Children

Eye problems — they're not kid's stuff.

At the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, we know that children — and their eyes — have special needs when it comes to medical care. Vanderbilt's examination rooms are designed to be child-friendly, and we schedule patients so that the our eye specialists come to our pediatric ophthalmic clinic, The Tennessee Lions Eye Center, to see the child, rather than sending the child somewhere else in the medical center.

Children needing eye surgery are treated at Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. For scheduled surgery and emergencies, fully equipped state-of-the-art ophthalmic operating rooms are accessible 24 hours a day. These rooms are staffed by pediatric anesthesiologists and nurses trained in ophthalmology.