Pediatric Eye Care

While CHOG provides care for every single clinical pediatric specialty, our team also has access to all of the resources of our full academic medical center at Augusta University.

• We have the region's only board-certified pediatric ophthalmologist.
• We practice a multi-disciplinary team approach across all areas of clinical care with a robust research and clinical trials program to continue to develop advanced and more effective treatments and cures.
• Pediatric nurses and technicians that are specially trained to work with children
• Patient Family Centered Care

With such comprehensive care, we are able to take care of any routine childhood issue, but also the very complex or rare pediatric conditions. When you choose CHOG for your child’s care, an entire team of experts are focused on the health and well-being of your child for optimum growth and development.

The Pediatric Ophthalmology Department is known for using innovative techniques to treat difficult pediatric vision problems and features the following services:

• Consultations and care by board-certified retinal specialists, board-certified corneal specialists and board-certified ocular plastic surgeons
• Child Life Specialists, who help children understand and cope with care

Non surgical procedures

• An ophthalmic photographer who helps physicians diagnose pediatric eye disorders and monitor their progression or healing
• BOTOX injections to treat strabismus, or misaligned eyes

Surgical procedures

• Adjustable sutures in eye muscle surgery to treat strabismus, or misaligned eyes, so surgeons can readjust the position of the eye after surgery

Specialized surgeries for:

• blocked tear ducts
• droopy eye lids
• traumatic eye injuries
• eye tumors
• hemangiomas
• lymphangiomas
• retinal and corneal problems
• neurological problems that affect the eyes
• other pediatric conditions

Laser Procedures

• Pediatric laser eye surgery and lens implants for cataracts in babies and children
• Pediatric laser eye surgery for retinopathy of premature infants
• Pediatric laser eye surgery to correct refractive errors such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism