Services We Offer
Veterinary Ophthalmology is equipped to routinely provide the following services:- General Wellness Exams
- OFA Genetic Certification Examinations
- Intraocular pressure testing
- Schirmer tear testing
- Fluorescein stain testing
- Conjunctivitis treatment canine
- Conjunctivitis treatment feline including feline herpes virus
- Allergy management
- Dry eye Management
- Blepharitis
- Eyelid tumor V lid plasty
- Eyelid tumor cryosurgery, local anesthetic
- Entropion treatment
- Distichia treatment
- Ectopic cilia treatment
- Ectropion treatment
- Dermoid removal
- Keratectomy treatment
- Grid keratotomy
- Diamond Burr Debridement
- Dry eye (KCS) treatment
- Parotid Duct Transposition Surgery for chronic dry eye
- Prolapsed gland of the nictitans (cherry eye) treatment
- Pigmentary keratitis treatment
- Medial canthoplasty treatment
- Corneal laceration repair
- Descemetocele repair
- Epibular melanoma laser treatment
- Feline iris pigment evaluation
- Feline iris melanoma evaluation/treatment
- Feline hypertension treatment
- Iris cyst evaluation/treatment
- Sequestrum treatment
- Immune Mediated keratitis treatment
- Sheltie keratitis treatment
- Infected corneal ulcer treatment
- Conjunctival pedicle graft surgery
- Corneal scleral transposition surgery
- Pannus treatment
- Corneal Endothelial Degeneration Treatment
- Refractory / Indolent Ulcer Treatment
- Uveitis treatment
- Glaucoma treatment medical
- Glaucoma treatment surgical Ahmed Valve
- Glaucoma treatment surgical laser photocycloablation
- Glaucoma treatment ciliary body ablation
- Glaucoma treatment intrascleral prosthesis
- Glaucoma treatment laser, chronic
- Glaucoma treatment enucleation
- Enucleation
- Intraocular tumor treatment
- Cataract treatment
- Intraocular lens replacement
- Lens luxation Surgery
- Retinal testing, electroretinography
- Ultrasound ocular, standard
- Ultrasound ocular high frequency anterior chamber, cleft, ciliary body
- Visual Evoked Potential Testing
- Prophylactic diode retinopexy to prevent retinal detachment
- Barrier retinopexy to prevent progression of retinal detachment
- Medical treatment of serous retinal detachment
- Orbital infection treatment
- Orbital tumor diagnosis and treatment
- Proptosis treatment
- Sudden Blindness/ SARD evaluation/management
- Standard Laboratory Blood work, presurgical or uveitis work up
- Miravista Laboratory testing, fungal infection
- COPLOW laboratory testing University of Wisconsin
- Clinical Pathology Ocular Cytology University of Wisconsin
Community Service
Veterinary Ophthalmology has provided complimentary service dog examinations during the month of May for the ACVO/Stokes Pharmacy sponsored service dog event since its inception in 2007, with the exception of the years the program was suspended for the pandemic.
Board Certification, Membership, & Speaking Engagements
Dr Olivero is board certified and voluntarily maintains board certification renewal through the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology maintenance of certification approval process. He is licensed to practice in MN, WI and IL. He is a member of the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association, American Veterinary Medical Association and the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology.He has worked as a veterinary ophthalmologist at North Carolina State University and at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and at the University of Minnesota College of Medicine, conducting research on a NIH grant awarded for his work. He has worked at the eye clinic for animals (Veterinary Ophthalmology) since it opened in 1991.
Dr Olivero was invited to speak at length on TASS at the first Ophthalmology Surgery Meeting in Chicago IL, and speaks yearly on various topics at the SEVOS conference. He recently developed (2023) and is publishing a new minimally invasive technique for iris cyst removal in dogs and lectured (2023) in Florida on his novel low level laser treatment for glaucoma. He has had a long term interest in the success of cataract surgery for dogs and has in the past evaluated various lens implant designs for dogs and postoperative medical treatment protocols, recently demonstrating diabetic patients can be managed without the use of corticosteroids which can interfere with insulin management (SEVOS lecture 2022).