2020 has started with rain, rain and then, just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any wetter, even more rain for the Southeast! Georgia had one of the wettest Januarys on record – the 17th wettest January over the past 125 years. It is not surprising that the way the weather “looks” has an… Read More
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Casey Geringer Dr. Casey Geringer, glaucoma specialist and doctor of osteopathic medicine,* is the latest ophthalmologist to join West Georgia Eye Care Center Main. Read on for a smattering of fun facts: Where has she lived? Primarily in the great Midwest. A Nebraska native, Dr. Geringer completed medical school in Iowa, and… Read More
TOHUBOHU (noun) “Chaos, disorder, confusion” At West Georgia Eye Care Center, we know that the maze of elements essential to expert eye care can be confusing. Life is confusing enough, without an extra dose of chaos at the eye doctor! Therefore, our commitment to patient is no tohubohu! On Wednesday, tohubohu (a noun meaning chaos, disorder, or… Read More
Award-winning, bestselling novelist Chaim Potok has written that an artist must be curious, always asking questions of his environment: “he must somehow learn to see during the blinks, he must see where no one else can see, he must see the connections, the betweennesses in the world.” ** A good physician, like a good artist,… Read More
Last week, we highlighted Flinders Centre for Ophthalmology, Eye, and Medical Research in Australia, where Dr. James Brooks, practice president and corneal disease specialist, received training. Today, we’ll look at one of the training locales of Dr. Cynthia P. Nix (also a corneal disease specialist)–the internationally-acclaimed, prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida. Dr. Nix… Read More
Last week, we talked about why it matters where your doctor trained. Today, we’re spotlighting Flinders Centre for Ophthalmology, Eye, and Vision Research institute in Adelaide, Australia, where Dr. James Brooks, corneal disease specialist and president of West Georgia Eye Care Center, received his fellowship training. Flinders places special emphasis on programs in basic biomedical science,… Read More