Clinics
Cornea Clinic
The Proctor Cornea Clinic is reserved for patients with corneal and external eye disease in which there are particularly complicated issues relating to their diagnosis and/or treatment. Patients are seen by about 8 specialists who then discuss the case in detail and get back to the referring physician. Patients who are interested in obtaining the opinion of multiple specialists in a single sitting are also sometimes seen in this clinic. Patients should plan on spending about 3 - 4 hours if they are to be seen in this Clinic.
Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid (OCP) Clinic
OCP is chronic, progressive, scarring inflammatory disease of the conjunctiva. Other structures of the ocular surface may also undergo pathologic changes secondary to the cicatricial process. The OCP Clinic is devoted to the diagnosis and management of ocular bullous inflammatory diseases. The OCP Clinic is supervised by Dr. Douglas S. Holsclaw, and follows a format similar to the Cornea Clinic.
Sjögren's Clinic
The Sjögren's Clinic was started at UCSF in 1972. This is a multidisciplinary clinic that combines the expertise of oral medicine, rheumatology, and opthalmology to study Sjögren's syndrome. Dr. John P. Whitcher has been the ophthalmologist for the service since 1974. Over the past 30 years internationally recognized criteria for the diagnosis of the syndrome have been developed by the clinic.
In 2003 the National Institutes of Health awarded a multimillion dollar grant to establish an international Sjögren's syndrome center at UCSF. The center will collect data from five collaborating centers around the world and will create a data base allowing the establishment of uniform criteria for the diagnosis of the syndrome. This data base will facilitate the investigation of all aspects of the etiology, epidemiology, genetics and treatment of the syndrome.
Uveitis Clinic
The Ocular Inflammatory Disease and Uveitis Clinic provides consultation and direct care to patients with infectious and immunologic diseases of the eye and the area around the eye. The clinic is the primary referral resource for ophthalmologists, internists and rheumatologists in the northern California area and beyond.
The mission of the clinic is to determine the cause of inflammatory diseases and to meet the challenge of treating conditions unresponsive to the usual anti-inflammatory treatments. The clinic's experienced clinicians with access to the state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic measures strive to improve outcomes and reduce complications from the inflammation and its treatment.
The clinic is at the leading edge of applying new treatments to reduce ocular inflammation and restore vision. In particular, a variety of non-steroidal medications are used including immunosuppressive and biologic agents to avoid the serious complications of steroids.
The clinic is staffed with Drs. Acharya, Margolis and Strauss who are assisted by post-doctoral fellowship ophthalmologists.
For general patient information, call: (415) 476-1442 |
