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Derek J. Louie, M.Sc., O.D., FAAO

Accepting new patients

  • Division Chief, Medical Contact Lens
  • Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Specialty

  • Ophthalmology
  • Optometry

Clinical focus

  • Contact Lenses (Adult) - Optometry
  • Contact Lenses (Medical)
  • Eye Exams (Adult) - Optometry
  • Optometry

Locations and contact

I see patients at
Tall building with the ariel tram to its left
Center for Health & Healing, Building 1
503-494-8311
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About me

Medical contact lenses are used for the visual rehabilitation of irregular corneal surfaces. This irregularity may be due to a medical process such as keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration or other disorders of the cornea.  Corneal irregularity may also be due to previous ocular surgery such as LASIK, PRK, or corneal transplantation. Permanent scarring due to trauma, thinning of the cornea, or chronic dry eyes may also cause corneal irregularity.

All of these conditions may benefit from the assessment, adjustment and prescription of a medically necessary contact lens. Soft, gas permeable and hybrid contact lenses (a fusion of both gas permeable and soft lens) may be used separately or in conjunction to provide clearer, more stable vision for patients. Many previously unsuccessful contact lens wearers or patients that previously could not be prescribed contact lenses, or could not tolerate contact lenses may benefit from recent innovations in contact lens designs, manufacturing and materials.

Languages spoken

  • English

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 1992, University of British Columbia
    • M.Sc., 2001, University of Waterloo
    • O.D., 2005, Southern California College of Optometry

  • Residency

    • Oklahoma College of Optometry at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma

  • Certifications

    • Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
    • Diplomate, American Board of Optometry

Memberships and associations:

  • American Academy of Optometry
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Insurance

Before scheduling an appointment

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  2. Ask what you will pay. Your insurance company can tell you what your costs are likely to be.

If you schedule an appointment and your health insurance does not include OHSU Health, you may have to pay more than if you go to a provider in your insurance network. 

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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.9 out of 5 (237 Ratings, 34 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. Patient, knowledgeable and responsive to questions.

  2. Dr Louie is extremely knowledgeable about my eyes

  3. He was accessible and efficient. I felt well cared for. And I appreciated that he said he would see me in a year to follow up. That appointment was scheduled before I left.

  4. Pleasant and efficient

  5. The best

  6. Doctor saw me in a hurry when my eye was bothering me and I thought something was wrong with it he did find stitches in it and took them out and I really loved the way that he treated me

  7. Clinician was efficient, pleasant and responded to any question.

  8. He is always on time.He is exceptionally organized and thorough in his exams. His professionalism is beyond measure, OHSU is fortunate to have such a professional of his caliber on staff. He instills confidence and reassurance in me as his patient.

  9. Dr Louie is an exceptional doctor. His knowledge and skills are above and beyond any other eye specialist that I've ever been seen by and despite my medically impaired vision he has been able to allow me to head a normal sighted life

  10. Excellent personal care as always with Dr. Louie

  11. Dr. Louie is an outstanding clinician -- very knowledgeable, an excellent communicator and very professional.

  12. Dr Louie is excellent.

  13. Dr. Louie and his staff were all very helpful and professional in their manner

  14. The only persons seeing me after check-in were the Fellow and Dr. Louie. Both were professional, caring, detail oriented, collaborative, informative, very knowledgeable in explaining options.I felt heard, included, needs met

  15. Dr Louie has always been concerned with my vision needs

  16. I appreciate Dr. Louie answering my questions fully and honestly, very knowledgeable. Good bedside manner that puts me at ease.

  17. Always great experience with Dr. Loui

  18. Very outstanding

  19. Very helpful and knowledgeable.

  20. Patient, kind, explained things very well. Reviewed treatment options thoroughly.

  21. Always excellent.

  22. I had a bad experience at South Waterfront, Portland with Dr Louie - very different from the Hood River and The Dalles team ofphysicians, where I have been a Casey patient for 3 years and have received excellent care. In addition my husband used to work at Casey/OHSU and we chose to drive the 3+ hours round trip to Dr L in hopes he could help me decide on the best treatment for my complex eye problems.I was seeking advice on future retina surgery vs glasses with and w/o prisms. I selected him due to his expertise but interpersonal skills were horrible. He made me feel demeaned, telling me I was overthinking my response.I did not understand at first that I did not have to try to see the letters clearly only if one letter looks better from the other. I tried to describe what I saw as all letters were not sharp/in focus. My husband and I felt that my questions were annoying him by interrupting his protocol/routine.He did not explain his RX recommendation to me, I saw the new RX when I checked out.Our overall experience was so negative we will not return to this office location and will not recommend it.

  23. Dr. Louie is just the best.

  24. He seemed very capable, with sound knowledge of my case.

  25. I have been seeing him for almost 10. Years and always quality care

  26. Long term & multiple follow-up visits with this provider. Have found him to be excellent as a provider- honest, answers questions, provides detailed info on levels for interested & educated patients.

  27. Dr. Louie, is very knowledgeable about my condition.

  28. Dr. Louie was great about showing me how to use the contact lens and assured me I could master it.

  29. I always receive best in class service from Dr. Louie. He is caring and thorough and answers all of my questions.

  30. Saw little of Dr. Louie. Would like to have spent more time looking at performance of left contact lens that has never been assessed. Had hoped some tweaks might have improved vision, but no real assessment was made