Dr. Luke Deitz

Dr. Luke Deitz was born and raised in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. He attended Johns Hopkins University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a double major in chemistry and psychology. He stayed at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for his medical degree and completed an internal medicine internship at the University of Maryland. From there, he gained tremendous clinical and surgical experience in the highly regarded ophthalmology residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Deitz received his fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA.

Dr. Deitz specializes in both the medical and surgical management of pediatric eye conditions, as well as adult strabismus. He adds a wealth of knowledge and innovation to the Wright Eye Center. Dr. Deitz draws on his tight-knit family upbringing and small-town roots in providing warm, compassionate care. His patients, both young and not-so-young, have always appreciated and often commented on his bedside manner and his rapport with children. He shares in the mission of continuing forward strides in the arenas of clinical research, the education of pediatricians and future pediatric ophthalmologists here and abroad, and world-class patient care, including assuming the responsibilities of the Foundation’s special needs clinic.