RETINA SPECIALIST
providing retina care to patients in
NESCA SALEM, OREGON

Our retina specialist, Dr. Peter Karth, MD, MBA, FASRS, FACS and Retina Care, is committed to serving the retina patients of the NESCA (Northeast Salem Community Association) neighborhood of Salem, Oregon. Our Salem Retina Clinic is the most convenient retina clinic and retina specialist for NESCA residents — a straightforward drive south from the NESCA neighborhood down Lancaster Drive NE to Mission Street SE and on to Commercial St SE, ending at our clinic at 5686 Commercial St SE, Salem OR 97306.

As the most convenient retina specialist serving the NESCA (Northeast Salem Community Association) neighborhood of Salem, we offer the full range of retinal care — retinal injections, retinal medications, retinal lasers, and retinal surgery — giving the NESCA neighborhood and the broader northeast Salem community expert retina care without the long drive to Portland.

If you live near the Willamette Town Center on Lancaster Drive NE, Geer Community Park, D Street Park, or along the Market Street NE, Lancaster Drive NE, and 23rd Street NE corridors that frame NESCA, our south-Salem clinic is an easy drive: head south on Lancaster Drive NE, west on Mission Street SE, then south on Commercial Street SE to the clinic near Kuebler Boulevard. The roughly five-mile drive from the heart of NESCA takes about twelve 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.

The Lancaster Drive NE corridor through NESCA — with the Willamette Town Center shopping district, Geer Community Park’s 44 acres of ballfields and skate park, and the quiet residential streets around D Street Park — makes this one of the most family-friendly neighborhoods in northeast Salem. Many NESCA 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.

NESCA 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 NESCA’s mix of long-term homeowners and multigenerational families.

Retina Care is proud to serve the NESCA neighborhood and all of northeast Salem — NEN, 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 NESCA, 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.