{"id":2271,"date":"2012-03-15T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/for-patients\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:36:46","slug":"for-patients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/for-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"For Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-6 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2023\/03\/Whitfield-PEDS-pt-exam1-scaled-e1680097074604-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2023\/03\/Whitfield-PEDS-pt-exam1-scaled-e1680097074604-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2023\/03\/Whitfield-PEDS-pt-exam1-scaled-e1680097074604-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2023\/03\/Whitfield-PEDS-pt-exam1-scaled-e1680097074604-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2023\/03\/Whitfield-PEDS-pt-exam1-scaled-e1680097074604.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-6 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2023\/09\/Beatrice-Brewington-patient-Teesha-2-e1694540204910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2023\/09\/Beatrice-Brewington-patient-Teesha-2-e1694540204910.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2023\/09\/Beatrice-Brewington-patient-Teesha-2-e1694540204910-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At UNC Department of Ophthalmology, we provide premier eye care to North Carolinians and others whom we serve. 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