Optometry

Diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and conditions. Includes regular annual eye exams, eyeglass prescriptions, and contact lens fitting and dispensing.

Our contact lens department has a wide variety of lenses available:

• Gas permeable lenses for single vision, astigmatism and multi focal.
• Lenses for corneal refractive therapy (CRT).
• Soft lenses for single vision, astigmatism and multi focal.
• Sclera lenses for single vision, astigmatism and multi  focal.
• Hybrid lenses for single vision, astigmatism and multi focal.

All of these lenses also have abilities to correct cornea problems due to trauma or disease.

Contact lens fun facts:

• The first contact lens, developed in 1888, was glass blown.
• The first plastic single vision, bifocal and trifocal lenses were patented in 1936.
• The first corneal lens was released in 1950.
• In 1970, the first soft lens was developed in Czechoslovakia and marketed by Bausch and Lomb.
• The first hybrid lens was released in 1976.
• The first CRT lens was approved by the FDA in 2002.

Optometry is part of Eye Services, located on the 1st floor of the medical center.

Call 507-373-8214

Related services:

Ophthalmology

Optical Services