Manila Retina Specialists

21/07/2025

Due to flooding situation, and available information as of 638 am 7/22/2025, clinic is suspended today.

18/02/2025

Update on Retinitis Pigmentosa

New gene therapy MCO-010 (Multi-Characteristic Opsin Gene) developed by Nanoscope Therapeutics and Dr. Allen Ho, presented findings of phase 2b/3 trial October 2024 at the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Chicago. It is a one time intravitreal injection of a harmless virus, delivering copies of a gene leading to production of light sensing molecules to surviving photoreceptors.

40-50 % of patients responded with improvement of 2-3 lines of vision. It has been submitted to US FDA for fast track approval early this year.

What this means for our Philippine patients? There's a good medicine being developed, but we need to wait re pricing and availability for our country as US regulatory agencies verify these findings. We will update this page as soon as new information becomes available.

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23/09/2024

Parking tips for patients: if right lane is slow or not moving, it means parking inside UST may be full. You may drop off patient in Gate 13 (doctors clinic), or G14. Use 2nd lane, and tell traffic enforcers/guard you are going to hospital and DROP OFF patient only. You can park in nearby sm san lazaro and take grab taxi or tricycle to ust.

02/08/2021

When is considered an emergency? if you have sudden blurring of vision, severe eye pain, recent floaters (within past 72 hours), red eyes especially if with blurred vision. If in doubt, best to consult your EyeMD for advise or go to nearest hospital.

28/03/2021

15/05/2020

With relaxation of quarantine measures, we will be seeing urgent conditions for the mean time. Some conditions can wait, but if you have sudden blurring, floaters, flashes, you may need to be seen sooner.

There will be some changes to the way we conduct the exams, eg no talking while doing some procedures (slit lamp examination) as seen in this photo. This is designed to reduce exposure to droplets produced when we talk.

Clinic will be by appointment only. Please call before hand, and you will undergo screening before being allowed to doctor’s offices. Please bear with the inconvenience, designed to protect you and our frontliners.

Routine eye care procedures may be delayed during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), but treatment for eye emergencies is as important as ever. Here’s how to protect your eyes — and how to tell when