Our Services
- Comprehensive Eye Exam
- Specialty Eye Exam
- Contact Lenses Fitting
- Diabetic Eye Exam
- Glaucoma Eye Exam
- Infant and Child Eye Exams
- Dry eye Exam
- Low vision exam
- Laser Refractive Surgery (LASIK, LASEK, PRK)
Languages Spoken
Our staff speaks Spanish and Farsi
These exams are important for both maintaining excellent eye health and to uncover many symptomless diseases that can affect the eye and threaten vision. A comprehensive eye exam may include, but is not limited to: a visual acuity test, refraction, slit lamp exam, color blindness test, glaucoma screening, pupil dilation, retinal exam, and a visual fields exam. These exams usually take an hour, so please plan accordingly.
- Medical Evaluation and Treatment
An important part of our doctorate training is devoted to emergency and urgent care diagnosis and treatment. All doctors at our practice are licensed to prescribe topical and oral medications in the treatment of bacterial, viral, and inflammatory eye related problems. If you have any eye pain, redness or discharge, please contact our office and we will schedule you for the next possible appointment that day. We can prescribe the needed medications and send the prescription to your pharmacy directly to make it easy as possible.
In addition, a frequent part of our daily practice involves removing foreign objects that have either became embedded in the eye or are stubbornly lodged under the eye lids. The pain of getting an object in your eye, be it a dust particle, eyelash or even something larger can be excruciating. Symptoms can vary from pain when blinking, to blurred vision, to a constant scratchy feeling or bleeding around the eye. We specialize in removing the object quickly and we can give drops both before and after the procedure to minimize pain and reduce any infections. This is covered under majority of medical insurance policies and our office accepts most major health insurance for these services. If it is an emergency, we will see you as soon as possible, so please do not hesitate to call us.
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Allergy Workup
Do you find yourself with itchy, watery, red eyes in spring and summer? These reasons can lead to a lot of pollen and allergens in the air. Our office offers both exams and treatment for these symptoms. From over the counter medications to prescription strength eye drops we can find an effecient, personalized solution to alleviate your symptoms and get you back doing the things you love to do.
- Cataract Evaluation
As we age, the lens in our eye can become cloudy, leading to an impairment of your vision. Our office can work with you to both diagnose and manage your cataract. If the need eventually arises to have the cataract removed, we can recommend a trusted local surgeon for the operation. Our doctors will quiet all your fears or concerns about the surgery as we perform all the preoperative and postoperative care in our office. The proper treatment and management of your cataract can lead to a whole new world of vision, so please do not hesitate to call us to schedule an appointment.
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Computer Efficiency Exam
The fast paced world we live in has made it mandatory for most people to work on computers for most of the work day and several hours during the evening. This can leave your eyes strained, fatigued, and dry and your neck muscles stiff. We offer specific eye exams for this problem. We perform the necessary vision tests specifically at computer distance and offer lenses that are specifically designed with extensive computer use in mind. They allow for reduction of the ergonomic stress placed on the neck and eyes, leaving you relaxed and comfortable.
Whether fitting gas permeable hard contact lenses, or daily, 2 week or monthly soft disposable contact lenses, the process still begins with special measurements of the front surface of your eye with an instrument called a keratometer. This gives your doctor a starting point for determining the proper curvature and size for your individualized contact lenses. Then a determination of the contact lens type is made based on your glasses prescription and a review of your visual needs. This may result in soft contacts that are spherical, toric contacts correcting for astigmatism, bifocal or monovision contacts, colored contacts or specialty contact designed to fit irregular corneas. Next trial lenses may be applied to your eyes and evaluated to judge the fit and your response to the vision and physical comfort of the lenses. This will be done at each follow up visit to access your compatibility to the trial lenses with increasing hours of lens wear and to ensure no adverse side affects to the contact lenses. After your doctor is sure your lenses fit properly providing satisfactory vision and comfort and are causing no harm to your eyes, your final contact lens prescription can be written. Please note that it may take several visits to ensure a proper fit depending on the complexity of your eyes.
It is vital that a person diagnosed with diabetes has a comprehensive eye exam every year. Diabetes can lead to the development of new blood vessels in the back of the eye, which over time may leak and cause damage to the retina, resulting in vision loss. If caught early enough, changes in diet or medication may alter the advancement of these dangers and help protect your sight. Our doctors communicate with your primary care physicians to relay findings which assist your physician in determining the number and types of medications necessary to maintain proper diabetic control. With the aid of advanced digital retinal photography at our office, the earliest changes associated with diabetes are detected. In the case of advanced diabetic eye disease, we work closely with board certified retinal specialists in the area to refer patients for sight saving laser treatment and or Avastin injections. It is our commitment to explain compassionately the diabetic retinal status and treatment options when necessary.