Pediatric Eye / Vision Services
Although Dr. Wood is also dedicated to treating adults, he completed an extensive two-year post-residency fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus University of Illinois at Chicago-Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. He is a published author in peer reviewed journals and lectures in the community regarding both general and pediatric ophthalmology.
As a fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologist, Dr. Wood is dedicated to providing compassionate clinical and surgical care to all children with simple or complex ocular problems. If you have a child with special needs, possible eye problems, systemic disease which has possible eye consequences or simply have questions regarding your child’s eyes, he invites you to call for an examination.
- Amblyopia diagnosis and treatment
- Contact lens service for children
- Strabismus diagnosis and treatment
- Vision screening and comprehensive eye examinations
- Extensive experience with children with special needs.
- Amblyopia (lazy eye)
- Cataracts and intraocular lens implantation
- Eye infections and "pink eye"
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis-JRA (juvenile idiopathic arthritis-JIA)
- Nasoloacrimal duct obstruction
- Refractive errors (myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism)
- Pediatric glaucoma
- Pediatric ocular trauma
- Accommodative esotropia
- Brown's syndrome
- Complex strabismus
- Congenital esotropia
- Duane's syndrome
- Exotropia
- Horizontal strabismus
- Infantile esotropia
- Intermittant exotropia
- Nerve palsies
- Oblique muscle dysfunction
- Thyroid related strabismus
- Adjustable suture surgery
- Harada-Ito procedure
- Kestenbaum procedure for nystagmus
- Thyroid-related strabismus surgery
- Transposition surgery
- Cataract extraction and lens implantation
- Dermoid cyst excision
- Examination under anesthesia
- Nasolacrimal duct obstruction procedures
- Probing
- Silastic intubation
- Balloon catheter expansion