{"id":11232,"date":"2016-11-28T18:40:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T23:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?page_id=11232"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:53:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:53:57","slug":"ophthalmology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/departments\/ophthalmology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ophthalmology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Department of Ophthalmology at The Ottawa Hospital. We provide comprehensive medical, surgical and emergency eye care services to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton and tertiary eye care services to communities in Eastern and Northern Ontario, Baffin Island and Western Quebec.<\/p>\n

With the dedication of our staff, The Ottawa Hospital Department of Ophthalmology is an Academic Health Science Centre with two world class divisions: the Eye Care Centre and the University of Ottawa Eye Institute.<\/p>\n

History and Overview<\/h2>\n

The Eye Care Centre<\/strong><\/a> at the Riverside Campus, is the amalgamation of the old ophthalmology departments from the Queensway-Carleton, Grace, Riverside and Ottawa Civic Hospitals that existed before hospital restructuring. The new state-of-the-art facility houses the highest volume of outpatient eye surgical facility in Canada performing 9,000 cataract operations and 2,000 retina, glaucoma, oculoplastic and trauma operations annually.<\/p>\n

The University of Ottawa Eye Institute<\/strong><\/a> at the General Campus, is the premier vision treatment, diagnostic, teaching and research facility. This unique blend of comprehensive community and university ophthalmology at the Ottawa Hospital provides a regional program that is nationally and internationally recognized for excellence in both quality and efficiency in eye care services, research, education and teaching.<\/p>\n

Leadership<\/h2>\n

Ophthalmology has assumed a leadership position in regionalizing the delivery of eye care in Eastern Ontario and RMOC, including:<\/p>\n

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  • Emergency coverage at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital which has NO department of ophthalmology<\/li>\n
  • Corneal Retrieval Program covering TOH, community and palliative care hospitals, CHEO, funeral homes, Ottawa Valley Hospitals<\/li>\n
  • “In-Community” consultation clinics by TOH in Renfrew, Pembroke, Almonte, Winchester, Kemptville, Carleton Place, Barry’s Bay, Arnprior, Smiths Falls, and Manotick.<\/li>\n
  • Baffin Island service agreement for surgery at the ECC<\/li>\n
  • Close affiliation with the Montfort ophthalmologists many with cross privileges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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