UTMB Health Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
UTMB Health Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (OVS) is one of the nation's leading institutions for the research and treatment of eye diseases.
Our patients entrust their eyesight to highly qualified, patient-focused physicians using the most advanced diagnostics and treatments at UTMB Health Eye Centers in Galveston and Friendswood.
Our research faculty and staff strive for the discovery of new and innovative approaches to understand and treat eye-related conditions and diseases. They work in the perfect research environment to take new developments from lab to clinic to care.
Providing a challenging yet nurturing environment, our clinical faculty trains the next generation of ophthalmologists to be leaders in their field.
OVS News
Opthalmology to welcome four new residents in 2013
Posted: January 2012The UTMB Health Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences will welcome four new residents from across America in 2013.
On a mission in Mexico to restore vision in needy
Posted: December 2011During a recent medical mission to Mexico, UTMB glaucoma fellow Dr. Silvia Lara-Moses brought leading-edge treatments from UTMB to help impoverished eye patients in her homeland.
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