New Patients

How to make an appointment:

• Call (714) 888-5076 to schedule your appointment. 
• Book online by clicking here. 
• Have your primary care or urgent care doctor refer you to our office.

Preparing for your appointment:

• Once you establish a profile, you will receive our intake packet via email or text.
• Filling out the intake packet ahead of time will allow our office to query your insurance policy ahead of your visit.
• Help us collect any relevant medical records by requesting them to be sent to our office ahead of your visit. 
• Pack the following:
  1. Medication list or bring your medications, including your eye drops.
  2. Dark Sunglasses, there is a good chance that you will be dilated at your first visit.
  3. Your glasses (distance and reading).
  4. If plan to wear your contacts, bring your contact lens case and solution. 
  5. Your insurance card and government issued ID.

Day of your appointment:

• If there are any missing components from your intake packet, we will help you complete them when you arrive.
• We want you to get what you need out of your visit, so make a list of questions.
• There is a good chance that your new patient visit will include a dilated exam, so please bring a pair of dark sunglasses.
• Fully dilated exam will make near-vision for close up-reading particularly difficult for up to 4-6 hours. Please let us know if you need us to supply you with a doctor’s note. 

Causes of Blurred Vision

• Gradual Vision Loss
  • Refractive Error
  • Cataract
  • Diabetes
  • Glaucoma
  • Uveitis
  • Central serous retinopathy
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Retinal Swelling
  • Dry macular degeneration
  • Corneal Swelling
  • Problems with the Optic Nerve

• Sudden Vision Loss
  • Corneal abrasion
  •  Trauma causing bleeding in the eye
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Acute angle closure glaucoma
  • Macular Hole
  • Wet macular degeneration
  • Stroke
• Transient Vision Loss
  • Amaurosis fugax
  • Insufficient blood flow to the brain
  • Migraine
  • Fainting
• Visual Field Defect
  • Stroke
  • Retinal issue
  • Glaucoma
  • Brain tumor

Common Causes of Eye Pain

• Superficial/Foreign-body sensation/Itch/Burn
  • Corneal foreign body
  • Conjunctival foreign body
  • Inflammed Pterygium 
  • Corneal Abrasion
  • Corneal Infection
  • Dry eye syndrome
  • Allergies
  • Eyelashes growing in the wrong direction
• Deep/Ache
  • Inflammation: uveitis, scleritis, muscle, optic nerve
  • Angle Closure 
  • Deep Infection
  • Mass/Tumor

Causes of Tearing 

• Watery Eyes
  • Dry eye syndrome
  • Misdirected eyelashes
  • Eyelids with poor closure
  • Corneal foreign body
  • Blepharitis
  • Inflammation of the tear drainage system
  • Blockage of the tear drainage system

Causes of Discharge

• Sticky Eyes
  • Infection
  • Allergies
  • Problem with the tear drainage system
  • Corneal Ulcer
  • Blepharitis

Causes of Flashing Lights

• Retinal Tear
• Retinal Detachment
• Vitreous Detachment
• Migraine
• Other retinal issues

Causes of a Red Eye

• Vision is affected
  • Corneal Abrasion
  • Angle Closure Glaucoma
  • Uveitis/ severe scleritis 
  • Severe conjunctivitis/ viral or bacterial infection
• Vision is not usually affected
  • Mild conjunctivitis/ allergic, viral or bacterial
  • Subconjunctival hemorrhage
  • Episcleritits
  • Mild Scleritits

Eye Emergencies

If you are experiencing an eye emergency, please call us (714) 888-5076 for a same day / urgent appointment or go to the nearest emergency room. 

