Ophthalmology

Staff:

• Marcele Falcão< MD, PhD
• Michael Flanders, MD
• Conrad Kavalec, MD
• Robert Koenekoop, MD, PhD, Chief Pediatric Ophthalmology 
• Pierre Lachapelle, PhD
• Robert Polomeno, MD
• Daniela Toffoli, MD
• Patrick Hamel, MD
• Mikel Mikhail, MD

Orthoptists:

• Gaëla Cariou-Panier, clinical and research
• Mona Hijazi, clinical and research
• Stephanie Oglietti, clinical and research
• Raquel Beneish, MSc, clinical and research
• Connie Pham, Certified Ophthalmic Technician, clinical and research
• Glenda Vargas Certified Ophthalmic Technician, clinical and research

Ophthalmology services include all medical, genetic, orthoptic, visual and surgical assessments and treatments of all childhood eye conditions, common and rare:

• All forms of strabismus, nystagmus and amblyopia
• All eye traumas
• Red eyes (not during COVID-19 pandemic)
• All ocular and orbital plastics
• All neuro-ophthalmological conditions, including all optic nerve and brain disorders   
• All cataracts including congenital and traumatic cataracts
• All forms of childhood blindness and low vision
• All retinal degenerations including retinitis pigmentosa, leber congenital amaurosis, cone and cone-rod dystrophies, all forms of nightblindness and others
• All diabetic and sickle cell patients
• All rheumatology patients
• All seizure and hemoglobinopathy patients who are on medications with possible ocular toxicity
• All surgeries on eyelid, orbit, nasolacrimal system, cataracts and strabismus
• All forms of uveitis (often diagnosed in patients with rheumatoid disorders)
• Retinoblastoma and glaucoma (interdisciplinary program in conjunction with CHU Sainte-Justine)
• Corneal and anterior segment disorders