General Practitioners

• Cryotherapy
  Pneumatic Retinopexy – a combination of treating the tear with cryotherapy (freezing treatment) or laser and the use of a gas bubble injected into the eye to help the eye get rid of the fluid. The picture shows the injection of a gas bubble that will cover the tear in the retina. This prevents fluid from getting behind the retina and allows the body to absorb the fluid and flatten the retina.
• Pediatric Care
  April 5, 2022 – Savannah, GA – Georgia Eye Institute (GEI) announces the arrival of Nicolle Oberlin to the staff. Oberlin is an Optometrist with special interests in primary care, including pediatrics and disease, as well as military optometry.
• Primary Care
  Dr. Hinson is an active member of the South Carolina Optometric Physicians Association. In her local community of Bluffton, SC, Dr. Hinson provides eye screenings at many of the schools. Dr. Hinson is a board-certified optometrist providing primary care eye exams, contact lens evaluations, treats ocular disease, and co-management of refractive surgery patients.

Ophthalmologists

• Glaucoma
  Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness. It can damage your vision so gradually you don’t notice any loss of vision until the disease is at an advanced stage. This is an eye condition that develops when too much fluid pressure builds up inside of the eye. The increase in pressure, called intraocular pressure, can damage the optic nerve, which transmits images to the brain. If damage to the optic nerve from high eye pressure continues, glaucoma will cause loss of vision. Without treatment, it can cause total permanent blindness within a few years. Because most people with glaucoma have no early symptoms or pain from this increased pressure, it is important to have regular routine eye exams so that any issues can be diagnosed and treated before long-term visual loss occurs.
• Ophthalmology
  Kandl received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Wofford College; a Doctor of Medicine Degree from the Medical University of South Carolina; and was awarded a Doctor of Ophthalmology Degree from Rutgers University.
• Macular Degeneration
  Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography – Essential technology for the diagnosis and management of macular disease such as macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema).
• Laser Eye Surgery
  Georgia Eye Institute is the first to bring All-Laser LASIK Technology to benefit patients in the Savannah area. In an effort to enhance the safety, precision and comfort of LASIK – and help reduce patient fear and anxiety – LASIK... Read More
• Cataracts
  As we age, so do our eyes, affecting our quality of vision. A cataract is a change in the clarity, or a clouding, of the lens in your eye. The formation of cataracts cause images to become blurred and seeing things at night become more difficult. This transformation is common when people age so it’s important to visit an eye doctor more frequently as we get older.
• Cataract Surgery
  Georgia Eye Institute is proud to offer refractive cataract surgery using the LenSx laser for our Laser Cataract surgery patients. It is the most advanced method of cataract surgery. Patients now have the option of choosing a computer-controlled, bladeless cataract laser to take care of some of the critical steps in the cataract surgery procedure. Compared to the traditional method where a miniature scalpel is used to create incisions, this new method allows the surgeon to create incisions with femtosecond laser pulses. The LenSx laser also breaks apart the cloudy cataract lens and creates a perfect size capsulotomy. The LenSx uses integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) which captures precise, high resolution images of the patient’s eyes. This allows the surgery to be 100% customized. Laser assisted cataract surgery is precise, predictable, reproducible and safe. Ask your doctor if you are a candidate for this revolutionary procedure.
• Eye Exam
  May 2018 – Millions of people in the United States have undetected vision problems that can cause vision loss and even blindness. Unfortunately, many eye diseases have no early warnings signs or symptoms so you may be affected without even noticing it. Visiting your eye care professional for a comprehensive dilated eye exam is the only way to know if your vision is at its best and your eyes are healthy.

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Dr. Kandl grew up in Charleston, SC, though he spent time in multiple states and countries as his father was active duty Air Force. He completed his undergraduate studies at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC where he received both academic and athletic scholarships as a member of the men’s varsity soccer team. He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in biology. He then attended medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Dr. Kandl completed his internship in internal medicine at Boston University and his residency in ophthalmology at Rutgers University. Following residency, he completed a fellowship in Global Blindness Prevention through the University of Nebraska spending time in developing countries seeing patients, performing surgeries and teaching local ophthalmologists. He then completed his 2-year ASOPRS fellowship in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

Psychiatrists

• Depression
• Anxiety

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care
• Thyroid
• Diabetic Retinopathy
  Dr. Robert King and Dr. Robin Ray specialize in the evaluation and treatment of retinal diseases including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, macular hole, macular pucker, and retinal detachment.

Radiologist

• Ultrasound

Surgeons

• Reconstructive Surgery
  September 6, 2018 – Savannah, GA – Georgia Eye Institute (GEI) announces the addition of Dr. Thomas James Kandl to their staff. Kandl has completed a fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He is seeing patients at the main office in Savannah and specializes in Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgery.

Plastic Surgeons

• Eyelid Surgery
  Our broad range of ophthalmic and plastic surgery procedures includes laser assisted and traditional cataract surgery, glaucoma surgery, retina surgery, corneal transplants and plastic surgeries such as lid lesion removal and blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery).
• Plastic Surgery
  Oculoplastics involves surgery around the eye socket, eyelids, tear ducts and face. It can also involve reconstruction of the eye itself.
• Blepharoplasty
  Dr. Thomas Kandl is a highly skilled surgeon who is a board-certified ophthalmologist. Dr. Kandl completed a fellowship in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, He specializes in a variety of procedures, including but not limited to: repair of droopy eyelids (blepharoplasty), repair of tear duct obstructions, orbital fracture repairs, removal of tumors in and around the eyes, and eyelid reconstruction.

Dermatologists

• Skin Cancer
  Thakar S, Kandl T, Sagiv O, Tripathy D, Tetzlaff MT, Kapur S, Myers J, Hwu WJ, Esmaeli B, Jaber BMY. Desmoplastic Melanoma of the Periorbital Region. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Nov 27.