Dr. Conrad Kavalec is a graduate from McGill University medical school and completed a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Toronto. He has fellowship training in oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery as well as pediatric ophthalmology, both from the University of Toronto. Dr. Kavalec is the Ophthalmologist in Chief at St. Mary’s Hospital Center and is an Assistant Professor at McGill University in the Department of Ophthalmology at the MUHC. He is a staff ophthalmologist at the Montreal General Hospital, the Montreal Children’s Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital. Dr. Kavalec is a past president of l’ Association des Médecins Ophtalmologistes du Québec and is an active member of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, the Canadian Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He helped establish St. Mary’s Hospital as a recognized cataract center in Montreal where 5500 cases per year are performed using the latest techniques. Dr. Kavalec performs oculoplastic surgery on pediatric and adult patients as well as cosmetic eyelid surgery at the Montreal Eye Institute. He is a member of the executive committee of the MUHC department of ophthalmology and is involved in the training of ophthalmology residents.

Conditions treated: Cataracts Eyelid disorders Cosmetic eyelid surgery Tearing Pediatric eye problems

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A local ophthalmologist is different from a local optometrist in that an optometrist doesn’t perform surgery. If you have a condition known as ocular hypertension, which is a result of high ocular pressure, your risk of developing glaucoma increases.Your optometrist or ophthalmologist may want to lower your IOP as a preventative measure.

Please contact ( Dr. Conrad Kavalec, Local Ophthalmologist Montreal, QC ) to enquire if this health care provider is accepting new patients.Patients are often concerned that an injection of material into their eye will be a painful or scary procedure. In fact, after the first or second injection, patients become quite at ease with the idea that they will have these injections, Following an intravitreal injection, you may feel pressure or grittiness in the eye, slight bleeding on the white of the eye and floaters in your vision. These are temporary and normal. As glaucoma progresses, it damages more and more of your optic nerve fibers, leading to vision loss. With primary open-angle glaucoma, the fluid can’t effectively flow back out of your eye. Angle-closure glaucoma occurs when the iris of the eye closes off the drainage angle completely, causing an increase in IOP pressure and damage to the optic nerve.

Glaucoma is a condition where there is increased pressure within the eyeball, causing damage to the optic nerve and gradual loss of sight.  If glaucoma is detected early preventative measures can be taken to save vision loss.

Cataracts can affect both eyes or just one, and some patients experience mild symptoms, while others can barely see any shapes or movements. Cataract symptoms include blurry vision, haloes, sensitivity to bright lights, decreased night vision, frequent changes in eyeglass prescriptions, and faded colours.

Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that primarily affect the optic nerve, which transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. In most cases of glaucoma, damage to the optic nerve is associated with increased pressure within the eye, known as intraocular pressure (IOP). However, glaucoma can also occur without elevated IOP, known as normal-tension glaucoma.

When the pressure inside the eye becomes elevated, it can cause compression and damage to the retinal fibers that make up the optic nerve. These fibers are responsible for transmitting visual signals to the brain, allowing us to see.