Hartford Hospital Eye Surgery Center

Hartford Hospital's Eye Surgery Center, founded in 1998, provides surgical care for cataracts, glaucoma, corneal disease and select retinal diseases. The Center performs more than 10,000 procedures a year, the vast majority of them cataracts.

The Center is a state of the art outpatient surgical center that was designed, built, equipped and staffed to provide the highest quality surgical eye care.

The Center is a Connecticut-licensed and Medicare-certified outpatient surgery center. In addition, it is accredited by The Joint Commission.

We are proud to offer this high-quality care as a more convenient alternative to traditional hospital care. Our staff has been carefully selected and trained by our physicians and include some of the most outstanding eye-care professionals in Connecticut.

The Eye Surgery Center sees over 9,700 patients and handles over 10,000 procedures per year. During the 2017-18 fiscal year, these procedures included more than ...

• 8,600 cataract extractions with lens implants
• 430 combined cataract and glaucoma procedures
• 380 traditional glaucoma surgical procedures
• 200 microinvasive glaucoma surgeries
• 1,080 other laser procedures
• 790 astigmatism-correcting lens implants
• 210 presbyopia-correcting lens implants
• 170 eyelid procedures
• 30 corneal transplants

Services

• Anterior Segment Surgery
• Cataract Surgery
• Contact Lenses
• Cornea & External Eye Disease
• Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Eye Muscle Disorders
• Eyelid Malpositions
• Glaucoma evaluation & treatment
• Macular Degeneration
• Ophthalmology
• Refractive Surgery
• Retinal Surgery
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Strabismus