Joel Palko, MD

Glaucoma Ophthalmologist

Dr. Joel Palko is a Glaucoma Ophthalmologist in Morgantown, WV with special training and skill in eye surgery and eye disease. As a Glaucoma Ophthalmologist, Joel Palko, MD performs diagnostic testing, medication prescription, laser surgery, and operating room surgery. Glaucoma Ophthalmology is an osteopathic or medical specialty providing eye and vision care for patients with glaucoma. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Glaucoma Ophthalmologists include glaucoma. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Glaucoma Ophthalmologists include ophthalmoscopy, perimetry, tonometry, gonioscopy, pachymetry, medication prescription, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, iridotomy, trabeculoplasty, trabeculectomy, and glaucoma drainage device implantation.

An ophthalmologist who specializes in the treatment of glaucoma and other disorders related to increased intraocular pressure and optic nerve damage. This specialty involves the medical and surgical treatment of these conditions.