OPHTHALMOLOGY
We provide specialist diagnostics, medicine and surgery to help maintain and maximize your pet’s eye health and vision. Our goal is to diagnose the cause of your pet’s eye problem and find the best possible solution for your pet and you. Dr. Whelan and his team utilizes the latest technology and techniques to diagnose and treat a wide range of eye conditions, ensuring that your pet receives the best possible care for their eye health and vision.
EYE EXAMS
A Comprehensive Exam with Diagnostic Tests to Check Your Pet’s Eye Health and Vision
At your pet’s appointment, we perform a thorough exam with specialized tests to help diagnose the cause of their eye problem. During this exam, we use the same instruments and perform the same diagnostic tests that you will have experienced at your own eye health professional’s office.
To examine the outside and front of the eye, we use a hand-held microscope (slit lamp). This allows magnification of the front parts of the eye that includes the eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea (the clear window into the eye), the iris (colored part inside the eye), pupil, and the lens (where cataracts form).
For the back of the eye, we use a head light with a reflective mirror (indirect ophthalmoscope) that allows us to see a virtual image of the structures back there.
Ophthalmology Surgery Suite
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EYE SURGERY
How We Can Help Improve Your Pet’s Eye Health and Vision
Surgeries that we regularly perform include:
Eyelids
Correcting rolling in, rolling out, extra eyelashes, and removal of growths.
Dry Eye
Moving the outlet of a salivary duct to the eye for replacement “tears.”
Third Eyelid
Replacement of prolapsed glands, correction of deformed cartilage.
Cornea
Repairing nonhealing ulcers, placing grafts for complicated ulcers, removal of abnormal tissue, foreign body removal, and repairing trauma.
Laser of Iris Cysts and Localized Iris Melanomas
Glaucoma
Laser to decrease fluid production, placement of intraocular prosthesis.
Lens
Cataract removal and placement of artificial lenses, removal of luxated lenses.
OPHTHALMOLOGY
DR. NICK WHELAN
BVSC, MVSC, MACVSC, DACVCP, DACVO
Board-Certified Ophthalmologist
Dr. Whelan, hailing from New Zealand, found inspiration in the life of James Herriot, a veterinarian in England’s Yorkshire Dales, and aspired to enhance the well-being of animals.
Graduating with a veterinary degree from Massey University in 1988, he initially pursued clinical practice and later returned to Massey to obtain a MVSc. Driven by a passion to help animals with eye problems, he completed an ophthalmology residency at Texas A&M University, becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 1998.
In 2012, he founded the Animal Eye Clinic of Waterloo Region. Before this, he shared his expertise and love for veterinary ophthalmology, teaching at Iowa State University, Massey University, and Ontario Veterinary College.
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