Updated: Wed, 10/02/2024 - 13:45

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology

Pediatric ophthalmologist with young girl

Ophthalmology

The Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology at the Children's Vision Centre is part of the Department of Pediatric Surgery and the Department of Ophthalmology both at the McGill University Health Centre. Our mission is to prevent, diagnose, probe, understand, treat and manage all pediatric eye diseases. We provide an exciting teaching atmosphere for medical students, orthoptists, residents, fellows and graduate students. In addition, we have active research laboratories, funded by NIH, CIHR, FFB Canada and FRSQ, where we perform electrophysiological and molecular biological studies to investigate retinal diseases in animals and man. We have particular areas of expertise in eye trauma, uveitis, strabismus, amblyopia, pediatric cataracts, neuroophthalmology, phakomatosis, electrophysiology of the developing and diseased eye and genetic and molecular biology of blindness due to retinal degenerations like Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP). We are participating in the first human clinical trial test the safety and efficacy of a new oral retinoid in the treatment of childhood blindness (LCA) due to RPE65 or LRAT mutations. We perform more than 300 surgeries per year and teach eye surgery to residents and fellows. We do a large variety of surgeries including strabismus, tumors, glaucoma, lids, orbit, cataracts and laser.

List of staff members:

Staff doctors:
Dr. Robert Koenekoop, Chief
Dr. Christian El-Hadad
Dr. Marcele Falcao
Dr. Michael Flanders
Dr. Patrick Hamel
Dr. Conrad Kavalec
Dr. Daniela Toffoli

Retinitis pigmentosa lab and clinic:
Dr. Robert Koenekoop
Dr. Irma Lopez - Research Associate
Norma Fajardo MSc - Lab Technician
Connie Pham - Ophthalmic Technician

Electrophysiology:
Dr. Allison Dorfman
Dr. Pierre Lachapelle

Support Staff:
Vanessa Cordeiro-Rodrigues, Administrative Secretary
Raquel Beneish, Orthoptist
Mona Hijazi, Orthoptist
Stéphanie Oglietti, Orthoptist
Gaela Panier, Orthoptist
Charleen Magee RN

 

 

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