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Patient Education Brochures


Ophthalmic Patient Education brochures for eye care, glaucoma, cataract, macular degeneration.When you send a patient home with an Academy patient education brochure, you help relieve anxiety, enhance comprehension, and increase compliance.

Visit the Academy Store to preview brochures and to order. You may also order by phone by calling 415.561.8540 or toll free 866.561.8558.

Available titles:

    • Adult Strabismus
    • Amblyopia
    • AMD and Nutritional Supplements
    • Anti-VEGF Treatment for AMD
    • Cataract
    • Cataract Surgery
    • Conjunctivitis
    • Contact Lenses
    • Corneal Abrasion and Erosion
    • Corneal Transplants
    • Cystoid Macular Edema
    • Detached & Torn Retina
    • Diabetic Retinopathy
    • Dilating Eyedrops
    • Dry Eye
    • Endothelial Keratoplasty (EK)
    • Eye Care Facts and Myths
    • Eyedrops
    • Eyelid Margin Disease Including Blepharitis
    • Eyelid Surgery
    • Face-Down Recovery After Retinal Surgery
    • Floaters and Flashes
    • Fuchs' Dystrophy
    • Glaucoma
    • Headache
    • Keratoconus
    • Laser Iridotomy
    • Laser Surgery of the Eye
    • Laser Trabeculoplasty
    • LASIK
  • Low Vision
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Macular Hole
  • Macular Pucker
  • Migraine
  • Multifocal and Accommodative IOLs 
  • Overflow Tearing and Chronic Eye Infections in Infants
  • Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK)
  • Posterior Capsulotomy
  • Pseudostrabismus
  • Pterygium and Pinguecula
  • Ptosis in Children & Adults
  • Refractive Errors
  • Refractive Surgery
  • Retinal Angiography
  • Retinal Vein Occlusion
  • Seeing Well as You Grow Older
  • Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)
  • Strabismus
  • Stye and Chalazion
  • Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
  • Surgery for Open-Angle Glaucoma
  • Treating Facial Lines and Wrinkles
  • Uveitis
  • Vitrectomy Surgery
  • What is an Ophthalmologist?

Brochures in Spanish

Many patients are more comfortable receiving medical information in their primary language. The Academy’s Spanish-language patient education materials are selected from our most popular topics and are professionally translated from the original English version.

  • Blefaritis (Blepharitis)
  • Catarata (Cataract)
  • Degeneración Macular (Macular Degeneration)
  • Entiendo el Glaucoma (Glaucoma)
  • Manchas Flotantes y Centelleos (Floaters and Flashes)
  • Ojo Seco (Dry Eye)
  • Orzuelo y Chalazión (Stye and Chalazion)
  • Pterigió y Pingüécula (Pterygium and Pinguecula)
  • Retinopatía Diabética (Diabetica Retinopathy)

You may also be interested in these patient education products:

  • Booklets
  • Downloadable Handouts
  • PowerPoint® presentations
  • Animations, DVDs and videos
  • For more information on these products, visit the Academy Store.