KIDS EYES - PAEDIATRIC EYE SPECIALIST, JOHANNESBURG & EAST RAND

About Us

Dr Claire Cullen is an ophthalmologist specializing in paediatric eye conditions and adult strabismus. She qualified in 2010 as a specialist and went on to do a further two years of training in advanced microsurgical techniques including non-penetrating glaucoma surgery and paediatric cataracts, while working as an honorary consultant.Dr Cullen has a passion for both children and strabismus and was awarded an international fellowship in paediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus after a year of highly specialized training at the IWK Children’s Hospital in Canada.

Services

• Allergies
• Amblyopia
• Anisometropia
• Astigmatism
• Cataracts in Children
• Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI)
• Chalazion
• Colour Vision
• Conjunctivitis
• Depth Perception
• Esotropia (inward turned eyes)
• Exotropia (outward turned eyes)
• Eye Care Jargon
• Far Sightedness (see hyperopia)
• Glasses
• Glaucoma
• Health and Safety
• Hyperopia (far-sightedness)
• Keratoconus
• Learning Difficulties Dr Claire Cullen is able to detect eye diseases through a complete eye examination
• Milestones
• Myopia (short sightedness)
• Nystagmus (wobbly eyes)
• Ptosis (droopy eyelid)
• Red Eye
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Screen Time
• Short Sightedness (see myopia)
• Squints
• Subjective, Objective, Refraction
• Theatre: preparing for surgery
• The Watery Eye
• Vision Therapy
• Visiting an Ophthalmologist

Member of
World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus,
South African Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology & Stribusmus

Registered with
The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

Operating Areas
Busamed Modderfontein Private Hospital,
Orthopaedic & Oncology Centre,
4 Cransley Crescent,
Long Lake,
Sandton

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