Triage and Emergency Eye Care
Dr. Sudhakar V. Cherukuri, M.D., M.P.H., along with Richard Aldous, M.D., runs the Val & Ann Browning Foundation Triage Clinic at the Moran Eye Center. Cherukuri, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the School of Medicine, says identifying a condition early enough to successfully treat it is the most rewarding part of his job. Cherukuri and Aldous, adjunct professor of ophthalmology, sees patients from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Most of those visits are serious emergencies, such as a chemical injury, foreign object in the eye, ruptured globe, retinal detachment, or infection. Often patients come in with severe pain due to an abrasion or an infection or an accident. At the Triage Clinic the patient is stabilized, the pain is treated and if necessary the patientis referred to a world-renowned specialist at the Moran Eye Center.