TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers Retina Institute will be opening its doors this summer!

The retina is a vital component of your eyesight, and time is of the essence when it comes to saving your vision. The Retina Institute was developed to expand the latest technology and clinical treatment options available, while offering specialized care for patients with immediate vision needs.

Drs. Carmelina Gordon and Surendar Purohit are excited to provide a place for patients to receive advanced, compassionate care in a relaxing and healing environment.

The Retina Institute will be located next to the Corporate Headquarters at 850 West North Street in Jackson, Michigan.

TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers Corporate Office celebrates one year at its Jackson location at 850 West North Street. The Corporate Office relocated from Ann Arbor to Jackson in March, 2012.

TLC purchased the building on West North Street, where it houses approximately 37 employees who handle billing, scheduling, accounting, and other business functions for the company’s 14 ophthalmologic centers throughout Michigan and Ohio. To prepare for the move, TLC invested in the interior and exterior of their new location, landscaping the entire property and repaving the parking lot.

“It is hard to believe it has been one year,” said Sue DeMott, CEO. “We are so pleased with our new location that we are continuing TLC’s expansion in the Jackson area. We are currently under construction next door to our corporate location, adding a Retina Based Clinic, which will improve our patient experience. TLC is also planning a remodeling project at our Jackson Clinic located on Ganson, in late summer,” adds DeMott.

TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers Retina Institute plans to begin seeing patients in June of 2013.

TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers offers comprehensive eye care services. Treatments include diseases of the eye, cataracts, corneal disease, glaucoma, dry eye, macular degeneration, diabetic eye care, blepharoplasty, and laser vision correction. For more information about TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers, please call 1-877-852-8463.

TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers is pleased to announce that Dr. Raphael Addiego is celebrating his 5 year anniversary with the company. Dr. Addiego, a specialist in retina and diabetic eye care, sees patients in TLC’s Lansing and Battle Creek offices.

When asked why he became a physician, Addiego said, “My father was a traditional family doctor. I was inspired by his ability to touch the lives of individual patients and our community as a whole, and hope to live up to his genuine example of kindness and service. My vision is to make the greatest contribution I can to the quality of vision and lives of others, in providing dedicated service to those I am asked to help.”

Dr. Addiego is a graduate of Jefferson Medical School at Thomas Jefferson University, and is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers offers comprehensive eye care services in 14 locations throughout Michigan and Ohio. Treatments include diseases of the eye, cataracts, corneal disease, glaucoma, dry eye, macular degeneration, diabetic eye care, Blepharoplasty, and laser vision correction. For more information about TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers, please call 1-877-852-8463.

Eye surgeon Kevin Lavery, MD, of TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers, announced that he is now providing the iStent® Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent as a treatment option to reduce eye pressure for patients with both cataracts and glaucoma. Dr. Lavery is the first surgeon in Michigan to perform surgery using the iStent® technology. This technology will be a great benefit to patients in the Jackson, Battle Creek, and Portage TLC offices.

The iStent® is FDA-approved for use in conjunction with cataract surgery to reduce eye pressure in adult patients with mild to moderate open-angle glaucoma currently being treated with glaucoma medicine. In clinical trials, iStent® has been shown to safely reduce eye pressure, which is the primary cause of open-angle glaucoma. “This is exciting news for people who have both cataract and glaucoma,” says Dr. Lavery.

The eye drops used to treat glaucoma can be difficult to administer and expensive. With iStent®, many patients will need less medicine to control their eye pressure and some may not need prescription eye drops at all. “When pressure in the eye is out of control, it can increase the risk of permanent vision loss. I consider iStent® an important advancement in protecting against vision loss for my glaucoma patients,” adds Dr. Lavery.

iStent®, is the smallest medical devise ever approved by the FDA, and is placed in a patient’s eye during cataract surgery. Dr. Lavery went on to say, “It is so small, you are unable to see or feel it after the procedure is done. Although you won’t even know iStent®, is there, it will be working to help reduce your eye pressure.”

This iStent® technology is another “first” for TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers. In 2011, TLC surgeons were the first in Michigan to obtain the LenSx® laser, the first FDA approved laser for use inside the eye. LenSx® provides cataracts patients with individualized treatment, as well as a more precise surgical outcome, and improved healing time.

TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers offers comprehensive eye care services in 14 locations throughout Michigan and Ohio. Treatments include diseases of the eye, cataracts, corneal disease, glaucoma, dry eye, macular degeneration, diabetic eye care, blepharoplasty, and laser vision correction. For more information about TLC Eyecare & Laser Centers, or to schedule an appointment, please call 1-877-852-8463.