Eye Care Professionals' Testimonials
Below are comments from eye care professionals throughout North America who have partnered with Optos and are benefiting from the optomap® technology.
"Documenting retinal health is more important than ever before. The Panoramic200 is the first piece of technology that permits a rapid, automated, non-dilated examination of nearly the entire retina. This type of technology is going to dominate retinal examinations in the future."
Carmen Puliafito, M.D., M.B.A.
Director, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Florida Medical School
Miami, FL
"The optomap® Retinal Exam allows eye care professionals to view most of the retina at the start of their examination. Wide-field imaging of the retina with prior technologies can be difficult. I believe that the optomap® exam has the potential to revolutionize how retinal examinations are performed and become part of the standard eye examination throughout the world."
William Jones, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Author, "Atlas Of The Peripheral Fundus"
Albuquerque Eye Institute
Albuquerque, NM
"The optomap® Retinal Exam provides benefits to both the patient and the practice. Among these benefits are the earlier detection of retinal pathology, reduced chair time, and reduction of patient discomfort. All of these benefits lead to a higher level of clinical care, greater patient satisfaction, greater patient retention, improved patient compliance with annual exams, and significant economic benefits for the practice and practitioner."
Walter West, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Primary Eyecare Group
Brentwood, TN
"This is the best non-mydriatic retinal imaging system on the market. In some of the red laser separations, you can actually see choroidal circulation, which you really can't see with an indirect."
Joseph Markoff, M.D., Ph.D.
Philadelphia Eye Associates
Philadelphia, PA
"The optomap® allows us a whole new procedure that is comfortable for patients whereby we can evaluate the human fundus to detect disease and prevent vision loss."
Robert DiMartino, O.D., M.S., F.A.A.O.
Associate Professor of Clinical Optometry at UC-Berkeley
Private Practice
Lafayette, CA
"The optomap® is unequalled in documenting lesions outside the central 60 degrees of the posterior pole. Vitreous pathology is easily seen due to the device's enhanced depth-of-field capabilities. This attribute allows elevated retinal lesions such as retinoschisis and detachments to be imaged in focus."
Walter Holland, M.D.
Iredell Eye Center
Statesville, NC
"The doctors in our practice, with the help of our receptionist and technicians, recommend an optomap® Retinal Exam for all of our patients appointed for comprehensive examinations and retinal evaluations. Patients are willing to pay extra for this space age diagnostic technology, especially when they realize it will save them time and provides the doctors with permanent documentation. The optomap® provides the primary care practitioner with the best retinal health screening tool available."
Bobby Christensen, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Vision Source
Midwest City, OK
"So many ophthalmologists are still doing everything like it's 1981. Some of our equipment is extremely antiquated. We should be doing our best to keep up with the rest of society. I think we are going to find that there will be an optomap® system in every office within the next ten years."
Richard Fichman, M.D.
Fichman Eye Center
Manchester, CT
"The optomap® is patient convenient and very doctor convenient. Clinically it is a true benefit. What intrigued me most about the optomap® was the opportunity to get a larger field of view of the retina compared to conventional techniques. It's also helped connect the patients with the health aspect of the eye exam."
Scott Daly, O.D.
Santa Cruz Optometric Center
Santa Cruz, CA
"The non-mydriatic panoramic Optomap system provides clear, high-resolution images to accurately diagnose most retinal pathologies in most patients, even without the benefit of a clinical history."
Thomas Friberg, M.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of Retina Service
University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Pittsburgh, PA
"It differentiates my practice from others, giving patients a reason to choose our services over someone else's. The "WOW" factor of this technology has our patients referring other family members and friends. These are new patients to our office who would have otherwise had less of a reason to choose us over someone else for their eye care."
Thomas S Phillips, O.D.
The Eye Care Center
Warminster, PA
"The optomap® makes a 200 degree map of the eye which the doctor reads on a computer screen. We can image almost the entire retina, which allows us to detect diseases and disorders at earlier stages. I believe this technology will become the standard in the industry."
Donald Mirate, M.D.
Mirate Eye Center
Valdosta, GA
"When we look inside the eye, we can see the retina, optic nerve and blood vessels. We can see retinal findings that can indicate diseases in other parts of the body such as diabetes, hypertension, intracranial hypertension and melanoma. By picking up these findings early we can not only help prevent problems in the eye, but problems in the rest of the body."
Steven Johnson, O.D.
Iredell Eye Center
Statesville, NC
"The optomap® allows us a whole new procedure that is comfortable for patients whereby we can evaluate the human fundus to detect disease and prevent vision loss."
Robert DiMartino, OD, MS, FAAO
Associate Professor of Clinical Optometry at UC-Berkeley
Private Practice Lafayette, CA