IMFH | Maternal-Fetal Services | Physician Services | Ophthalmology
IMFH ophthalmologists treat and study a full spectrum of congenital diseases that result in anatomic abnormalities of the eye and optic nerve, including optic nerve hypoplasia, the leading cause of blindness in infants in the United States. IMFH’s eye care specialists are experts at treating eye disorders, including strabismus and ocular genetics, congenital abnormalities and delayed visual maturation.
IMFH is a leading specialist in the screening and treatment of retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer arising from immature retinal cells in one or both eyes. The cancer can strike from the time a child is in the womb up to 5 years of age. This cancer is curable if caught early enough.
Among other conditions treated at IMFH are:
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Retinoblastoma
- Optic nerve hypoplasia
- Coloboma
- Hypopituitarism
- Hydrocephalus
