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Greenville, SC, May 2017 It’s Healthy Vision Month! Make Your Eye Health a Priority. Women are more likely to have eye-related diseases and conditions, including cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration. Nearly two-thirds of blindness and visual impairment occurs in women, and women make up the majority of the 4.4 million Americans age 40 and older […]
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GREENVILLE, SC, APRIL 2017 PREVENT BLINDNESS AMERICA DESIGNATED APRIL AS WOMEN’S EYE HEALTH AND SAFETY MONTH TO EDUCATE WOMEN ABOUT THE IMPORTANT STEPS THEY CAN TAKE TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY VISION AND STOP VISION LOSS. About 64 percent of the patients Clemson Eye sees on an annual basis are women. According to the International Communications Research […]
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Watch our team discuss the revolutionary Halo laser with Megan Heidlberg from Your Carolina on News Channel 7!
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By Alison Smith, MD Clemson Eye News, January 2017 Strabismus is the most common condition encountered by pediatric ophthalmologists. The lay term is “crossed or lazy eyes”. This terminology stems from the appearance that an individual’s eyes are not aligned with one another. The condition is actually fairly common affecting approximately 2 percent of children and […]
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Greenville, SC, December 2016 Dr. Alison Schutt Smith, associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and pediatric ophthalmologist at Greenville Health System, has joined the Clemson Eye staff. The addition of Dr. Smith, a fellow in pediatric ophthalmology, will enable the practice to open a new pediatric wing at the Greenville facility. “I […]
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Greenville, SC, November 2016 When was your last eye exam? If you’re a diabetic, there’s a 60 percent chance you haven’t had an eye exam this year. And that’s risky behavior, since diabetes has many vision-robbing consequences that even those coping with the disease may be unaware of. Although diabetes is the leading cause of […]
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By Brian Johnson, MD Clemson Eye News, October 2016 Dry Eye affects an estimated 25 million Americans and is the most common reason for a visit to an eye specialist. It is a complex disease involving the tear quantity, quality, inflammation, and eyelid oil or Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD).There are several dry eye symptoms such as […]
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MARY LOU PARISI Mary Lou Parisi tries not to waste any opportunity. As CEO of Clemson Eye, she says her life’s work is to transform lives through education, aesthetics and health. “Combining my roots in education and business, I grew from a secondary school teacher to a start-up furniture manufacturing company to lead an innovative […]
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GREENVILLE, SC (Sept. 22, 2016) – A new intraocular lens (IOL) that provides a full range of vision for cataract patients, even those with astigmatism, has been implanted by Clemson Eye surgeon Dr. Brian Johnson. The Symfony lens, approved just in July for use in the US, is a “game changer,” according to Dr. Johnson. […]
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GREENVILLE, SC (September, 2016) – Clemson Eye welcomes two new hires. Lacey Moore will be working as a technician in our Clemson clinic and Katie Jones joins our front office staff at our Greenville clinic. Lacey is from Clemson, SC, and has has been in Ophthalmology for four years. She will be working as a […]
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