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OCULOPLASTICS

This specialty includes a wide variety of surgical procedures that deal with the reconstruction of the eye socket, eyelids, the face and repair of the tear ducts. The Department of Ophthalmology’s oculoplastics section provides diagnostic, consultative and therapeutic services for the diseases of the eye and surrounding tissue.

Areas of expertise are:

    Bullet   Ocular cancer

    Bullet   Ocular tumors

    Bullet   Ocular trauma

    Bullet   Ocular facial plastics (lid lacerations)

    Bullet   Blepharoplasty and eyelid repairs

    Bullet   Repair of tear duct obstructions

The oculoplastics surgeon, trained first as an ophthalmologist and secondly as an oculoplastics specialist, has a vast amount of skill and training to deal with the complexity of orbital, eyelid, tear duct and facial plastics procedures. Our oculoplastics surgeon sees patients at UPH Clinics at Alvernon and provides consult/treatment services for patients from the Arizona Cancer Center at UMC North.