Dr. Alan Chow

Dr. Alan Chow Dr. Alan Chow is a pediatric and general ophthalmologist that specializes in eye misalignments. Come see him at 386 Pennsylvania Ave. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137.

Dr. Chow is a general ophthalmologist and also a specialist in eye misalignments (strabismus) for both children and adults. He has treated and restored vision to many children with laziness of vision in 26 years of practice and has corrected thousands of eye deviations with medical therapy and/or surgery during this period. Dr. Chow also specializes in the research of treatments for degenerative retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and has spearheaded multi-university research in this area. He is the inventor of the Artificial Silicon Retina, and the founder of Optobionics, that has returned a level of vision to blinded patients.

Before and 8 weeks after strabismus surgery for esotropia (inward turning of the eyes) since childhood. His alignment is...
11/10/2025

Before and 8 weeks after strabismus surgery for esotropia (inward turning of the eyes) since childhood. His alignment is noticeably improved and he is very happy with the results!

Strabismus surgery offers so many benefits — improved alignment, better depth perception, and a huge boost in confidence — but we’re always amazed by the unexpected ways it changes our patients’ lives!

Before and 2 months after strabismus surgery for left esotropia (inward turning of the eye).This patient was born with l...
10/12/2025

Before and 2 months after strabismus surgery for left esotropia (inward turning of the eye).

This patient was born with left esotropia and came to us seeking correction. We performed surgery on her left eye and fortunately achieved alignment within half a degree—with a nearly invisible scar.

She is very happy with the outcome. Strabismus surgery not only restores proper eye alignment and improves visual function, but many patients also experience a boost in confidence and quality of life.

This adorable patient is post op from strabismus surgery to correct his exotropia (outward turning of the eyes). His par...
09/13/2025

This adorable patient is post op from strabismus surgery to correct his exotropia (outward turning of the eyes). His parents and grandparents are estatic with the results!

Early correction helps the brain learn to use both eyes together, improving depth perception and lifelong vision development.

This patient had strabismus surgery as a child at a university medical center, which unfortunately resulted in a lost mu...
08/21/2025

This patient had strabismus surgery as a child at a university medical center, which unfortunately resulted in a lost muscle and outward turning (exotropia) of her left eye. Over the years, several surgeons told her they could not be certain of restoring alignment.

When she came to us, we were fortunately able to locate the lost muscle and successfully re-align her eyes. Four months after surgery, she is happy with the results!

Address

386 Pennsylvania Avenue #3N
Glen Ellyn, IL
60137

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 6pm
Saturday 8:30am - 1pm

Telephone

+16308584411

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