The Section of Retina and Vitreous is comprised of physicians who specialize in the evaluation and treatment of vitreoretinal disease and retinal detachment repairs. Expertise in the treatment of the following diagnoses is provided:

• Diabetic retinopathy
• Retinopathy of prematurity
• Diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy
• Sickle cell retinopathy
• Macular degeneration
• Pars planitis
• Cystoid macular edema
• Retinal degeneration and other retinal anomalies

Among diagnostic and treatment services offered are the following:

• Photodynamic therapy for macular degeneration
• Comprehensive care for diabetic eye disease including diabetic retinopathy
• Laser treatment for retinal disorders
• Surgical repair of macular holes
• Evaluation and management of vitreo-retinal complications of ocular
• Surgeries including removal of retained lens fragments and enophthalmitis

The team of ophthalmologists include Dr. Ron Adelman, Dr. Armand Daccache,
Dr. John J. Huang, and Dr. Kathleen Stoessel, All physicians are board-certified ophthalmologists with fellowship training and specialization in disorders of the retina and vitreous. These disorders comprise the leading causes of blindness in infancy, young adulthood, and older age.

Examples of retinal diseases diagnosed and treated at Yale include: diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal tears and holes, retinal detachments, retinopathy of prematurity, ocular trauma, intraocular tumors (for example, melanoma, lymphoma, metastasis, and retinoblastoma), retinal vascular disease (vein and artery occlusions), retinitis pigmentosa and other inherited retinal dystrophies, retinal disease associated with systemic conditions such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, and multiple sclerosis, inflammatory conditions (uveitis), and intraocular infections in healthy individuals, or in persons with AIDS.

Clinical Facilities

The Yale University Medical Center surgery area has four fully-equipped operating rooms used for retinal and other types of eye surgery. These rooms are staffed 24 hours a day by nurses and technicians specially trained to assist eye surgeons.

The Yale Eye Center utilizes state-of-the-art lasers including a Nd:Yag laser, diode green and infrared lasers, and two cryotherapy units. Laser treatments are commonly performed for diabetic retinopathy, retinal tears and holes, exudative macular degeneration, and other conditions. electrophysiological testing is performed routinely, including electroretinography (ERG), electro-oculography (EOG), and visual evoked potentials (VEP / VER).

Fluorescein angiography is a commonly performed procedure that assists in the diagnosis and treatment of retinal vascular and other diseases. Angiography and other retinal photography is performed by certified ophthalmic photographers. Ophthalmic ultrasound is used to diagnose tumors, retinal detachments and other intraocular lesions.

The Yale Retina and Vitreous Team

Physicians:

Ron Adelman, MD, MPH

Armand Daccache, MD
John J. Huang, MD
Kathleen Stoessel, MD

Staff:

Kenneth Fong (Ophthalmic Photography and Electrophysiological Testing)

Pamela Ossorio (Chief Ophthalmic Photographer)

Physician Profiles

View detailed profiles of Yale Ophthalmologists, including Dr. Ron Adelman, Dr. Armand Daccache, Dr. John J. Huang and Dr. Kathleen Stoessel, here. Detailed information for each physician includes medical education, special training, area of special expertise and other important credentials.

Appointment Scheduling

To schedule an appointment with a Yale ophthalmologist, you can call our main scheduling number 203-785-2020 or toll-free at 1-800-395-7949. Or you can request an appointment on-line. Or you may use our on-line appointment request form.

Yale Eye Center Office Hours

The Yale Eye Center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Emergency coverage is available as needed 24 hours a day. Call us at 203-785-2020 or toll-free at 1-800-395-7949 after hours to contact a Yale physician for an emergency situation.

Yale Eye Center Office Location

Our physician practices are located on the 3rd floor of the Temple Medical Center at 40 Temple Street in New Haven, Connecticut. Patients may use valet parking services, the Temple Street Garage, connected directly by a second story skywalk, or the Temple Medical Garage, connected directly to 40 Temple Streeet on the first level. Click here for detailed driving and parking directions to the Temple Street Medical Center.

Yale Eye Center Mailing Address and Phone and Fax Numbers

Your Appointment: What to Bring with You

The Yale Eye Center physicians ask that you bring the following items with you for your appointment:

• Your current eyeglasses and/or contact lenses
  
  
• List of all current medications (include the name of the medication and the dosage)
  
  
• Medical records that relate to your current condition. This should include X-rays, CT scans and any additional test results or copies of medical records
  
  
• Your current health insurance identification card and any referral/authorization forms that may be required by your insurance company.

Driving and Parking Directions

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Health Insurance Participation List

View a detailed list of HMOs and health insurance plans in which Yale physicians participate.

Research and the Retina and Vitreous Section

The Retina Division at the Yale Eye Center is actively involved in both basic scientific laboratory investigations as well as clinical research involving important advances in patient care. The following studies are currently underway:

• AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG 266) (NIH-sponsored Multicenter Phase II study of an anti-CMV monoclonal antibody (MSL 109) therapy for CMV retinitis in immunocompromised patients)
  
  
• Ocular Complications of AIDS in Pediatric Patients, Yale-New Haven Hospital. Examines prevalence and types of ocular disease in children infected with the AIDS virus, HIV.
  
  
• EDIC (DCCT Epidemiologic Follow-up, Multicenter, NIH-sponsored) Examines long-term relationships between glucose control and other medical issues, and progression of retinopathy related to diabetes.
  
  
• In planning: Diabetic retinopathy drug study, Dr. Kathleen Stoessel.

Additional scientific research is underway in the area of retinal blood vessel growth. Abnormal proliferation of retinal blood vessels is the leading cause of vision in the Western world, and underlies severe vision loss due to prematurity in infants, and to diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. We are studying cellular and molecular mechanisms by which blood vessels grow normally in the fetal retina, and comparing these processes to the abnormal vascular growth that occurs in diseases. Exciting progress in this field holds promise for non-toxic drug treatments that can be applied locally to the eye to inhibit abnormal blood vessel growth.