Patient Resources

We welcome you as a patient to Southwest Eye Clinics. Please make note of the following items that pertain to visits in our office.

Your pupils may be dilated with eye drops during the exam. Dilating eye drops can blur your vision, especially your reading vision, for several hours. Dilation is almost always performed for patients visiting our retina doctors. Please call in advance or ask when you arrive if you have any questions as to whether or not your pupils will be dilated or not.

Due to dilating eye drops and bright lights shining in the eyes, your vision may be blurry when you are done the examination. We strongly recommend that patients come with someone to drive them home.

Please allow plenty of time to receive all of the care you need for your eyes.

• New patient visits for the retina doctors take at least two hours. For the other eye doctors, this may be somewhat less. Sometimes, additional testing or even treatments are required which would lengthen your expected stay in the office.
• Follow up visits and postoperative visits usually last between one to one and a half hours.
• Due to the unpredictable nature in caring for patients, please allow additional time for possible delay. It is very important to us to give every patient the care that they need even if it delays the schedule.

Please remember to bring the following items as needed:

• Referral from primary doctor if necessary
• Co-pay
• Insurance card
• List of current medications
• Any information that your doctor may have given you such as laboratory tests or handwritten description

Patient Forms

The following forms can be downloaded to your computer and printed at home. By filling out these forms ahead of time, you will save a significant amount of time during your visit. Please be prepared to provide this information to our office along with your current medical insurance information. If you have any questions when filling out these forms, please do the best you can and our staff will assist you with your questions on the day of your visit.

Patient Registration

General Policies & Release of Info

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Medical Links

Southwest Eye Clinics are subspecialty ophthalmology physicians consultants. We provide subspecialty ophthalmology consultation in the fields of vitreous and retinal diseases. We have the in-office capability to perform the most sophisticated testing and treatment.

Retina

The Retinal Division of our practice evaluates all aspects of retinal and vitreous diseases. This includes many diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular occlusions, retinal detachments, AIDS-related retinal disorders and retinopathy of prematurity.

Click on the following conditions for detailed information.

• Macular Degeneration
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Epiretinal Membrane (Macular Pucker)
• Retinal Detachment
• Posterior Vitreous Detachment/ Floaters
• Retinal Vein Occlusion