Specialized Retina Care and Treatment

For more than 17 years, Dr. Linda Uniat has been providing specialized retina care to patients from across northern Alberta and the North West Territories. She is the longest-standing retina specialist in the region.

In addition to meeting patient needs at the Retina Imaging Centre, Dr. Uniat is a member of the ophthalmic surgery team at the adjacent Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, and is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Alberta.

A native Albertan who is fluent in English and Ukranian languages, Dr. Uniat graduated as an MD from the University of Alberta before spending time studying and practicing in New Zealand. Following her return to the U of A to do her specialty training, she took her retinal training at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She returned to Edmonton to open her practice in 1987.

While continuing to treat patients, she has also been involved in clinical research and a number of clinical trials involving retinal diseases.

She also manages to find time to enable up and coming physicians to benefit from her experience. Four times a year she teaches the ATLS (Acute Trauma and Life Support) program at the University of Alberta. She also does angiography rounds and teaches both medical students and residents.

Links to Papers Presented and Recent Presentations and Media Stories (Clips from Edmonton Journal stories by Andy Ogle and Chris Zdeb)