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At UVP our mission is simple: to partner with leading eye care practices and support them in their quest to improve the quality of their patients' lives. We are building the leading, nationally-recognized integrated eye care community in the country through these partnerships and our commitment to upholding our mission and core values.
Just as you are dedicated to providing your patients with the highest quality of clinical and surgical care, we are dedicated to you and supporting your practice to realize its highest potential. Our experienced team of subject matter experts has a proven track record of transforming practices into industry leaders and market influencers.
Backed by the capital, expertise and foresight to grow your practice, a partnership with UVP has boundless possibilities. The result is a differentiated, physician-owned integrated eye care leader comprised of like-minded practices renowned for their clinical excellence and innovation.
Learn moreTo build the leading, nationally-recognized integrated eye care community in the country.
To support our affiliated practices in their quest to improve the quality of patient lives –serving those who serve others.
Everybody matters. We care about all team members and strive to help them realize their highest potential. We never lose sight of why we do what we do and who we do it for. Our Company exists to support our affiliated practices in their quest to improve the quality of their patients’ lives.
We believe that we are stronger together. We believe that if we respect each other’s views and experience, maintain open and honest communication, and collaborate, the sky’s the limit.
We recognize that our affiliated practices represent the life’s work of each physician in our community. We vow to be great stewards and trusted partners, and to fulfill our commitments.
We refuse to be satisfied with the status quo. We will maintain our curiosity, constantly challenge ourselves to do better, and always look for ways to innovate and improve.
We believe that every single one of us is entitled to feel fulfilled by the work that we do, to wake-up inspired to go to work, to feel safe while we’re there, and to return home with a sense that we contributed to something larger than ourselves.
At UVP, we are a physician-owned integrated eye care leader comprised of like-minded practices renowned for their clinical excellence and innovation.
Together, our dedicated physicians and compassionate Team Members offer the highest quality clinical and surgical care through innovative technologies and treatment plans which provide the best possible vision outcomes for our patients.
Minnesota Eye Consultants is the leading provider of integrated vision services, spanning eye exams and specialty contact lens care to complex surgical cases and ophthalmic research in the greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul area.
Pacific Eye Institute has provided quality eye care to the Inland Empire since 1981 with state-of-the-art treatment for cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and laser vision correction.
Northwest Eye is one of the largest specialty eye care providers in the upper Midwest, caring for patients of all ages and serving the communities in and around the northwestern Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Inland Eye LASIK, formerly Inland Eye Institute, is a highly respected specialty eye care provider in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Today, Dr. Christopher Blanton leads a team that focuses 100% on providing the full range of LASIK and Refractive Surgery, which has been a cornerstone of the practice since it was founded in 1976.
Eye Care of La Jolla is a top-rated ophthalmology practice that has provided comprehensive medical and surgical eye care, as well as routine and preventative services, to patients in La Jolla and the greater San Diego area for over 40 years.
Serving residents across the Central Coast of California, Pacific Eye joined the UVP community in August 2021. Their team of highly qualified doctors ensures top-notch and comprehensive care at each of their locations across both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. The practice offers a variety of services, including routine and highly specialized eye care and the latest in laser eye surgery.
Desert Retina Consultants is a well-respected specialty practice in the field of ophthalmology. Their expert physicians treat diseases of the retina, vitreous, and macula, including retina detachments. Founded by Dr. Clement Chan in 1989, the practice also includes Dr. Steven Lin, a full partner who has been with Desert Retina since 1998, and 27 team members.
Pendleton Eye Center, located in Oceanside, California – very near Camp Pendleton – was founded in 1997 by Dr. Robert Pendleton. His team, which includes one O.D. and 7 staff, delivers friendly care, patient focus, and a commitment to innovative technologies in all areas of vision care and vision improvement. The practice offers a one-stop shop for all vision needs from routine eye exams, glasses, and contacts through complex vision care treatment and surgery in cataracts, glaucoma, and retinal care.
