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About Optometry

Doctors of optometry are the nation’s largest eye care profession, serving patients in nearly 6,500 communities across the country, where in more than 3,500 of these communities, they are the only eye doctors.

• Doctors of optometry are trained to examine, diagnose, treat and manage disorders that affect the eye or vision.
• After attending a university or college for their undergraduate education, optometry students concentrate specifically on the structure, function and disorders of the eye for 4 additional years during their graduate education to earn their doctoral degree.
• While concentrating on the eye and visual system, optometrists also study general health in courses such as human anatomy, biochemistry and physiology.
• In addition to their formal, doctoral-level training, all optometrists participate in ongoing continuing education courses to stay current on the latest standards of care and to maintain their licenses to practice. Optometry is one of the only doctoral-level health care professions to require continuing education in every state for license renewal.

As primary eye care providers, doctors of optometry are an integral part of the health care team, earning their doctoral degree just as dentists, podiatrists and other doctors do.

• Prior to admittance into optometry school, optometrists typically complete four years of undergraduate study, culminating in a bachelor’s degree. Required undergraduate coursework for pre-optometry students is extensive and covers a wide variety of advanced health, science and mathematics courses.
• Optometry school consists of four years of post-graduate, doctoral-level study concentrating on the eye, vision and associated systemic disease. In addition to profession-specific courses, optometrists are required to take systemic health courses that focus on a patient’s overall medical condition as it relates to the eyes.
• Upon completion of optometry school, candidates graduate from their accredited college of optometry and hold the doctor of optometry (OD) degree.
• Some optometrists participate in residency programs following optometry school. This experience offers doctors of optometry training in an optometric sub-specialty such as pediatric optometry, low vision care, or geriatrics.

Optometric Education in Practice

• Optometrists must pass a rigorous national examination administered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO). The three-part exam includes basic science, clinical science and patient care.
• All optometrists are required to participate in ongoing continuing education courses to stay current on the latest standards of care.
• Curriculums and continuing education are updated on an ongoing basis to reflect technological advances, including surgery techniques, prescriptive medications and other medical treatments related to eye diseases and disorders.
• In addition to being the experts on eye and vision diseases and disorders, doctors of optometry have the education and training to diagnose the ocular manifestations of diseases that affect the entire body, such as diabetes and hypertension. They also are qualified to evaluate their patients for surgery when appropriate and often manage their patients’ care pre- and post-operatively.

Optomap Retinal Exam

We are proud to announce the addition of the Optomap retinal exam to our office.  The Optomap retinal exam helps our doctors get a better view of the back of your eye, the retina. The retina is checked at the time of your exam usually by using dilation drops, to make sure that it is healthy and not damaged or showing signs of disease.

The Optomap takes a quick digital picture of your entire retina and saves it to our system, our doctors then will pull the image up in the exam room and review it with you.  The Optomap will not require dilation drops (in most cases) which results in sensitivity to light and blurred vision for hours.

Our Doctors are concerned about retinal problems including macular degeneration, glaucoma, retinal holes or detachments, and systemic diseases such as diabetes, stroke and high blood pressure.  These conditions can lead to serious health problems, including partial loss of vision or permanent blindness, and often develop without warning or pain and progress with no symptoms.  The Optomap retinal exam may help our doctors detect these problems much earlier.

Our Doctors highly recommend the Optomap retinal exam to all patients.  We perform the Optomap retinal exam as an enhancement to the general eye exam for a fee of $29.00.  Insurance typically will not cover any advanced screening technology beyond the general eye exam.

Eye Examinations

We know your vision is important to you – and it’s important to us.  When you come for your appointment, we make sure to schedule ample time for your appointment so you will never feel rushed.  Our office provides complete eye care for both adults and children.  Our comprehensive eye examinations will check your eyes inside and out for any potential eye disorders or diseases.  Your visual skills and abilities are carefully evaluated and appropriate treatment is prescribed, whether it’s medication, lenses, or vision therapy.   We are prepared to handle whatever your eyecare needs are, and will treat them with the latest in diagnostic equipment and are committed to keeping up with eye care technology.