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Glaucoma Service

The Glaucoma Service evaluates and treats patients who have glaucoma or who are suspected of having glaucoma. Highly sophisticated diagnostic equipment is used to monitor the course of the condition. All treatment options, including medication, laser surgery and microsurgery, are reviewed with each patient as part of the development of a personal management plan.

Conditions/Diseases Treated

• Glaucoma (open-angle glaucoma, closed/narrow-angle glaucoma)
• High intraocular pressure (ocular hypertension)
• Low intraocular pressure after surgery
  

Treatments/Surgeries Offered

• Glaucoma filtering surgery
• Glaucoma drainage implant surgery
• Cataract surgery
• Cataract surgery combined with glaucoma surgery
• Laser surgery for open-angle and narrow-angle glaucoma

Diagnostic Tests

• Visual field testing
• Photography of optic nerve and retina
• Computerized optic disc imaging

Locations Where Patients Are Evaluated and Treated

• Scheie Eye Institute at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Mercy Fitzgerald Medical Center
• Penn Medicine at Radnor

Our Team

Husam Ansari, MD, PhD
Eydie Miller-Ellis, MD, Director
Constance Okeke, MD
Prithvi S. Sankar, MD
Richard A. Stone, MD

	Need an appointment? Request one online 24 hours/day, 7 days/week or call 800-789-PENN (7366) to speak to a referral counselor.

Visitor Information:

	-	HUP
	-	Penn Presbyterian
	-	Penn Medicine at Radnor