Texas Diabetes Institute is clearly focused on the eyesight of its patients. Comprehensive
ophthalmologic
care to patients with diabetes includes routine follow-up and education.
Led by Dr. Wichard van Heuven, a world renowned retina specialist, The Ophthalmology Clinic combines two divisions under one roof; the Diabetic Eye Clinic and the Residents' Clinic.
The Diabetic Eye Clinic is unique in that is provides comprehensive eye care to diabetic patients. The Diabetic Eye Clinic has six providers, including three optometrists, one comprehensive ophthalmologist and two retina specialists.
The Residents’ Clinic offers general ophthalmology care, provided by ophthalmology residents and supervised by members of the Ophthalmology Department faculty, to all eligible patients.
In this clinic, state-of-the-art equipment is used for the testing and treatment of the disease. We have recently added visual photography to our clinic to view the most important part of the eye prone to diabetes, the retina. Tests such as fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, using special color lights and dyes, allow the doctors to view parts of the eye previously not accessible by standard photographic techniques. Doctors view these photographs digitally to get the best view of areas in question. This allows you, the patient, to receive the best care in the region.
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TDI Physician Leaders
Our team is led by:
Heidi Becker, MD
serves as a Medical Director of Ophthalmology at the Texas Diabetes Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology. She graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 2003 and completed her internship at the Texas Tech Health Science Center in El Paso, Texas in 2004. Dr, Becker completed her ophthalmology residency at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2007.
Carlos A. Rosende, MD
serves as Medical Director of
Ophthalmology at the Texas Diabetes Institute and
Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology
at the UTHSC at San Antonio. He graduated from the
U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and received
his medical degree from the University of Miami School
of Medicine in Coral Gables, Florida. He completed
his Ophthalmology Residency from the National Naval
Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Charles A. Garcia, OD serves as an Optometrist at the Texas Diabetes Institute and also serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Charles received his medical degree of Optometry from the University of Houston , College of Optometry in Houston, TX and he received his Bachelor's of Science in Biology from the University of Houston in Houston, TX .
J. Christopher MacDonald, MD
serves as an Ophthalmologist at the Texas Diabetes Institute and also serves as an Assistant Professor, Director of the Retina Service at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed his fellowship at the University of California in San Diego, CA and at the Shiley Eye Center in San Diego, CA. Dr. MacDonald completed his residency at Cornell University, Department of Ophthalmology in New York, NY. Dr. MacDonald received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New jersey in Newark, NJ and received his bachelors of science from Cornell University, School of Electrical Engineering in New York, NY.
Wichard A.J. Van Heuven, MD
serves as an Ophthalmologist at the Texas Diabetes Institute and serves as the Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed his fellowship at the Retina Foundation and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston Massachusetts. Dr. Van Heuven completed his residency in the Ophthalmology Department at the Albany Medical Center Hospital in Albany, NY and at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center in New Haven, CT. Dr. Van Heuven received his medical degree from New York medical college in New York, NY and he received his Bachelors of Arts at Yale University in New Haven, CT.
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