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Thank you for visiting Rocky Mountain Eye Center - Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico's most comprehensive family eye care center.

Rocky Mountain Eye Center's current, seven board certified ophthalmologists diagnose, treat and help to prevent diseases of the eye. Our ophthalmologists complete annual eye examinations, perform surgical procedures, assist in specific areas of eye care and prescribe eyeglasses and contact lenses. Rocky Mountain Eye Center is Southeastern Colorado's only LASIK surgery center. Our eight optometrists are available to assist with your family's optometric needs. We have a trained optical staff who can provides assistance with the variety of eye care products available at any one of our optical shops.

Our doctors treat eye diseases such as diabetic eye disease, glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration along with other common or unique eye conditions. Other common eye conditions and diseases that our doctors treat regularly include dry eye syndrome, corneal and external disease, vitreoretinal disease, pediatric ophthalmology and oculoplastic conditions.

At Rocky Mountain Eye Center, we are here to provide the best possible care in a patient-centered environment. As a practice, our doctors have committed substantial resources to stay abreast of and utilize the latest technology to help you to see better. As you browse through our web site, we hope you will become acquainted with the complete range of services that we offer. We are available to assist you in caring for all of your family's personal eye care needs. If you have questions or concerns, we would be happy to talk with you.

As a convenience to our patients, Rocky Mountain Eye Center has offices in various locations throughout Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico.

Thank you for choosing Rocky Mountain Eye Center!

Back to School!

August is "Children's Eye Health and Safety" Month

As children return to school, parents naturally consider how to help their children learn and succeed. Good vision and eye health are key to students' ability to do well in the classroom, on the playground, in sports, and when studying at home. September is "Children's Eye Health and Safety" month, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) encourages families to make sure students receive vision screening and learn eye health and safety practices. Also, it's important for parents of children with learning disabilities to know how vision does - and does not - play a role.

Parents may have questions to how the eyes and vision interact with learning disabilities in children. Learning disabilities result from the brain's misinterpretation of images received and relayed by the eyes, rather than from structural or functional eye problems. That's why learning disabilities are not treatable by eye exercises or vision therapy. If learning disabilities are suspected, students need testing, followed as appropriate by in-depth exams and treatment. And whether or not learning disabilities are suspected, all students need vision screening to check visual acuity and eye health.

Vision screening is essential to early detection of problems that impact learning and quality of life.

For more information, visit www.aao.org