DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF YOUR EYE HEALTH, JANUARY IS NATIONAL EYE CARE MONTH
The Eye Center Group
January 4, 2008
In partnership with the American Academy of Ophthalmology, The Eye Center Group is proud to sponsor the month of January as National Eye Care Month. Education, early detection, and prevention are keys to preventing potentially blinding conditions of the eye. “It is extremely important to have your eyes examined on a regular basis,” said Eye Center Group ophthalmologist, Dr. Michael Scanameo...
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Eye Center Group, Fort Wayne Ophthalmology Merge to Form Expanded Fort Wayne Eye Center
Fort Wayne Eye Center
October 10, 2007
Dr. J. Rex Parent of Fort Wayne Ophthalmology and The Eye Center Group recently announced the successful merger of their eye care practices to form Fort Wayne Eye Center, providing more access to highly trained ophthalmic specialists to the Fort Wayne area.
The Eye Center Group is the largest private multi-specialty ophthalmic practice in Indiana, and shares the same values that have made Dr. Parent’s practice successful. “This expansion, together with The Eye Center Group and our newest physician, Dr. Michael Hodkin, will not only allow us to offer patients better access to our services, but continue to uphold our standard of treating every patient with highest quality of care as we would desire for our families and ourselves,” Dr. Parent commented...
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Eye Center Group Medical Optometrist Provides Eye Care in El Salvador
Richmond Eye Center
August 29, 2007
Richard B. Mangan, O.D., F.A.A.O. traveled with a delegation from Christian Life Center Church in Dayton to King’s Castle Ministries to El Salvador July 14-21 to provide much needed medical care to residents. Along with fellow doctors, nurses, technicians and translators, Dr. Mangan provides the experience and expertise of a medical optometrist. Trained to diagnose and manage a variety of eye diseases, medical optometrists also dispense glasses and contacts.
Earlier this summer, Eye Center Group patients donated eyeglasses that were no longer useful to them for the El Salvador Medical mission trip...
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SPECIALIZED EYE CARE: ADVANCED CUSTOMVUE MONOVISION LASIK PROCEDURE RECEIVES FDA APPROVAL
Kokomo Eye Center
August 27, 2007
CHOICES Medical Magazine - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved the Advanced CustomVue™ Monovision LASIK procedure, the first wavefront-guided laser vision correction procedure for treatment of nearsighted presbyopic patients, with and without astigmatism. The Kokomo Eye Center is among the first practices in Indiana to offer the Advanced CustomVue™ Monovision Procedure...
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SURGEONS OFFER FREE, LOW COST CARE
Richmond Eye Center
August 20, 2007
Palladium-Item - Brenda Francis needed help - for her eye and her pocketbook. Eight months after learning she had a small cataract on her right eye, it rapidly thickened and she could barely see. She also couldn't see how to afford treatment... A doctor then referred her to the Richmond Eye Center's Mission Cataract Program...
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SPECIALIZED EYE CARE: NON-SURGICAL FACIAL COSMETIC SOLUTIONS
Kokomo Eye Center
July 30, 2007
CHOICES Medical Magazine - As Kokomo’s premier specialized eye care center, the experts of the Kokomo Eye Center treat the medical and surgical needs of those from all stages of life. To maintain good eye health and optimal vision, it is important to see an eye health care provider, either your optometrist or an ophthalmologist at least once per year. Each month, we focus on one of our physicians’ specialty and some common questions and answers. Selected as one of “America’s Top Ophthalmologists” by the Consumer’s Research Council of America, Dr. Lynnette Watkins is a board-certified and fellowship-trained ophthalmologist, specializing in oculoplastics and cosmetic surgery, which involve procedures to correct problems around the eye area including drooping of upper and lower eye lids, tearing disorders, eye socket or orbital surgery and trauma surgery.
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New Technologies in Eye Care at Portland Eye Center
Portland Eye Center
June 21, 2006
Portland Eye Center and the office of Dr. David Fullenkamp is among the premier eye care providers in east central Indiana to offer the Optomap Retinal Exam and the EPIC-2100 Vision Diagnostic System. These state-of-the-art technologies combine digital accuracy and patient-friendly design to improve diagnostic eye care, reducing the chance that a patient will need to encounter a dilated eye exam...
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From Russia with business in mind
Muncie Eye Center
April 23, 2006
THE STAR PRESS - It’s a long way from Russia to the United States, and an even wider gulf exists between American and Russian business practices. But a program that brought Russian optometrists and other eye specialists to Muncie — where they lived, ate and worked was also valuable...
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Russian optometry professionals visit muncie and
richmond
Muncie & Richmond Eye Center
March 27, 2006
Muncie Eye Center and Richmond Eye Center are hosting a delegation of Russian Optometry professionals in Muncie and Richmond from April 6th to April 23rd. The delegation is part of the Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) administered by the non-profit, non-governmental organization Center for Citizen Initiatives (CCI)...
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