What I offer
I am currently qualified and licensed to issue and dispense contact
lenses, treat dry eye, ocular allergy and infection, visual problems,
and glaucoma. I am also qualified to follow and monitor the
ocular manifestations of diabetes, high blood pressure, macular degeneration,
and cataracts. Furthermore, I am licensed to issue prescriptions
for medications in the treatment of dry eyes, ocular allergies, ocular
infections, and glaucoma.
The eye exam is made up of two basic components, the refraction and the ocular health exam. The first portion or the refraction determines the best prescription for your glasses by having you (the patient) subjectively identify the best option. The second portion of the exam requires your eyes to be dilated. This allows me to examine the outside structures of your eyes, measure the pressure within the eye (one test for glaucoma), check for cataracts, and examine the retina or the very back of your eyes. The dilation specifically allows me to examine the extreme edges of the retina to ensure that no problems exist potentially leading to vision loss.
Contact Lenses (top) Modern contact lenses are made of the latest in materials technology to provide the healthiest environment for your eyes. Often time patients will remain in the same lens for many years and are not given the opportunity to try better, healthier lenses. I hope to offer you the best in new fitting techniques and materials to increase your comfort and wear time. The biggest concern with any contact lens is the amount of oxygen that reaches the surface of your eyes. Older lens materials may not allow an adequate amount of oxygen to the surface of your eyes leading to discomfort especially at the end of the day. The lens materials that I recommend allow more oxygen to the eyes resulting in greater end of the day comfort and health. Several different types of contact lenses exist on the market. One lens type is the Gas Permeable (GP) lens. GP lenses offer the best visual clarity and the most oxygen of any contact lens and are custom designed for your eyes. The second type of lens is the Soft Contact Lens (SCL). This lens is more commonly worn by the general population, provides adequate vision, and improving oxygen transmission. SCL’s are disposable lenses discarded daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly depending on lens type. GP lenses, on the other hand, last for 12-18 months depending on the amount of protein and lipid deposits and how well they are maintained. To receive a prescription for contact lenses a separate fitting examination is required that will measure the shape of your cornea to determine the appropriate lens. The specific demands of your prescription and the type of lens determine the complexity of the examination. For example, GP lenses are custom designed for your eyes thus demand more precise measurements of the eye’s surface compared to SCL’s. To assist me in designing the GP lens, I employ the use of a corneal topographer which generates an image of the corneal surface. I then run computer simulations to predict how the lens will fit on your eye resulting in a more accurate lens fit and fewer return trips to the office.
Corneal Refractive Therapy (top) Nearsighted? Introducing Paragon CRT® Therapeutic Lenses! Corneal Refractive Therapy (CRT) is a technically advanced, non-surgical process, which reshapes your cornea while you sleep. This is a fantastic option for patients who lead an active lifestyle, athletes, or for people who do not want to be concerned with wearing lenses during the day. The best candidate are adults and adolescents who wear soft contact lenses and glasses and complain of inconvenience, interference with outdoor and sporting activities, irritation from allergies, dust, and wind, care and handling problems, and lost or torn lenses. This is also an ideal non-surgical option for patients interested in refractive surgery but do not proceed because of the fear of surgery, fear of poor outcome, fear of irreversitility, too young and cost. CRT utilizes a specially designed lens worn while you sleep so upon wakening you are able to remove the lens and see clearly throughout the day without the need for glasses. The result is great vision 24 hours a day for the correction of myopia (nearsightedness) and myopia with astigmatism. I prefer the Paragon CRT lens system in that it is the only FDA approved lens and is both safe and effective for patients of all ages when worn during sleeping hours. Unlike laser surgery, CRT is roughly one half the cost of laser surgery and is reversible should the cornea not respond as anticipated. Additionally, this therapy system has been in existence for roughly 50 years so the long term consequences are largely known.
Sports Vision (top) Because of my research interests in baseball outfielder tracking, I am venturing into the realm of Sports Vision Training. To excel at any sport it is crucial to train by strengthening muscles, improving speed, quickness, and power. The ultimate goal of training is simply to respond as quickly as possible, without thought. One area that is drastically underestimated is the role vision plays in sports. Granted, vision is indirectly trained during practice but for the most part vision is ignored. The area of sports vision is a growing area with many professional sports organizations contracting to optometrists for the sole purpose of training athletes to improve their visual system. The first step is to obtain the maximum visual acuity. This can be achieved via many different avenues including prescription spectacles (Rec Speks), Contact Lenses, and CRT. The second step of sports vision is to actually train the eyes and the brain to work as efficiently and effectively as possible. Just like general training, sports vision training requires practice, strengthening, and coordination with the whole body. This is accomplished through specific skills designed to improve acuity, focusing skills, muscle coordination, reaction time, and peripheral awareness.
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