Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology is a specialty focused on the treatment and surgery of the eye. Ophthalmologists perform delicate surgeries of the eye, eyelids, eye muscles, optic nerves, and orbit. The ophthalmologists on staff at Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital – Sherman offer a comprehensive range of eye care services.

  • Services offered at Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital at Sherman include:

    General Ophthalmology

    • Cataract surgery with state-of-the-art small incision surgery and intraocular lenses (IOLs), including multifocal IOLs and astigmatism correcting techniques
    • Strabismus correction of the extra-ocular muscles
    • Pterygium removal with auto grafts
    • Refractive Surgery
    • Anterior Segment Reconstruction

    Cornea

    • Cornea Transplant
    • Microlamellar keratoplasty including Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK)

    Glaucoma

    • Filtering procedures including state-of-the-art shunts

    Ophthalmic Plastics

    • Repair of droopy eyelids
    • Repair of eyelid malfunction
    • Tumor biopsy
    • Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
    • Orbital Fracture Repair

    For a list of physicians in our ophthalmology department please visit our physicians page here.