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ometimes you have to change to move forward. For
nearly 20 years, we'd done well in our familiar 3-OR eye
surgery center. We expanded in 2003 to gain some addi-
tional space, but eventually reached full capacity and
decided in 2015 to build a 25,000 square-foot center from
the ground up. The new facility sits on 3.5 acres of prime real estate,
roughly half a mile away from our old center. It has tripled our usable
space — we have 6 operating rooms, 2 femtosecond laser suites and 2
Building the Perfect Eye Center
A top-down look at constructing a new
ophthalmology facility from the ground up.
• VISION OF THE FUTURE The ORs at Island Eye Surgicenter in Westbury, N.Y., are filled with surgeon-pleasing,
state-of-the-art technology.
Island
Eye
Surgicenter
Robert B. Nelson, PA-C | Westbury, N.Y.