Recognizing an increasing regional demand for medical retina services, Unifeye Vision Partners worked with partners Minnesota Eye Consultants and Northwest Eye to build a new retina subspecialty practice in the Twin Cities. Opening its first location in Bloomington in July 2022, Minnesota Retina Associates board-certified ophthalmologists provide compassionate, personalized care for a full range of retina conditions including macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
Providing excellence in eye care throughout Coachella Valley since 2004, Shaaf Eye Center is located in Rancho Mirage, just 4 miles from Palm Desert. Led by two board-certified ophthalmologists, Dr. Mehdi Shaaf and Dr. Kevin Prendiville, the practice offers a full range of ophthalmology services including routine eye exams, laser vision correction, cataracts, oculoplastic, surgical retina, glaucoma, cornea, and orbital tumors.
Founded in 1990 by Drs. Michael Merck and Christopher Wallyn, Regional Eye Center has a team of 35 professionals including two ophthalmologists and two optometrists. Together, the team delivers full-service, family eye care through a wide range of medical and surgical treatment options, including pediatrics. The practice includes an optical retail center, an ophthalmology clinic, and an ambulatory surgery center. All three services operate out of the same building, located 60 miles west of downtown Minneapolis.
Northern Plains Surgical Center represents UVP’s fifth practice within the Upper Midwest and the 13th member of the growing UVP community. Founded in 1999 by physician partners including Dr. Steven Bagan and Dr. Lance Bergstrom (who remain physician partners today), the Northern Plains Surgery Center serves physicians and patients from Bagan Strinden Vision, Eye Consultants of North Dakota, and Bergstrom Eye and Laser Clinic. Board-certified surgeons treat a wide range of vision-related diagnoses including cataract, glaucoma, corneal transplants, and eyelid surgeries. Along with Drs. Bagan and Bergstrom, the ASC’s other current physician partners include Dr. Tom Strinden, Dr. Michelle Atchison, and Dr. Anne Keating.
Delivering world-class medical and surgical eye care since 1994, Eye Care of San Diego’s physicians and staff provide laser eye surgery, glaucoma medications and treatment, cornea and cataract surgery, and a full range of optical services. In addition, the team operates an ambulatory surgery center, utilized by their highly skilled team of fellowship-trained ophthalmologists. Led by John Bokosky, M.D., F.A.C.S., the team of five ophthalmologists and optometrists serves patients from three clinic locations in Hillcrest, Escondido, and La Jolla and from the ambulatory surgery center in Hillcrest.
Conveniently located off Interstates 805 and 5, Eyesight & Surgical Institute offers easy parking and quick entry access for patients with limited mobility. Serving the greater San Diego area for more than two decades, the physicians at ESI use the latest technologies to help diagnose and treat patients with services ranging from astigmatism to swollen eyelids, cataracts to dry eye, and everything in between.
Founded in 2007, Premier Surgery Center (PSC) provides surgical facilities for ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology (ENT), and retinal patients. In addition to Pacific Eye Surgeons, the ASC serves physicians and patients from Shepard Eye Center, California Retinal Consultants, ADV Vision, and Central Coast Retinal. PSC represents our second partnership in the Central Coast area, and our fifth ASC in the State of California.
With roots dating back to 1955, the team at Kings Eye Center delivers exceptional medical and surgical care in both optometry and ophthalmology. Led by Dr. Bradley Beard and supported by three optometrists and more than twenty-five team members, the team specializes in comprehensive eye exams, diabetic and glaucoma management, cataract surgery, and glasses and contacts offerings through their onsite optical shop.
As the longest continuously operating eye care clinic in Tulare County, California, Sierra Eye Group takes considerable pride in their reputation as friendly, outcome-focused vision care experts. With local roots dating back to 1976, Sierra Eye Group includes two ophthalmologists and two optometrists, led by Dr. Steven Cantrell and Dr. Matthew Kirkman. Providing centralized services from one location through an onsite clinic, optical department, and ambulatory surgical center, their team provides the full range of vision care needs including comprehensive eye exams, glasses and contacts, cataract lens implant surgery, diabetic retinopathy management, blepharoplasty, and macular degeneration treatment.
