Ophthalmology

Technologies

Your diagnosis and treatment
The Irwin Retina Center offers state-of-the-art diagnostic testing and procedures including:
• Digital imaging - imaging that allows instant
   visualization of images without timely processing and
   can be transmitted via electronic pathways
• Flurorecein and indocyanine green angiography - a
   test that uses a special camera to photograph blood
   vessels in the eye
• Color fundus photography - color photographs of the
   back of theeye that are instrumental in documenting
   retinal disease
• B-scan ultrasonography - an ultrasound for the eye
   which identifies abnormalities not visible through
   normal means
• Electroretinograph (ERG) and electro-oculogram (EOG)
    - instruments for measuring the electrical response of
   the retina and other structures to light stimulation
• Retinal thickness analyzing and ocular computerized
   tomography (OCT) - a test that analyzes the thickness
   of a retina
• Visual field testing - a test to measure all areas of a
   person's eyesight including peripheral vision
• Air fluid exchanges

Ophthalmology
• Research grants and trials
   The Irwin Retina Eye Center participates in a number
   of research grants and trials sponsored by the
   National Institutes of Health and National Eye Institute.
   In addition, Ingalls is involved in numerous FDA
   studies on new drugs and treatments for retinal
   disease. In fact, more retina research projects than
   any other group or institute in the state are conducted
   here. Ingalls also has a center dedicated to patients
   with age-related macular degeneration.
• Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty
   Thomas John, M.D., an ophthalmologist and corneal
   specialist at Ingalls, is the first doctor in Illinois to
   perform this revolutionary new type of corneal
   transplant surgery. This new procedure has several
   advantages over traditional corneal transplant
   surgery, such as decreasing the risk of rejection of the
   donor cornea.