Spokane Eye Clinic Pediatric Ophthalmology

Your pediatric ophthalmologists, Dr. Colburn and Dr. Weed, take care of children with all types of different eye diseases and disorders from vision correction to eye misalignment, congenital conditions, and eye infections.

We have the tremendous privilege of getting to take care of kids and help them achieve their best vision. We love our job. We understand that, as parents, nothing is more important to you than your children, and like you, we want them to have a lifetime of excellent vision. Working together with you, in a patient-centered approach, we will be happy to evaluate and treat your child's eyes as needed, all the way from infancy through high school.

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As fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologists, Dr. Colburn and Dr. Weed take care of kids with all types of different eye problems, including:

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Colburn or Dr. Weed, call: (509) 456-0107

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Remember sunglasses this summer

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Frustrations with Insurance & Eye Care

In this post I wanted to tackle a practical topic that often causes frustrations for both you and your eye doctor. When you, or in our case your child, is getting an eye exam there could be confusion about what insurance covers the exam. It is important to understand the difference between a “routine” eye exam and a “medical” eye exam.

Amblyopia Patching Tips

Amblyopia (commonly referred to as “lazy eye”) is a decreased vision of one or less commonly both eyes in an otherwise structurally normal eye. This is often caused by a difference in glasses prescription between the two eyes or eye misalignment (strabismus). To treat amblyopia, we often use occlusion therapy, or patching. This works by covering the ‘good’ eye and forcing the child to use the amblyopic eye and stimulating those neural pathways.

Can Crossed Eyes or Wandering Eyes Be Fixed?

People with strabismus—the medical term for eye misalignment—whether they have an eye that turns in (esotropia) or wanders out (exotropia), or an eye that goes up (hypertropia), don't have to just "live with it." In almost all cases, they can be treated successfully. The most common treatment options are eye muscle surgery and eye glasses.

Pediatric Eye Care

Spokane Eye Clinic Pediatric Ophthalmology