{"id":13,"date":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/default-wordpress\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-06-24T11:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:02:10","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Welcome<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Texas at San Antonio, UT San Antonio. We are committed to serving our patients and our community, to preparing physicians to care for their patients, and to the development and propagation of new concepts to preserve and enhance vision. Our three missions\u2014clinical service, education and research\u2014are closely intertwined. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you are a prospective patient, student, resident, fellow, or colleague, we look forward to serving you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Daniel A. Johnson, MD, MBA<\/h3>\n<p>Professor and Chair<br \/>\nDepartment of Ophthalmology[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;panel single-border single-border-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Quick Links<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/links-resources\/\">Helpful Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/support-our-mission\/\">Support our Mission<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/contact\/\">Contact Us<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">Follow us on Instagram<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uthsa.ophtho\/\" title=\"\" target=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"circle colorized close2x mid-icon\">\n                <span><i class=\" mid-icon null icon-instagram\"><\/i><\/span>\n                <\/a> [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;roomy&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-443\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2018\/11\/ophthalmology-research-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"close\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/research\/\">Our Research<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are currently engaged in a variety of projects which seek to explain mechanisms of ocular diseases and may lead to possible therapies for blinding disorders. Some of our clinical faculty are involved in treatment trials. Others are conducting investigations which might permit optimization of vision care resources. Our research efforts are supported by grants from the government, private industry and philanthropic foundations and through endowments provided by visionary benefactors.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"loose-list\">\n<li><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/research\/lions-sight-research-center\/\">Lions Sight Research Center\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/research\/imaging-division\/\">Imaging Division\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-444\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2018\/11\/Ophthalmology-Education-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"close\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/education\/\">Our Educational Programs<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our ACGME-accredited residency program has four residents in each of the three years of specialty training. We graduate ophthalmologists who are ethical, compassionate, competent, and well-prepared for fellowship or entry into comprehensive ophthalmology, in private practice or academic medicine. Our fellowship programs include a two-year ASOPRS-accredited Oculoplastics fellowship and a two-year AUPO-accredited Surgical Retina &amp; Vitreous fellowship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"loose-list\">\n<li><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/education\/residency\/\">Residency\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/education\/fellowship\/\">Fellowships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/education\/medical-student-education\/\">Medical Student Education\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/education\/continuing-education\/\">Continuing Medical Education\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-442\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2018\/11\/Ophthalmology-Patient-Care-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"close\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/patient-care\/\">Our Patient Care<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every ophthalmic subspecialty is represented by at least one of our full-time ophthalmologists. We are the consultants for secondary and tertiary eye care for our community and the South Texas region. \u00a0Our clinicians are experienced, highly qualified experts in their fields.\u00a0There is a state-of-the art Ambulatory Surgery Center at the MARC where a majority of our physicians operate.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"loose-list\">\n<li><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uthscsa.edu\/patient-care\/physicians\/clinics\/ophthalmology\">Visit our Practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ophthalmology\/patient-care\/patient-information-eye-diseases-conditions\/\">Patient Information\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Welcome Welcome to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Texas at San Antonio, UT San Antonio. 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