• Emergent: immediate attention is required–time is vision.
  • Chemical injury
  • Trauma to the eye
  • Foreign body in the eye
  • High eye pressure causing pain, headache and nausea
  • Retinal detachment good vision (flashes, floaters, curtain coming over vision)
  • Corneal infection/ulcer
  • Decreased vision after eye surgery
  •  Soft tissue infection 
  • Inability to move eye after trauma (especially in kids)
• Urgent: same day visit is strongly recommended
  • Retinal detachment with macula off
  • Sudden vision loss painful or painless
  • Uveitis
  • Scleritis
  • Herpetic Keratitis
  • Thick discharge from the eye
  • Corneal abrasion
  • Eyelid injury 
  • Blood in the vitreous
• Less Urgent: stable for scheduling based on earliest convenience 
  • Stable glaucoma that has been diagnosed by an eye professional
  • Diabetic retinopathy that has been diagnosed by an eye professional
  • Subconjunctival hemorrhage without any eye pain or trauma
  • Cataracts
  • Pterygium
  • Dry Eye Syndrome
  • Blepharitis
  • Refractive Error/ Presbyopia

Our Clinic is Equipped with Diagnostic Power

• Vision Testing: We can evaluate Distance Vision, Near Vision, Color Vision, Depth Perception and Contrast Sensitivity.
• Lensometry: Measure the power of your glasses to ensure they were made properly.
• Refraction: We can prescribe new glasses by auto-refraction, manifest refraction by phoropter, or an objective cycloplegic refraction by streak retinoscopy. 
• Slit Lamp Examination: This specialized microscope allows for a detailed examination of the eye to localize pathology.
• Indirect ophthalmoscopy: A technique to look in the back of the eye to identify retinal or vitreal pathology. 
• Gonioscopy: Evaluation with a specialized mirror to analyze anterior chamber anatomy and angle structures that may be contributing to pathology.
• Tonometry: We use various contact methods such as applanation, hand-held, and rebound tonometry to evaluate eye pressure in patients of all life stages.
• Visual Field Testing: A computerized static perimetery test to screen for and evaluate glaucomatous, neurologic and lid-induced visual field defects
• Keratometry and Topography: Automated measurement of the corneal curvature and corneal power while also mapping out the surface of the cornea to identify corneal irregularties.
• Schirmer’s testing: Special strips of Whatman filter paper are used to objectively measure how dry eyes.
• Partial Coherence Laser Interferometry: A non-invasive measurement of the optical reflectivity from the retinal pigment epithelium to determine axial length, as well as anterior chamber depth and white to white measurements in preparation for cataract surgery.
• Optical Coherence Tomography: A non-invasive imaging technique that provides high-resolution, cross sectional images of the Cornea, Nerve, and Retina.

Ophthalmic Medications

• Color Coded Eye Drops
  • Tan: anti-infectives
  • Pink: steroid
  • Gray: non-steroidal antiinflammatories
  • Red: pupil dilation drops
  • Green: pupil constriction drops
  • Yellow or Blue: Beta blocker
  • Purple: Alpha Adrenergic agonist
  • Orange: Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor
  • Turquoise: Prostaglandin analogues

Procedures we Offer in Clinic

Eyelash Epilation
Corneal or Conjunctival Foreign Body Removal
Laser Retinopexy
Pan Retinal Photocoagulation
Laser YAG Capsulotomy (Neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet)
Laser Peripheral Iridotomy
SLT (Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty)
Chalazion Excision
Eyelid Biopsy for small lesions
Lacrimal System Probing
Subconjunctival/Subtenon’s Injection
Intravitreal Injection
Retrobulbar Injection
Bandage Contact lens placement
Medical neuromodulation treatment
Cosmetic procedures

Surgeries we offer in the Operating Room:

Cataract Surgery
Pterygium Surgery
Eyelid Surgery
Retinal Surgery

• Once you establish a profile, you will receive our intake packet via email or text.
• Filling out the intake packet ahead of time will allow our office to query your insurance policy ahead of your visit.
• With the information you supply on your intake form, we will do our best to provide you with a Good Faith Estimate. The estimate is generated by predicting what might be required to reach a diagnosis and treatment plan even before you are seen. Please note that this estimate may be subject to change based on your clinical presentation. 
• In-network patients will be responsible for a co-pay (a set amount determined by insurance) or a co-insurance (a percentage of the amount billed). If your plan requires a deductible to be met, you will be billed for the remaining balance which will counted toward your deductible. 
• If you wish to be seen out-of-network or on a cash-basis, our fees are set by Medicare rates times two.