The Ophthalmology Department provides consultation, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of eye conditions in infants and children, including cataracts, glaucoma, orbital and ocular tumors, ocular plastic surgery, inflammation of the eye and adnexa, strabismus and amblyopia. Special diagnostic services, such as orthoptic evaluation, ophthalmic echography, electroretinogram, photography and visual field testing, are available for both inpatients and outpatients.

Also available are comprehensive special treatment procedures including microscopic eye surgery, lens implantation, botox injection, frontalis suspension eyelid surgery, Crawford tube tear duct surgery, adjustable sutures and amblyopia treatment.

Management expertise includes, but is not limited to:

• Amblyopia
• Eye muscle disorder
• Ptosis
• Tear duct obstruction
• Cataracts and glaucoma in children
• Eye tumors
• Eyelid and orbit

Neuro-Opthalmology

• Adie’s pupil
• Bell’s palsy
• Giant cell arteritis
• Myasthenia gravis
• Neuroretinitis
• Optic disc anomaly
• Pituitary tumor
• Pupillary disorder
• Third nerve palsy, partial
• Third nerve palsy, total
• Fourth nerve palsy
• Sixth nerve palsy
• Seventh nerve palsy
• Visual field defect: Arcuate, sector; Heteronymous, bilat; homonymous, bilat; nasal step, peripheral

The Ophthalmology Department is located in the Ambulatory Care Center at Children’s Hospital. Patients are also seen at the Metairie Center, located at 2800 Veterans Memorial Boulevard.

George S. Ellis, Jr, MD
Director, Ophthalmology
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Eye Disorders
Professional School:
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
Duke Eye Center; Zane Pollard MD of Hall Eye Center
Johns Hopkins; Marshall Parks, MD and Clinton McCord, MD
Special Interests:
Amblyopia, Strabismus, Ptosis, Cataracts, Glaucoma

H. Sprague Eustis, MD
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Professional School:
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Washington DC Children’s Hospital
Johns Hopkins
Special Interests:
Pediatric ophthalmology, Strabismus

Maria Theresa Vives, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Children's Hospital
Professional School:
Marshall University School of Medicine
Specialty Training:
Special Interests:
Neuro-opthalmology