Welcome to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center’s Pediatric Ophthalmology Center. We thank you for considering our team of highly trained pediatric eye specialists to care for your child’s vision.
A healthy vision is essential for children’s educational and physical development. If a child has an uncorrected vision problem, it can affect their ability to learn or delay development.
It isn’t always easy to tell if children are having vision problems and younger children are often unable to verbalize symptoms they may be experiencing; as a result of this, eye problems often go undiagnosed or untreated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports that 1 in 4 preschool-aged children in the United States has undiagnosed or untreated vision problems. Therefore, it is recommended that children receive their first comprehensive eye exam by the age of one and routine care visits thereafter.
Comprehensive eye examinations are more thorough than vision screenings and are conducted by pediatric ophthalmologists (Medical and surgical doctors who specialize in diagnosing, treating, and managing eye problems common in children).
In addition to scheduling routine comprehensive eye examinations to maintain vision health, parents are encouraged to pay attention to signs and symptoms of eye disorders that require the care of an ophthalmologist. These include:
