UAB Callahan Eye Hospital

For over 55 years, UAB Callahan Eye Hospital has focused on delivering innovative eye care and pioneering breakthroughs in the preservation and restoration of eyesight. We have been recognized internationally and nationally for outstanding patient care, treatment of eye trauma, and crucial research in eye disease. Our outstanding services and accomplishments include:

• One of the few facilities in the world entirely dedicated to advancements in ophthalmology
• One of the busiest eye care centers in the nation
• One of only two Level 1 Ocular Trauma Centers in the United States with a 24/7 eye emergency department
• The only dedicated facility in Alabama specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of the eye
• 16 dedicated operating rooms which support more than 11,000 eye surgeries annually
• Award-winning patient care, having earned prestigious Press Ganey awards in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2018
• Named in 2017 as one of the “100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” by Becker’s Hospital Review
• Pioneering developments in surgical instrumentation, devices, and procedures used by ophthalmologists around the world
• Home to a comprehensive eye research program and the state’s only accredited ophthalmology training program provided by the UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
• Our organization is sensory inclusive™ certified through KultureCity.

Care Providers

Elise Agostinelli, OD Optometry, Pediatrics Michael Albert, Jr., MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology Anne Marie Arciniegas-Bernal, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology Carson Bee, MD Cataract and Refractive Disease, Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Sarah Berry, OD, MS Optometry Waid Blackstone, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology Mike Callahan, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology Jeff Chaiprakob, MD Cataract and Refractive Disease, Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Joy Chuang, OD Optometry Martin Cogen, MD Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus Dawn DeCarlo, OD Optometry Parisa Dudley, OD Optometry Richard Feist, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology Priscilla Fowler, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology Marcela Frazier, OD, MSPH Optometry, Pediatrics Chris Girkin, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Glaucoma, Pediatric Glaucoma Tyler Hall, MD Cataract and Refractive Disease, Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Sarah Jacobs, MD Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery D. Wade Joiner, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Lanning Kline, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology Hogan Knox, MD Cataract and Refractive Disease, Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Michelle Langkawel, OD Optometry Marissa Locy, OD Optometry Virginia Lolley, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology John Mason, III, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology Andrew Mays, MD Glaucoma Cecil McCollum, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology John Morgan, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology Krupa Patel, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus Russell Read, MD Uveitis Shilpa Register, OD Optometry Carol Rosenstiel, OD Optometry Brian Samuels, MD, PhD Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Carrie Smith, OD Optometry Eric Sputh, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology Jason Swanner, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Kayla Thomason, OD Optometry Tim Thompson, OD Optometry Michael Vaphiades, DO Neuro-Ophthalmology

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital is supported by private-practice physicians who perform surgery at our facility. To see a listing of these physicians and their location, please click here »