepharoptosis
  • Blocked tear duct
  • Canaliculitis
  • Chalazion (or stye)
  • Dacryocystitis
  • Dermatochalasis
  • Ectropion
  • Enophthalmos
  • Entropion
  • Epiphora (tearing)
  • Eyelid “bags” and facial “wrinkles”
  • Exophthalmos
  • Eyelid retraction
  • Facial nerve palsy
  • Graves' disease/thyroid-associated eye disease
  • Hemifacial spasm
  • Lagophthalmos
  • Orbital fracture, trauma or tumor
  • Pseudotumor cerebri
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Temporal arteritis
  • Trichiasis (misdirected eye lashes)
  • Glaucoma
  • Open-angle glaucoma
  • Closed-angle glaucoma
  • Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma
  • Pigmentary glaucoma
  • Angle recession glaucoma
  • Neovascular glaucoma
  • Congenital glaucoma
  • Diplopia
  • Anisocoria (unequal pupils)
  • Visual disturbances
  • Migraine
  • Eyelid and facial spasm
  • Blepharospasm
  • Hemifacial Spasm
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Eye movement disorders
  • Oculomotor nerve palsy
  • Trochlear nerve palsy
  • Abducens nerve palsy
  • Optic neuritis
  • Optic neuropathy
  • Temporal arteritis
  • Brain tumors causing vision loss
  • Abnormal head position
  • Accommodative esotropia
  • Achromatopsia
  • Albinism
  • Allergic conjunctivitis
  • Amblyopia/lazy eye
  • Aniridia
  • Anisocoria and Horner's syndrome
  • Bell’s palsy
  • Brown syndrome
  • Capillary hemangioma
  • Cellulitis
  • Chalazion (stye)
  • Coats disease
  • Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Convergence insufficiency
  • Cortical visual impairment
  • Dermoid cyst
  • Diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy
  • Dissociated vertical divergence (DVD)
  • Duane syndrome
  • Esotropia
  • Exotropia
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome
  • Herpes-related eye disease
  • Hyphema
  • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
  • Infantile esotropia
  • Iritis
  • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis/juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
  • Leber's congenital amaurosis
  • Leukocoria
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Molluscum contagiosum
  • Monocular elevation deficiency
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Optic nerve atrophy
  • Optic nerve drusen
  • Optic nerve hypoplasia
  • Optic neuritis
  • Pseudostrabismus
  • Ptosis
  • Retinitis pigmentosa
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
  • Retinoschisis (congenital X-linked retinoschisis, juvenile X-linked retinoschisis)
  • Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
  • Stickler syndrome
  • Sturge-Weber syndrome
  • Thyroid eye disorders
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Central retinal artery occlusion
  • Branch retinal artery occlusion
  • Central retinal vein occlusion
  • Branch retinal vein occlusion
  • Floaters
  • Flashes
  • Posterior vitreous detachment
  • Retinal tears
  • Retinal detachment
  • Cystoid macular edema
  • Hypertensive retinopathy
  • Epiretinal membrane
  • Macular hole
  • Uveitis

Treatments

Our team of fellowship-trained and board-certified ophthalmologists are experts in these procedures:
  • Accommodating Intraocular Lens
  • Anterior segment OCT
  • Aqueous tube shunt
  • Blepharoplasty
  • Boston keratoprosthesis
  • BOTOX
  • Cataract and complex cataract surgery
  • Collagen crosslinking
  • Comprehensive eye exams and eye care
  • Confocal microscopy
  • Corneal topography
  • Corneal transplantation
  • Cosmetic eyelid surgery
  • Cosmetic oculofacial surgery
  • dacryocystorhinostomy or DCR)
  • DALK (deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty)
  • Diabetic retinopathy treatment
  • DSEK (Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty)
  • Ectropion repair
  • Enucleation
  • Entropion repair
  • Epiretinal membrane surgery
  • Evisceration
  • Femtosecond laser corneal transplantation
  • Implantable contact lens (ICL)
  • Implantable mini-telescope for age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
  • Intacs
  • Intraocular lens biometry
  • Intraocular lens complication surgery
  • Intravitreal injections
  • LASEK
  • Laser peripheral iridotomy
  • Laser skin resurfacing
  • LASIK
  • Limbal stem cell transplant
  • Macular hole surgery
  • Multifocal intraocular lens surgery
  • Near vision conductive keratoplasty
  • Ocular surface reconstruction
  • Ocular surface tumor removal
  • Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
  • OptiPlus (intraoperative abberrometry)
  • Orbital surgery
  • Pan-retinal photocoagulation
  • PRK
  • Pterygium surgery
  • Ptosis (droopy eyelid) repair
  • Punctal plugs
  • Retinal detachment repair
  • Retinal tear surgery
  • Strabismus surgery
  • Toric (astigmatism correcting) intraocular lens
  • Trabectome
  • Trabeculectomy
  • Treatment of corneal ulcers
  • Visual field examination
  • Vitrectomy
  • YAG posterior capsulotomy
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