In the News

by Lindsay Scott One of our patients had LASIK with Dr. Levine and shared the whole experience on her blog! Check it out! ... Read more »

Beach Eye Care and its entire staff took an afternoon to celebrate its 25th Anniversary of service to the citizens and community of Hampton Roads. Drs. Lipton, Jain and Tang, along with the Beach Eye Care team presented Dr. Neatrour with a commemorative plaque for his innovation and leadership over the past quarter century. Marked by significant growth to four locations, nine doctors and a family of eye care staff 85 strong, the success of Beach Eye Care is due to its commitment to offering ... Read more »

— Innovative Therapy Reduces Patient Burden, Improves Patient Experience — Peyton Neatrour, M.D. has announced that Beach Eye Care is now offering a new treatment option for patients undergoing cataract surgery that reduces or eliminates the need for costly prescription eye drops. Beach Eye Care is the first and only practice in Virginia to perform Dropless Cataract Surgery™. The time-released medication administered during surgery provides convenience and cost-savings for patients, while ... Read more »

Refractive surgeons are not understood because we haven't told our story. Check out this article on Refractive surgeons. ... Read more »

The Food & Drug Administration "LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project" concludes LASIK as safe & effective with 95% of survey respondents achieving results of 20/20 or better. Chicago, IL, October 24, 2014 -- Results reported by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on a long-awaited comprehensive prospective, multi-center study on the safety and efficacy of LASIK were well-received by refractive surgeons in attendance at the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) meeting held in ... Read more »

As if the initial benefits of laser vision correction aren’t enough, the CDC has found another reason to make the switch and ditch contact lenses. Did you know Americans make nearly 1 million doctor appointments and ER visits a year for eye infections – mostly due to improper use and care of contact lenses? These infections can cause pain, inflammation, scarring of the cornea and even lead to blindness. Overall in the United States, Keratitis (an infection of the cornea) is responsible for $175 ... Read more »

Good News! Dr. Matt Baruc & Chris Buniel recently assembled the Leica M690 Ophthalmology Surgical Microscope at the Provincial Hospital--Adela Sierra Ty Memorial Medical Center in Tandag. Everything is in place now 100% and is functioning as tested. This piece of machinery delivers clear and sharply focused images and the modular system will provide the surgeons with optimum maneuverability. ... Read more »

As an ophthalmologist, David Ingvoldstad sees much more about his patients' health than just their eyes. Thanks to the clues the eyes provide, he regularly alerts patients to possible autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, monitors progression of their diabetes and once even suspected—correctly, as it turned out—that a patient had a brain tumor on the basis of the pattern of her vision changes… The Wall Street Journal – Full Article ... Read more »

ASCRS EyeWorld Weekly A new study has confirmed that that the risk of hip fractures was significantly reduced in patients who had had cataract surgery, compared to patients who did not undergo the procedure, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (San Francisco), which collaborated on the study with the Jules Stein Eye Institute (Los Angeles). According to AAO, the medical records of about 400,000 Medicare beneficiaries who had cataract surgery were analyzed for hip fractures that ... Read more »