Contact Lens Service
Suite 1010
Phone: (215) 928-3450
Fax: (215) 928-7234
Co-Directors: Scott Edmonds, O.D. Susan Edmonds, O.D.
Clinic Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 am — 4:30 pm
The Contact Lens Service evaluates and fits patients of all ages. Patients who require correction to improve vision may wish or even need to wear contact lenses to maximize their vision. The Directors of the service are national leaders in the contact lens field and participate in major national studies on advances in contact lenses. The service provides its patients with the newest devices and the latest information available.
Apart from cosmetic lenses, contact lenses allow normal vision for people with a wide range of medical conditions. These include patients with keratoconus, who have had complex cataract surgery or corneal transplantations and those with irregular or scarred corneas. Infants and young children often have various visual conditions that require a contact lens so that their vision system can develop normally. The Contact Lens Service at Wills Eye offers all types of contact lenses: hard, gas-permeable, daily-wear soft and extended-wear contact lenses, as well as colored lenses, disposable lenses, cosmetic lenses (to change eye color) and specialized keratoconus lenses.
Following a thorough ophthalmic examination, a patient's potential for successful contact lens wear is objectively evaluated. A computerized topographic map is created for each eye. Once the lens type has been properly selected, trial and specialized fittings of the lenses are undertaken, along with complete handling and care instructions. When the fit of the lens is judged to be satisfactory, the final design is ordered. Close follow-up is provided to insure proper and complete patient care.
As a major eye hospital, Wills Eye offers the latest in contact lens technology, often before it has even been introduced in the general eye practitioner's office. In addition to patient care, the contact lens service at Wills Eye meets its goal to educate eye practitioners by sponsoring educational meetings that attracts participants nationwide.
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