Founded in Chaska, Minnesota in 2005 by three physician partners (Dr. Amy Freed, Dr, Chris Freed, and Dr. Chad Dockter), Southwest Eye Care is an ophthalmology and optometry practice focused on providing quality eye care for all ages. Dr. Scott Glaser joined the partnership in 2014 and in 2017 Dr. Jabin Krassin added full ophthalmology services including cataract surgery, glaucoma care, LASIK and refractive surgery, eye injections, cosmetic lid services, and emergency services. Today the physician team consists of 1 ophthalmologist and 10 optometrists.
Located in Fargo, North Dakota, Eye Consultants of North Dakota (ECND) offers a state-of-the-art clinic which combines the latest in technology with compassion and personal patient care. ECND offers both routine optometric care as well as experienced and professional ophthalmology with three MDs and three ODs, led by Dr. Michelle Atchison, Dr. Anne Keating, and Dr. Steven Thom. ECND offers cataract surgery with premium lens implants, corneal consultations and transplantation, macular degeneration treatment, eyelid surgery, and pediatric vision care.
Founded in 1996 by Dr. Paul J. Dougherty, DLV Vision serves patients across the greater Los Angeles area. Together with their professional team in the clinic, DLV Vision offers six ophthalmologists and four optometrists who serve in and around Westlake Village, Camarillo, Simi Valley, Encino, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, and Ventura.
Founded in 2017 by Dr. Paul Dougherty, Dr. Adam Abroms, and Renata Stone, the team at ADV Vision serves patients across Central California from clinics in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, and Santa Maria. Their physicians perform surgery at Paragon Surgery Center in San Luis Obispo, Posada Surgery Center in Paso Robles, and at Premier Surgery Center in Santa Maria, which joined the UVP community earlier this year. Providers at ADV Vision include two ophthalmologists and one optometrist.
Led by Patrick Sweeney, M.D., Sweeney Eye Associates has roots dating back 23 years. The practice offers five ophthalmologists and one optometrist who serve patients out of two clinics and one ambulatory surgery center. The team at Sweeney Eye specializes in laser-assisted cataract surgery, premium lens IOL implementation, laser vision correction, and comprehensive eye care treatment using the most advanced diagnostic and surgical technology. The practice offers services from its ambulatory surgery center and clinic in Sunnyvale, Texas, just east of Dallas, and also from a clinic in Richardson, near Plano.
Led by Dain B. Brooks, M.D., Brooks Eye Associates has served the Plano, Texas community since 2013. The practice includes a team of experienced ophthalmologists and optometrists offering advanced medical and surgical eye care from a clinic and ambulatory surgery center in Plano. Brooks Eye Associates specializes in cataract surgery with premium lens implants, LASIK and refractive procedures, glaucoma management, retinal care, and oculoplastic surgery. Known for their clinical excellence and philanthropic mission work, the team is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care using the latest technology and surgical techniques.
Minnesota Eye Consultants is the leading provider of integrated vision services, spanning eye exams and specialty contact lens care to complex surgical cases and ophthalmic research in the greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul area.
Pacific Eye Institute has provided quality eye care to the Inland Empire since 1981 with state-of-the-art treatment for cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and laser vision correction.
Northwest Eye is one of the largest specialty eye care providers in the upper Midwest, caring for patients of all ages and serving the communities in and around the northwestern Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Inland Eye LASIK, formerly Inland Eye Institute, is a highly respected specialty eye care provider in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Today, Dr. Christopher Blanton leads a team that focuses 100% on providing the full range of LASIK and Refractive Surgery, which has been a cornerstone of the practice since it was founded in 1976.
Eye Care of La Jolla is a top-rated ophthalmology practice that has provided comprehensive medical and surgical eye care, as well as routine and preventative services, to patients in La Jolla and the greater San Diego area for over 40 years.
