Eye Health & Vision Care

Whether you or your loved ones need a routine eye exam or you face a serious eye health condition such as potential vision loss, look for research-based, compassionate eye health and vision care from internationally known experts close to home.

Comprehensive Eye Health Care

When you choose OU Health Dean McGee Eye Institute to care for your family’s eye health and vision-related concerns, you gain access to comprehensive services—from basic eye exams and vision testing to complex surgical procedures delivered by highly trained ophthalmologists, the OU Health doctors with advanced education in eye care. Get top-quality treatment at one of America’s most respected centers for medical and surgical eye care, where you can also learn more about how to improve eye health for yourself or your child.

Globally Recognized Vision Expertise Close to Home

At Dean McGee Eye Institute, you benefit from research—based here in Oklahoma—that serves as the foundation for advanced medicines and other treatments for vision loss, vision-related illness and eye diseases used close to home and around the world. Ask your physician or care team if you qualify to participate in one of OU Health’s clinical trials that help discover breakthrough treatments for a wide range of eye health conditions.

Caring for Eye Health Conditions in Adults & Children

In addition to complete vision testing and corrective lens services at Dean McGee Eye Institute, you receive evidence-based treatment for both typical and complex eye health conditions in adults and children including:

• Age-related macular degeneration
• Cornea and external diseases, such as cross linking (keratoconus), inflammation, infection, degeneration and more
• Diabetes-related vision and eye health issues, including diabetic retinopathy
• Dry eye
• Glaucoma
• Neurologic eye disease
• Retina disorders
• Strabismus – Crossed eyes or lazy-eye, especially in children
• Vitreous disorders affecting fibers attached to the retina

Advanced Ophthalmology Services & Treatment for All Ages

Take advantage of Dean McGee’s expert ophthalmologists, physicians and surgeons for comprehensive adult and pediatric ophthalmology and a full spectrum of advanced treatments for you or your child, including:

• Cataract surgery
• Laser vision correction (LASIK)
• Low-vision rehabilitation for vision loss that can’t be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses or by medication or surgery
• Neuro-ophthalmology for eye-related nerve disease, double vision, droopy eyelids or spasm, thyroid eye diseases and more
• Ocular immunology for uveitis (inflammation of the eye)
• Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery for eyelids, middle of the face, tear ducts, eye socket
• Optical shops
• Ocular prosthetics
• Strabismus treatment for adults and children

Better Diabetes-Related Eye Health

Left unmanaged, diabetes can cause eye problems or even blindness. When detected early, most diabetes-related eye conditions respond well to treatment. Get help to manage your diabetes and related eye health concerns from experts at OU Health—one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive institutions of its kind—located right next door to Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City. You’ll work with specialists in both diabetes and vision health who collaborate to find the most effective treatment for your particular situation.

Your Eye Health & Vision Care Team

As part of your eye health care team at Dean McGee Eye Institute, you may work with OU Health ophthalmologists, eye surgeons, pediatric vision specialists, ocular oncologists, optometrists, cataract surgeons, glaucoma and retinal specialists, macular degeneration specialists, laser vision correction surgeons or contact lens specialists.

These and other eye health professionals at OU Health regularly make important research contributions to innovative sight-saving therapies for many previously untreatable or poorly understood eye diseases while also training the next generation of ophthalmology professionals.