Cross-sectional view of the retina nerve fiber layer, as seen through Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).

Working with scientists and ophthalmologists from around the world, Retina Consultants
of Southwest Florida assembled the first clinical system linking a Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope to a “High Definition” Digital Imaging System. The Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope allows the retina physician to visualize and photograph the retina in great detail. The result is one of the most advanced laboratories for the diagnosis of retinal disease in the United States.

Our Electrophysiology Department is the only one of its kind to be based in a non-hospital based, physicians office setting. We developed this department to provide three additional diagnostic tests especially important to gather in-depth information on the functioning status of the eye when observation cannot isolate the problem.

Retina Consultants has the greatest number of specialized, state-of-the-art, ophthalmic lasers in the region. Ophthalmology was the first specialty to use the laser. Originally used to repair a detached retina, ophthalmic lasers now are used to stop bleeding, cut tiny openings, and destroy small amounts of diseased or damaged tissue.