Laurel Eye Clinic

Laurel Eye Clinic is an ophthalmology practice in Pennsylvania that provides eye care and surgery, and its stated focus also extends to medical aesthetics. Ophthalmology practices like this one handle both medical and surgical eye care, so patients can be diagnosed and treated within the same organisation, often after a referral from an optometrist or primary care physician. The practice sees patients at several locations across the state, including Brookville and Duncansville.

Its services include cataract surgery with lens options matched to a patient's lifestyle, LASIK for nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, and routine eye exams. The clinic describes cataracts as a normal part of aging, and modern intraocular lens choices let surgeons tailor distance or near vision after the procedure. The practice operates the Laurel Laser & Surgery Center, which the company describes as one of the first ambulatory surgery centers in Pennsylvania privately owned and operated by ophthalmologists, and where nearly 4,000 surgeries are performed each year. Outpatient surgery centers of this kind let practices schedule procedures outside a hospital setting, which usually means a shorter visit for patients.

The clinic was founded in 1973 and opened its first surgery center in 2000, followed by a second center built near Altoona in 2007. The practice credits itself with bringing corneal, retinal and oculoplastic surgery to Northwestern and Central Pennsylvania, along with the area's first intraocular lens implantation, Argon and YAG laser treatments, and refractive procedures such as RK, LASIK and CK. Laurel Eye Clinic says it is committed to high ethical standards and places patient satisfaction first, from simple personal interactions to complex procedures, and it lists quality of care, integrity, adaptability, respect and accountability as core values.