Oculoplastics, Orbit, and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic

The Oculoplastic Surgery clinic offers evaluation and surgery for children and adults who have eyelid or eye brow abnormalities due to genetics, aging, disease, trauma, or previous surgery.
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For Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences related requests:
1-319-356-2852
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1-800-777-8442

The Oculoplastics/Orbital Clinic Provides:

  • A variety of cosmetic plastic surgery procedures including
    • Blepharoplasty (lid lifts) 
    • Botox treatments
  • Examinations, diagnosis, and treatment of
    • Disorders, anomaliles, and injuries
      • Eyelids
      • Tear ducts
      • The orbit (bony structure around the eye)
  • Pre-operative and post-operative evaluation
  • Surgical management of oculoplastic/orbital problems

Conditions Treated:

  • Conditions requiring enucleation
  • Eyelid and Orbit Injuries
  • Eyelid Abnormalities:
    • Ectropion (i.e. the turning out of the lower lid)
    • Entropion (i.e. the turning in of the lower lid)
    • Graves' Disease
    • Ptosis 
    • Thyroid Eye Disease
  • Involuntary Eyelid Blinking

Treatments and Services:

  • Cosmetic plastic surgery of the brows and orbital area
    • Blepharoplasty
    • Botox injections
  • Eye removal
    • Enucleation
    • Evisceration
    • Exenteration 
  • Lacrimal apparatus surgery including:
    • DCR (Dacryocystorhinostomy) 
  • Orbital Reconstruction including:
  • Eyelid surgery including:
    • Blepharoplasty
      • "lid lift"
      • plastic surgery of the eyelids to remove excessive skin or subcutaneous fat
    • Canthal resection
    • Canthectomy
    • Canthoplasty
    • Ectropion
    • Entropion
    • Ptosis repair/correction
    • Removal of eyelid tumors
      • examples: basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma
    • Tarsorrhaphy

Our Care Team

Keith D. Carter, MD, FACS portrait

Keith D.
Carter
MD, FACS

  • Cosmetic Surgery & Services
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
4.62 out of 5 (1,705 ratings)
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Chau
Pham
MD

  • Cosmetic Surgery & Services
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
4.78 out of 5 (782 ratings)
Erin M. Shriver, MD, FACS portrait

Erin M.
Shriver
MD, FACS

  • Cosmetic Surgery & Services
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
4.82 out of 5 (1,609 ratings)
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Locations and Offices

Eye Clinic

11200 Pomerantz Family Pavilion (PFP)
Level 1, Elevator L
1-319-356-2852
Clinic
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In University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242

Iowa River Landing - Floor 2

Second Floor
1-319-467-2000
Clinic
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In Iowa River Landing
105 East 9th Street, Coralville, IA 52241
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