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Primary and Specialty Eye CareMan receiving eye exam.

Protect your sight and prevent eye disease. Give your eyes the best care with regular eye exams. Here you will receive from our optometrists meticulous exams and tests for precise eyewear prescriptions. Along with general eye care, you will be also thoroughly evaluated for eye disease.

WRNMMC Optometrists serve as adjunct faculty for five of our nation’s optometry colleges. The Optometry Department is fully equipped with state of the art examination and vision testing instruments.

Depend on our team for general eye care as well as the treatment of complex eye problems.

Optometry
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 8901 Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5600

Serving You With:

  • Comprehensive primary eye care
  • Diagnosis and treatment of eye disease
  • Evaluation of diabetic eye disease
  • Vision testing for driver’s license renewal
  • DoD Medical Evaluation Review Board examinations
  • Eyeglass dispensing for active duty and retired members
  • Contact lens prescription updates
Who is Eligible for Optometry Services?

  • Active duty
  • TRICARE Prime patients
  • Other eligible beneficiaries on a space- available basis
What Should I Bring?

  • Medical record, if not maintained at WRNMMC
  • Current eye glasses, or
  • Contact lenses with their prescription or package
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The quest for ever-improving patient care for military readiness as well as for overall family health is our defining mission. To us, this means that our health practices are founded on the latest medical knowledge with state of the art technology. Delivery of service must, in our view, be in the trusted hands of a staff that possesses a caring, warm, and sincere human touch.
Contact Us
  • Optometry
    • NOTE. A referral is NOT required from your TRICARE Primary Care Manager.
    • Location:
      • Building: 8 Floor: 1
    • From Visitors' Garage (Bldg 55), cross the street and enter (Bldg 9) on ground level. Or, from skywalk and take escalator down to ground level. At bottom of escalator and hospital map, turn right and go down that corridor. Optometry (and Ophthalmology) will be on right, just past the Chapel corridor and across from the Medical Library.
    • Phone:
      • Main: (301) 295-0213
      • DSN: 295-1339
      • Appointments: (301) 295-6289
      • Front Desk: (301) 295-1339
      • Optical Shop Number : (301) 295-0049
      • Toll free Out of Area Appointments : (866) 628-9633
      • Fax: (301) 295-1481
    • Hours of Operation:
      • Monday thru Friday 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

 
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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

8901 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20889-5600
(301) 295-4611; toll-free 1-800-526-7101
www.bethesda.med.navy.mil