RETINA SPECIALIST
providing retina care to patients in
NEN (NORTHEAST NEIGHBORS) SALEM, OREGON

Our retina specialist, Dr. Peter Karth, MD, MBA, FASRS, FACS and Retina Care, is committed to serving the retina patients of the NEN (Northeast Neighbors) neighborhood of Salem, Oregon. Our Salem Retina Clinic is the most convenient retina clinic and retina specialist for NEN residents — a straightforward drive south from northeast Salem down 17th St NE and 12th St SE to Commercial St SE, ending at our clinic at 5686 Commercial St SE, Salem OR 97306.

As the most convenient retina specialist serving the NEN neighborhood of Salem, we offer the full range of retinal care — retinal injections, retinal medications, retinal lasers, and retinal surgery — giving the Englewood area and the broader NEN community expert retina care without the long drive to Portland.

If you live near Englewood Park, the Englewood historic district, Englewood Elementary School, North Salem High School, or along the Market St NE and Portland Rd NE corridors, our south-Salem clinic is an easy drive: head south on 17th St NE, transition to 12th St SE through the Capitol mall area, and continue onto Commercial St SE. The roughly four-mile drive from the heart of NEN takes about ten minutes outside of rush hour.

Dr. Peter Karth, MD, MBA, FASRS, FACS focuses on patient-centered care while delivering the latest retinal treatments. This includes anti-VEGF injections for wet macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, treatment for retinal vein occlusion, repair of retinal tears and retinal detachments, and same-day evaluation of new floaters and flashes. Imaging in-clinic includes OCT, OCT-A, fundus photography, and fluorescein angiography. See our full services page for the complete list.

Englewood’s tree-lined streets and walkable blocks make NEN one of the most pedestrian-friendly pockets in Salem. Many NEN residents walk the neighborhood each morning — if you notice new floaters, flashes, or a sudden shadow or curtain across part of your vision during one of those walks, call us that same day. Those symptoms can be the first sign of a retinal tear or retinal detachment, which Retina Care treats as an ocular urgency with same-day or next-day evaluation. Call immediately at (541)-8-RETINA.

NEN patients with diabetes, high blood pressure, or a family history of macular degeneration benefit from regular retinal exams. Early-stage diabetic retinopathy and early dry macular degeneration are silent — vision changes only appear once damage is established. Modern OCT imaging lets Dr. Peter Karth, MD, MBA, FASRS, FACS detect these conditions before they threaten central vision, which is especially valuable for NEN’s mix of long-term homeowners and multigenerational families.

Retina Care is proud to serve the NEN neighborhood and all of northeast Salem — Lansing, Highland, NESCA, and the North Lancaster corridor included — with fellowship-trained medical and surgical retinal expertise, same-day urgent evaluation, and modern retinal imaging (OCT, OCT-A, fundus photography, fluorescein angiography) all under one roof at our south-Salem clinic on Commercial St SE just south of Kuebler Blvd.

To read feedback from our patients, see our reviews page. To schedule an appointment from NEN, call (541)-8-RETINA. Most insurance plans including Medicare are accepted; a referral is not required but is often provided by your optometrist or primary ophthalmologist.