Serving residents across the Central Coast of California, Pacific Eye joined the UVP community in August 2021. Their team of highly qualified doctors ensures top-notch and comprehensive care at each of their locations across both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. The practice offers a variety of services, including routine and highly specialized eye care and the latest in laser eye surgery.
Desert Retina Consultants is a well-respected specialty practice in the field of ophthalmology. Their expert physicians treat diseases of the retina, vitreous, and macula, including retina detachments. Founded by Dr. Clement Chan in 1989, the practice also includes Dr. Steven Lin, a full partner who has been with Desert Retina since 1998, and 27 team members.
Pendleton Eye Center, located in Oceanside, California – very near Camp Pendleton – was founded in 1997 by Dr. Robert Pendleton. His team, which includes one O.D. and 7 staff, delivers friendly care, patient focus, and a commitment to innovative technologies in all areas of vision care and vision improvement. The practice offers a one-stop shop for all vision needs from routine eye exams, glasses, and contacts through complex vision care treatment and surgery in cataracts, glaucoma, and retinal care.
Recognizing an increasing regional demand for medical retina services, Unifeye Vision Partners worked with partners Minnesota Eye Consultants and Northwest Eye to build a new retina subspecialty practice in the Twin Cities. Opening its first location in Bloomington in July 2022, Minnesota Retina Associates board-certified ophthalmologists provide compassionate, personalized care for a full range of retina conditions including macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
Providing excellence in eye care throughout Coachella Valley since 2004, Shaaf Eye Center is located in Rancho Mirage, just 4 miles from Palm Desert. Led by two board-certified ophthalmologists, Dr. Mehdi Shaaf and Dr. Kevin Prendiville, the practice offers a full range of ophthalmology services including routine eye exams, laser vision correction, cataracts, oculoplastic, surgical retina, glaucoma, cornea, and orbital tumors.
Founded in 1990 by Drs. Michael Merck and Christopher Wallyn, Regional Eye Center has a team of 35 professionals including two ophthalmologists and two optometrists. Together, the team delivers full-service, family eye care through a wide range of medical and surgical treatment options, including pediatrics. The practice includes an optical retail center, an ophthalmology clinic, and an ambulatory surgery center. All three services operate out of the same building, located 60 miles west of downtown Minneapolis.
Northern Plains Surgical Center represents UVP’s fifth practice within the Upper Midwest and the 13th member of the growing UVP community. Founded in 1999 by physician partners including Dr. Steven Bagan and Dr. Lance Bergstrom (who remain physician partners today), the Northern Plains Surgery Center serves physicians and patients from Bagan Strinden Vision, Eye Consultants of North Dakota, and Bergstrom Eye and Laser Clinic. Board-certified surgeons treat a wide range of vision-related diagnoses including cataract, glaucoma, corneal transplants, and eyelid surgeries. Along with Drs. Bagan and Bergstrom, the ASC’s other current physician partners include Dr. Tom Strinden, Dr. Michelle Atchison, and Dr. Anne Keating.
Delivering world-class medical and surgical eye care since 1994, Eye Care of San Diego’s physicians and staff provide laser eye surgery, glaucoma medications and treatment, cornea and cataract surgery, and a full range of optical services. In addition, the team operates an ambulatory surgery center, utilized by their highly skilled team of fellowship-trained ophthalmologists. Led by John Bokosky, M.D., F.A.C.S., the team of five ophthalmologists and optometrists serves patients from three clinic locations in Hillcrest, Escondido, and La Jolla and from the ambulatory surgery center in Hillcrest.
Conveniently located off Interstates 805 and 5, Eyesight & Surgical Institute offers easy parking and quick entry access for patients with limited mobility. Serving the greater San Diego area for more than two decades, the physicians at ESI use the latest technologies to help diagnose and treat patients with services ranging from astigmatism to swollen eyelids, cataracts to dry eye, and everything in between.
Founded in 2007, Premier Surgery Center (PSC) provides surgical facilities for ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology (ENT), and retinal patients. In addition to Pacific Eye Surgeons, the ASC serves physicians and patients from Shepard Eye Center, California Retinal Consultants, ADV Vision, and Central Coast Retinal. PSC represents our second partnership in the Central Coast area, and our fifth ASC in the State of California.
