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UAB Eye Care

UAB Eye Care is the clinical operation for the UAB School of Optometry, an integral part of the UAB Medical Center. We provide comprehensive eye care services to the community as well as provide training and education for optometry students and resident optometrists. Our state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary clinic is outfitted with the latest optometric equipment necessary for the accurate diagnosis and treatment of most eye problems. UAB Eye Care clinicians provide comprehensive services for both pediatric and adult patients in a number of optometric subspecialties.

Our team looks forward to meeting your vision and eye care needs. 

Telehealth Appointments Available

In addition to providing care at the clinic, UAB Eye Care offers telehealth, a way to receive care from our team of eye doctors without leaving home. All that’s needed is a computer OR a smartphone with the Internet. However, some services can be provided with simply a phone call.

UAB Welcomes The World Games

UAB is proud to welcome The World Games 2022 to our campus July 7 - 17, 2022. UAB Eye Care will continue with normal operations during this time. However, with the increased number of visitors to our city please expect travel times to be affected.

Patients traveling to UAB Eye Care from the Red Mountain Expressway should not be impacted by road closures. July 2 through July 17, those traveling east on University Boulevard from I-65 should turn left on 13th street and right on 6th avenue to access the Medical District and UAB Eye Care.

View the Road Closures map for additional details.

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Community Eye Care

Clinical faculty and optometry students provide vision screenings and comprehensive eye care to various groups of all ages across the Birmingham metro area and throughout the state. Care is provided five days a week inside the Jefferson County Department of Health’s Western Health Center in Midfield, Alabama. Hours vary. Contact UAB Community Eye Care at Western Health Center to make an appointment at 205-715-6127.

Learn more: Community Eye Care

Cornea and Contact Lens Service

For patients wearing or considering contact lenses, or for those interested in refractive surgery, our nationally-recognized optometrists are experts in the fitting of contact lenses.

Learn more: Cornea and Contact Lens Service

Dry Eye Relief Clinic

With expert faculty in the area of dry eye and ocular surface disease, UAB Eye Care is pleased to offer specialty dry eye services to those who deal with the irritating and often debilitating symptoms of dry eye disease.

Learn more: Dry Eye Relief Clinic

mTBI and Sports-Related Concussion Clinic

Faculty in the UAB Eye Care Pediatric Optometry Service provide exams to assess vision in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and sports-related concussion. Those diagnosed with mTBI and concussions are examined to assess eye teaming and tracking skills, focusing strength and accuracy and objective measures of neuro-ocular integrity, including state-of-the-art pupillometry and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

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Myopia Control Clinic

All children are at risk for developing myopia (nearsightedness); however, if one or both parents of the child has nearsightedness, the child will have a higher risk of developing nearsightedness.

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Ocular Disease and Low Vision Service

Patients with chronic and acute conditions such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, dry eye disease, diabetic retinopathy and cataracts are cared for by optometrists and ophthalmologists who specialize in eye diseases and low vision.

Learn more: Ocular Disease and Low Vision Service

Optical Services

UAB Eye Care offers pediatric and adult patients prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses for everyday and specialty use. Our expert opticians are certified by the American Board Certified Opticians and will care for even the most complex eyeglasses prescriptions. Patients can choose from designer brands, such as Versace, Kate Spade, Vera Bradley, Coach, Costa del Mar, Maui Jim and Ray-Ban.

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Pediatric Neuro-Optometry Clinic

UAB Eye Care's is pleased to offer one-of-a-kind neuro-optometric care within its Pediatric Optometry Service. Faculty within the clinic help distinguish optic nerve drusen from papilledema, collaborate with pediatric geneticists to rule out optic glioma and other visual sequale of neurofibromatosis, determine risk to a child with glaucoma suspicion, distinguish a morning glory disk from coloboma from staphyloma, and assess a wide range of other neurological-ocular conditions that may have a significant impact on the life of a child.

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Pediatric Optometry Service

Comprehensive eye and vision exams are provided for infants and children through age 17, in addition to specialized care, myopia control, vision therapy, pediatric neuro-optometry and mTBI and sports-related concussion.

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Primary Eye Care Service

Adult patients (aged 17 and older) receive comprehensive eye and vision exams, eyeglass prescriptions and treatment for eye injuries or infections.

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University Optometric Group

 The University Optometric Group (UOG) is the faculty practice of UAB Eye Care. 

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Vision Therapy Clinic

The Vision Therapy Clinic provides treatment for children and adults with eye teaming, focusing and tracking disorders. These visual conditions include but are not limited to convergence insufficiency, accommodative insufficiency, strabismus, amblyopia and saccadic eye movement (or ocular motor) dysfunction.

Learn more: Vision Therapy Clinic