HOLLY GARDNER
SPEC IA L A DVE RT ISI NG SEC T ION
The Eye Center of North Florida The Eye Center of North Florida was formed in 1999 following the merger of two of the most trusted long-term eye care practices in the Florida Panhandle: Newberry Eye Clinic and Gulf Coast Eye Clinic. Since then, The Eye Center of North Florida has grown and now has four offices, over 100 employees and an AAAHC accredited in-house ambulatory surgery center.
MEDICAL PROFILES
This surgery center is the largest “single specialty” surgery center in our region and hosts a staff of “eye care only” surgical nurses. The Eye Center of North Florida offers a full service eye care practice covering all areas of optometry, ophthalmology and low vision rehabilitation. Each location has a complete optical shop and contact lens department in addition to the optometry and ophthalmology clinics. Our contact lens department is like no other in the area. Dr. Edinger, our low vision specialist, is the Southeast’s only physician able to put hard-to-fit contact lens wearers in the EyePrint Pro custom fitting contacts.
Run by nine physicians, the practice allows for technology growth unlike most eye care practices. Eye Center surgeons Bret Fisher and Paul Garland were the first in Florida, and remain the only in the area, to perform LenSx Laser Cataract Surgery. This laser technology is complemented by the surgery center’s entire Alcon Cataract Suite technology, Lifestyle Lens implants and Drop-less cataract surgery to ensure patients receive the most advanced state-of-the-art cataract surgery available. The Eye Center of North Florida has a proven reputation for serving the Emerald Coast area with the highest standards of eye care.
CONTACT: (800) 778-3937 | eyecarenow.com | 2500 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Panama City | (850) 784-3937 10900 Hutchison Blvd., Panama City Beach | (850) 234-1829 | 528 Cecil G. Costin Sr. Blvd. #B, Port St. Joe | (850) 227-7266 1400 Main St., Chipley | (850) 638-7333
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