Training and board certification
- Medical degree, internal medicine internship and ophthalmology residency, all at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (bio).
- ASOPRS oculoplastics fellowship in oculofacial, orbital, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (bio).
- Additional education listed: Point Loma University, San Diego, California, and L'Universita per Stranieri di Perugia, Perugia, Italy (bio).
- Member of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS); the site states he is one of about 800 members (bio).
- Trained in cancer reconstructive surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center (bio).
- Assistant clinical professor at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (bio).
- The bio page does not state he is board certified; it lists ASOPRS membership and lecturing/publication activity, not a board certification statement.
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper blepharoplasty. Incision along the lid crease with customized fat removal; performed in the office surgical center under light sedation with an anesthesiologist present (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty. Performed through a hidden incision on the back of the eyelid; may be combined with laser resurfacing or radiofrequency microneedling for skin tightening (source).
- Double eyelid surgery (Asian blepharoplasty). Incisional technique adhering muscle to skin with buried sutures for a permanent, naturally moving crease, distinguished on the page from the temporary sutured technique used elsewhere (source).
- Ptosis repair. Can be performed in the office surgical suite or a hospital operating room under light sedation; page states it can be done three different ways depending on cause, without naming the specific techniques (source).
- Revision blepharoplasty. The practice's page states the practice corrects problems from prior lower-lid surgery, which may involve skin grafts, eyelid spacers or a midface lift (source).
- Ectropion and entropion repair are listed as surgical offerings (surgical).
- The brow lift page is broken: both surgical-honolulu/brow-lift/ and surgical/brow-lift/ redirect in a loop and never return 200, so it is not included as a source.
Gallery: a single before-and-after page with separate sections for blepharoplasty, lower lid blepharoplasty, ptosis, and double eyelid surgery, confirmed loading with photographs (source).
Other procedures
The practice also offers tear drain (lacrimal) surgery and orbital surgery, plus non-surgical services (BOTOX, fillers, FaceTite, Morpheus8, Fraxel laser resurfacing) (surgical, location). These pages describe the practice generally and are not specific to Dr. Sweeney.
Insurance and cost
- Upper blepharoplasty: coverage depends on how much skin impedes vision, assessed with standardized photography and a visual field test (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty: the site states the vast majority of insurers do not cover it, calling it cosmetic (source).
- Double eyelid surgery: generally not covered by insurance, per the site (source).
- Ptosis repair: coverage depends on degree of droop, assessed the same way as upper blepharoplasty (source).
- No specific prices are published on the site.