Division of Ophthalmology News

Our team of ophthalmologists, surgeons, optometrists, orthoptists, nurse practitioners and certified ophthalmic technicians is dedicated to providing the best possible care for your child's eye or vision condition.

May 6, 2024

The findings from the clinical trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

How Vision Can Support or Delay Learning in a Child with Down Syndrome - Aadi

How Vision Can Support or Delay Learning in a Child with Down Syndrome: Part 3

Mar 6, 2023

Once an individual collects visual input from their environment, they must organize, interpret, evaluate this information to make decisions about how to interact with their environment.

CHOP and COG Will Validate New Tool to Measure NF1-Related Progressive Vision Loss

Jul 15, 2021

CHOP researchers will use optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure vision changes associated with NF1-related optic pathway gliomas.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Appoints New Ophthalmology Division Chief

Jul 1, 2021

Today, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) appointed Gil Binenbaum, MD MSCE as Chief of the Division of Ophthalmology.

Fellows Corner: Savings Eyes, Savings Lives: A Multidisciplinary Effort

Jan 28, 2020

Learning to perform retinal examinations on extremely low birth weight babies is essential to pediatric ophthalmology.

Revised Criteria Lead To More Accurate Screen For ROP In Premature Infants

Jan 28, 2020

A multicenter group of 41 hospitals led by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has confirmed that an improved method for predicting retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was able to reduce the number of babies having invasive diagnostic examinations by nearly a third, while raising disease detection up to 100%.

Pediatric Aphakia And Where To Place An Intraocular Lens

Jan 28, 2020

In our busy CHOP Ophthalmology practice, we see many aphakic (an eye without the natural crystalline lens) children.

Partners In Preventing Eye Disease: Rheumatology And Ophthalmology

Jan 28, 2020

A 4-year-old boy presented to the emergency room reporting 2 weeks of right knee pain, swelling, and limping.

When Anisocoria Signals A Bigger Problem

Jan 28, 2020

A 10-month-old female infant was referred to the Neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for a new-onset lid ptosis and pupillary miosis on the right side.

‘I Can See It!’ — From Idea to Astonishing Result

Jul 1, 2019

Find out how a bold idea led to an astonishing cure for a certain childhood blindness, and learn about the future of gene therapy to treat children, like Hannah.

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Division of Ophthalmology News

Two CHOP Patients with an Inherited Blindness Successfully Treated with Gene Editing

How Vision Can Support or Delay Learning in a Child with Down Syndrome: Part 3

CHOP and COG Will Validate New Tool to Measure NF1-Related Progressive Vision Loss

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Appoints New Ophthalmology Division Chief

Fellows Corner: Savings Eyes, Savings Lives: A Multidisciplinary Effort

Revised Criteria Lead To More Accurate Screen For ROP In Premature Infants

Pediatric Aphakia And Where To Place An Intraocular Lens

Partners In Preventing Eye Disease: Rheumatology And Ophthalmology

When Anisocoria Signals A Bigger Problem

‘I Can See It!’ — From Idea to Astonishing Result