Leave Fireworks to the Professionals this Fourth of July
Florida Eye Health Offers Tips for Fireworks Safety Each Fourth of July, thousands of people are injured from using consumer fireworks. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related injuries happen each year. Of these, nearly half are head-related injuries, with nearly 30 percent of these injuries to the eyes. One-fourth… Read More
Cataracts: The World’s Leading Cause of Blindness
June is Cataract Awareness Month Local Cataract Specialist Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, joins Prevent Blindness America (PBA) in recognizing June as Cataract Awareness Month in an effort to educate the public on the risk factors, symptoms, and treatment options of the world’s leading cause of blindness. According to PBA, there are more cases of… Read More
Dr. Jonathan Frantz Selected to America’s Top Ophthalmologists for 2011
Cataract and LASIK specialist Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, has been selected for inclusion in the new 2011 Edition of the “Guide to America’s Top Ophthalmologists.” This is the sixth year that Dr. Frantz has earned this prestigious recognition from the Consumers’ Research Council of America, an independent research company based in Washington, DC, that… Read More
Local Resident Wins Free LASIK Surgery from Dr. Jonathan Frantz
On Friday, April 8, 34-year-old Heather Ford-Cassell, a teacher at the Renaissance Montessori School in Fort Myers, saw her long-awaited dream come true when she had iLASIK laser vision correction surgery, thanks to the generosity of Dr. Jonathan Frantz at the Center for Laser Vision Correction at Florida Eye Health. Heather was the winner of… Read More
Dr. Frantz Offers $500 Savings on LASIK During Spring Special
It’s almost spring and Southwest Florida’s leading LASIK surgeon Dr. Jonathan Frantz is offering area residents a $500 discount on bilateral LASIK now through June 21,2011. What better time than now to start enjoying life without depending on glasses or contacts. The 100 percent blade-free iLASIK laser vision correction procedure, offered exclusively by Dr. Frantz,… Read More
The Center for Laser Vision Correction at Florida Eye Health Receives 2010 Best of Fort Myers Award
Area Cataract and LASIK Specialist Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, medical director of Florida Eye Health, is pleased to announce that for the third consecutive year The Center for Laser Vision Correction has been selected for the Best of Fort Myers Award in the Physicians & Surgeons category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA)…. Read More
Diabetic Retinopathy Increasing in Adults Over Age 40
November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) noted a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association offers “reliable evidence that diabetic retinopathy and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy are increasing in adults over age 40 in the United States and that more Americans, especially non-Hispanic black Americans,… Read More
The Truth About Cataracts and Vision Loss
Did you know that 20.5 million Americans age 40 and older have cataracts, one of the most curable causes of vision loss? To recognize Cataract Awareness Month in August, local Cataract and LASIK Specialist Jonathan M. Frantz, MD, FACS, and ophthalmologists across the country want to debunk the myths about cataracts and remind people they… Read More