Locate a Retina Specialist in your area

If you think you may have wet AMD, it's important to make an appointment with a Retina Specialist right away, since the disease can progress quickly. The good news is that there are hundreds of Retina Specialists across the country. Below you will find 2 websites where you can find information about them.

1. The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Retina Specialist Locator

The AAO Retina Specialist Locator allows you to search by doctor name, city, zip code, or country. When you use the AAO Locator, be sure to select 'Retina/Vitreous Surgery' in the Subspecialty field. This is the terminology used to define a Retina Specialist.

Click here to use the AAO Retina Specialist Locator.
By clicking on this link, you will be directed to the AAO website.

2. The American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Retina Specialist Locator

The ASRS Retina Specialist Locator allows you to search by country and state or province.

Click here to use the ASRS Retina Specialist Locator.
By clicking on this link, you will be directed to the ASRS website.

Genentech USA, Inc. is neither responsible for nor affiliated with these organizations or the content of the Retina Specialist Locators.


Who is LUCENTIS for?

LUCENTIS® (ranibizumab injection) is a prescription medicine for the treatment of patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Macular Edema following Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO).

What important safety information should I know about LUCENTIS?

LUCENTIS is a prescription medication given by injection into the eye, and it has side effects. Some LUCENTIS patients have had detached retinas and serious infections inside the eye. LUCENTIS should not be used in patients who have an infection in or around the eye or are allergic to LUCENTIS or any of its ingredients.

Although not common, LUCENTIS patients have had eye- and non–eye-related blood clots (heart attacks, strokes, and death).

Some patients have increases in eye pressure within 1 hour of an injection.

Serious side effects include inflammation inside the eye, and rarely, problems related to the injection procedure, such as developing a cataract. These can make your vision worse.

The most common side effects to your eye are increased redness in the whites of your eye, eye pain, small specks in vision, the feeling that something is in your eye. The most common non–eye-related side effects are nose and throat infections, headache, and respiratory (lung) infections.

If your eye becomes red, sensitive to light, painful, or has a change in vision, you should call or visit your eye doctor right away.

For additional safety information, please talk to your doctor and also see the LUCENTIS full prescribing information.