Esther Matlow Ophthalmology Department

The Esther Matlow Ophthalmology Department at the Shamir Medical Centre (Assaf Harofeh) is the “go-to” place for eye treatment in the Tel Aviv area of Israel. Here, patients receive glaucoma treatment, plastic surgery and excision of tumours from the eyelid or eye orbit, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the outer eye and the anterior section, cataract surgery, neuro-ophthalmology, pediatric ophthalmology and more.

The Esther Matlow Ophthalmology Department comprises three divisions: the outpatient clinic, hospital wards and operating theatres. The deparment has the most up-to-date diagnostic equipment for scanning, including slit lamps, ultrasound, photography for the retina and anterior segement of the eye, lasers and an Ocular Coherent Tomography machine. The latter is used for evaluation and diagnosis of retinal disease.