Specialized eye and vision services

Maybe you’ve had a comprehensive eye exam, whether at the Waterloo Eye Institute or elsewhere, and your optometrist identified a problem such as an eye disease. Or maybe you have longstanding vision issues such as glare sensitivity following concussion or low vision due to albinism.

The Waterloo Eye Institute offers specialized services to help patients with a range of eye and vision conditions. You might be referred to us by another healthcare provider or you might self-refer. Either way, we’ll help you see as well as possible.

Our Advanced Contact Lens Service can help you with:

• Soft or hard contact lenses of a range of types for function or fashion
• Myopia control treatment for children, whether through glasses, contact lenses or eye drops
• Care for ocular surface diseases, such as keratoconus and severe dry eye disease, that may involve the use of specialized contact lenses

The George & Judy Woo Centre for Sight Enhancement focuses on helping you maximize your vision, whether your goals are to maximize independence despite vision loss, to improve the coordination of your two eyes, to recover vision following brain injury, or to improve athletic performance. It consists of four interrelated services:

• Low Vision Service
• Binocular Vision Service
• Brain Injury Service
• Sports Vision Service

Our Ocular Disease Service focuses on treating, monitoring and managing patients with a variety of eye diseases, including but not limited to: glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and dry eye disease.

The Ocular Disease Service offers in-person urgent eye care appointments and an after-hours on-call telephone service.

Our Imaging Service focuses on advanced eye imaging and diagnostic services for our Primary Care Service as well as all our specialized services.

Vision therapy can help your two eyes and your brain work better together. You may be referred to vision therapy by one of our specialized services (often Binocular Vision or Brain Injury) or by an outside health-care provider. At the Waterloo Eye Institute, vision therapy is offered by our Binocular Vision Service.