Baltimore Washington Eye Center Announces Preventable Blindness Screening Calendar

    BALTIMORE, MD, March 03, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Baltimore Washington Eye Center is pleased to announce their calendar of eye health screening dates for 2017 to help patients learn more about their eye disease risk factors and take the needed steps toward reducing preventable blindness and visual impairment. "As eye care clinicians we know that patient education and building awareness of personal risk factors along with medical eye screening at an appropriate level will go a long way in our initiative of early detection, diagnosis and treatment of four major eye disorders-cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration-that are responsible for the majority of preventable blindness and visual impairment," explained Arturo Betancourt, M.D. Medical Director of Baltimore Washington Eye Center.

Baltimore Washington Eye Center will be offering medical eye screenings for the noted eye diseases at the following locations and dates:

Baltimore Washington Eye Center
2391 Brandermill Blvd., Suite 200, Gambrills, Maryland 21061
Baltimore Washington Eye Center
Turf Valley Town Center, 11089 Resort Road, Suite 206, Ellicott City, Maryland 21042

Screening Dates
_Macular Degeneration Screenings
Dates: March 1-31, 2017
_Glaucoma Screenings
Dates: April 1-30, 2017
_Cataracts Screenings
Dates: May 1-31, 2017
_Diabetic Eye Problem Screenings
Dates: June 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017
November 1, 2017- November 30, 2017

To schedule a date and time please call our Gambrills (Waugh Chapel) office at: 443-302-2108 or our Ellicott City (Turf Valley) office at: 410-461-7222.

Baltimore Washington Eye Center is a leading eye care practice with office locations in Glen Burnie (https://goo.gl/maps/3bSCtz9RGdq) at 200 Hospital Drive, Suite 600, Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061; in Gambrills (https://goo.gl/maps/nuGNLU2ypCN2) at 2391 Brandermill Blvd., Suite 200, Gambrills, Maryland 21061 and in Ellicott City (https://goo.gl/maps/kAjXKc9aWbq) at Turf Valley Town Center, 11089 Resort Road, Suite 206, Ellicott City, Maryland 21042. Baltimore Washington Eye Center serves the greater Baltimore and Washington, D.C. area.

Baltimore Washington Eye Center was founded in 1969 by Paul A. Kohlhepp, M.D. to serve the eye care needs of greater Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and to provide access to the region's premier eye care facility. Our caring, experienced and extensively trained professional staff specializes in a full range of ophthalmology procedures and has demonstrated an outstanding record of patient satisfaction and community service. Through the combination of medical and surgical expertise, a patient-centered approach to customer service, and personalized attention, we make our patients' goals a reality. Under my medical direction, we can state with confidence that Baltimore Washington Eye Center is now the most comprehensive eye care center in the area. Our Center - similar to the nationally renowned Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute and University of Maryland Department of Ophthalmology - offers a full range of eye care services for adults and children, including general ophthalmology, cataract evaluation and laser assisted cataract surgery with advanced technology lens implants, laser eye surgery including laser vision correction such as LASIK, eyelid surgery, diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration (AMD), dry eye and low vision rehabilitation. We offer a full service optical center for eyeglasses and eyewear as well as convenient close to home eye surgery at our Baltimore Washington Eye Surgery Center-a fully AAAHC (Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care) Medicare and State of Maryland certified, fully equipped, state-of-the-art, on-site ambulatory surgery center. Our surgical center, located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., offers the latest amenities and modern technology, allowing us to perform all of our eye surgery procedures safely, efficiently and comfortably.

For additional information, contact:
Jeffrey Trimmer, Baltimore Washington Eye Center, 200 Hospital Drive, Suite 600, Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061, [email protected], 800-495-3937.

SOURCE: Medical Management Services Group, L.L.C.

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