Ocular Oncology, Inflammatory & Autoimmune Eye Diseases

The Ocular Oncology Center is a national and world wide referral center for the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of ocular tumors and other closely related conditions.

Goals: 

To conserve the health and well-being of adult and pediatric patients with ocular tumors, to save life and sight.

Services:  

There are a variety of tumors that are managed in our institute which include tumors of the orbit, eyelids, ocular surface (like lymphoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma and other involving the conjunctiva and the cornea), and intraocular tumors like melanoma, retinoblastoma , metastasis, hemangioma, retinoblastoma, astrocytoma, lymphoma and other.

Ocular tumors are rare diseases some of which can become life-threatening conditions. Consequently their diagnosis and management often require challenging and complex procedures.

Our treatment modalities includes cutting-edge surgical procedures, variety of chemotherapy delivery methods (intravenous, intra-arterial and intra-vitreal ),  local radiation with brachytherapy, focal radiation with radiosurgery and external beam radiotherapy . 

Some of the novel procedures are handled in a multidisciplinary fission in cooperation with the experts within the Goldschleger Eye Institute – the largest ocular institute in the country. We cooperate with our Imaging service, Oculoplasitc service, Retinal service, Pediatric service and Corneal service.

We also provide our patients with expert services in close cooperation within the Sheba medical center which is the largest medical center in the country.

That includes:

• Multidisciplinary handling of children with retinoblastoma in cooperation with Pediatric hemato-oncology, genetics, neuroradiology, invasive neuroradiology and radiation oncology.

• Multidisciplinary care of adult patents with intraocular melanoma or metastasis in cooperation with oncology (Lung Brest Colon Urinary and other ), Radiation oncology, Hematology  and more.