With roots dating back to 1955, the team at Kings Eye Center delivers exceptional medical and surgical care in both optometry and ophthalmology. Led by Dr. Bradley Beard and supported by three optometrists and more than twenty-five team members, the team specializes in comprehensive eye exams, diabetic and glaucoma management, cataract surgery, and glasses and contacts offerings through their onsite optical shop.
As the longest continuously operating eye care clinic in Tulare County, California, Sierra Eye Group takes considerable pride in their reputation as friendly, outcome-focused vision care experts. With local roots dating back to 1976, Sierra Eye Group includes two ophthalmologists and two optometrists, led by Dr. Steven Cantrell and Dr. Matthew Kirkman. Providing centralized services from one location through an onsite clinic, optical department, and ambulatory surgical center, their team provides the full range of vision care needs including comprehensive eye exams, glasses and contacts, cataract lens implant surgery, diabetic retinopathy management, blepharoplasty, and macular degeneration treatment.
Founded in Chaska, Minnesota in 2005 by three physician partners (Dr. Amy Freed, Dr, Chris Freed, and Dr. Chad Dockter), Southwest Eye Care is an ophthalmology and optometry practice focused on providing quality eye care for all ages. Dr. Scott Glaser joined the partnership in 2014 and in 2017 Dr. Jabin Krassin added full ophthalmology services including cataract surgery, glaucoma care, LASIK and refractive surgery, eye injections, cosmetic lid services, and emergency services. Today the physician team consists of 1 ophthalmologist and 10 optometrists.
Located in Fargo, North Dakota, Eye Consultants of North Dakota (ECND) offers a state-of-the-art clinic which combines the latest in technology with compassion and personal patient care. ECND offers both routine optometric care as well as experienced and professional ophthalmology with three MDs and three ODs, led by Dr. Michelle Atchison, Dr. Anne Keating, and Dr. Steven Thom. ECND offers cataract surgery with premium lens implants, corneal consultations and transplantation, macular degeneration treatment, eyelid surgery, and pediatric vision care.
Founded in 1996 by Dr. Paul J. Dougherty, DLV Vision serves patients across the greater Los Angeles area. Together with their professional team in the clinic, DLV Vision offers six ophthalmologists and four optometrists who serve in and around Westlake Village, Camarillo, Simi Valley, Encino, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, and Ventura.
Founded in 2017 by Dr. Paul Dougherty, Dr. Adam Abroms, and Renata Stone, the team at ADV Vision serves patients across Central California from clinics in San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, and Santa Maria. Their physicians perform surgery at Paragon Surgery Center in San Luis Obispo, Posada Surgery Center in Paso Robles, and at Premier Surgery Center in Santa Maria, which joined the UVP community earlier this year. Providers at ADV Vision include two ophthalmologists and one optometrist.
Led by Patrick Sweeney, M.D., Sweeney Eye Associates has roots dating back 23 years. The practice offers five ophthalmologists and one optometrist who serve patients out of two clinics and one ambulatory surgery center. The team at Sweeney Eye specializes in laser-assisted cataract surgery, premium lens IOL implementation, laser vision correction, and comprehensive eye care treatment using the most advanced diagnostic and surgical technology. The practice offers services from its ambulatory surgery center and clinic in Sunnyvale, Texas, just east of Dallas, and also from a clinic in Richardson, near Plano.
Led by Dain B. Brooks, M.D., Brooks Eye Associates has served the Plano, Texas community since 2013. The practice includes a team of experienced ophthalmologists and optometrists offering advanced medical and surgical eye care from a clinic and ambulatory surgery center in Plano. Brooks Eye Associates specializes in cataract surgery with premium lens implants, LASIK and refractive procedures, glaucoma management, retinal care, and oculoplastic surgery. Known for their clinical excellence and philanthropic mission work, the team is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care using the latest technology and surgical techniques.
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