Ophthalmology

Whether you or your loved ones need a routine eye exam or 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 Dean McGee Eye Institute to care for your family’s eye health and vision-related concerns, you gain access to a full array of eye care services—from comprehensive eye exams and diagnostic testing to complex surgical procedures delivered by highly trained ophthalmologists. 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 world-class vision 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. Ask your physician or care team if you qualify to participate in a clinical trial that can help provide the latest therapy options to you.

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
• Diabetes-related vision and eye health issues, including diabetic retinopathy
• Dry eye
• Eye cancers
• Glaucoma
• Neurologic eye disease
• Pediatric disorders, including amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus (crossed eyes)
• Uveitis (inflammatory eye disease)

Advanced Ophthalmology Services & Treatment for All Ages

In addition to the comprehensive adult and pediatric ophthalmology services offered at Dean McGee, take advantage of a full spectrum of advanced treatments for you or your child, including:

• Cataract surgery
• Laser vision correction (LASIK)
• Low-vision rehabilitation
• Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery focused on the eye socket, eyelids, eye brows, tear ducts, and middle of the face
• Optical shops
• Ocular prosthetics

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 Harold Hamm Diabetes Center—one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive institutions of its kind—and the Dean McGee Eye Institute, which are located across the street from one another 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 Ophthalmology Care Team

As part of your eye health care team at Dean McGee Eye Institute, you may work with OU Health comprehensive ophthalmologists, pediatric ophthalmologists, eye surgeons, ocular oncologists, optometrists, cataract surgeons, glaucoma specialists, retinal specialists, corneal specialists, laser vision correction surgeons, oculoplastic surgeons, neuro-ophthalmologists, uveitis specialists, low-vision specialists, 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 ophthalmologists.