General Practitioners

• Primary Care
  Sarasota Retina accepts Medicare assignment and most major insurance plans.  You are responsible to get an authorization, if required by your insurance plan, from your primary care physician.  We accept cash, check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card and American Express.  Payment is expected at time of service unless specific arrangements have been made prior to the service date.

Ophthalmologists

• Glaucoma
  During his training in medical school his interest in ophthalmology grew; he was granted a residency in ophthalmology at the University of South Florida in Tampa. While there Dr. Schneider was awarded for his research on glaucoma surgery and invited to present his findings at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Ophthalmology
  After graduating from medical school at the University of Texas/San Antonio (1974), Dr. Spoor served a surgical internship at the University of Minnesota hospitals and an Ophthalmology residency at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in NYC (1975-78) followed by a fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in Neuro-Ophthalmology and Orbital Surgery (1978-79).
• Macular Degeneration
  Risk Factors for Macular Degeneration - Eye Doctors and Retina Specialists in Sarasota Florida – Eye Doctors of Sarasota Florid
• Laser Eye Surgery
  Scar tissue can grow over the macular due to any inflammatory condition resulting from an infection, trauma, eye surgery, and a vascular occlusion, however, the most common cause is aging. In any event scar tissue cells proliferate on the surface of the macular, and once mature they contract. This contraction pulls on the retina creating wrinkles on the surface of the macula, and in more severe cases can cause the small vessels in the retina to leak, resulting in the accumulation of fluid within the macula (cystoid macula edema). This swelling can cause even greater loss of vision. Often the decrease in vision is not severe enough to warrant any treatment, but when it does, surgical intervention is necessary.
• Cataracts
  There are three ways of treating a retinal detachment. The one that would be recommended by your retinal surgeon would depend upon the extent of the retinal detachment, the location of the retinal tear/s, the evidence of any scar tissue formation, and the presence of prior cataract surgery.
• Cataract Surgery
  As in all surgical procedures, there is the potential for complications. The most common complications associated with retinal detachment surgery are infection, hemorrhaging, scar tissue formation, recurrent retinal detachment, and increased intraocular pressure. All of these problems can be handled well when addressed in a timely manner. Another complication which can occur in patients who have not had cataract surgery, who undergo a vitrectomy, is an acceleration of a cataract. This could occur very rapidly during surgery and hinder successful management of the retinal detachment. In this situation the cataract is removed during the surgical procedure. More often the progression of the cataract evolves over several months after surgery. Except for the cataract, which can occur in up to 70% of patient, especially those over the age of 70 years, the complication rate is 5% or less.
• Eye Exam
  Classically the onset of a retinal detachment starts with symptoms of light flashes (photopia) followed by floaters, followed by either a loss of peripheral vision and/or a loss of central vision. Occasionally, patients will present without any symptoms of light flashes and floaters, and complain only of a loss of peripheral visual. Rarer still are those patients who will have a subclinical retinal detachment without any symptoms, whose detachment is discovered on a routine eye exam.

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Dr. Levy did his Internship in Internal Medicine (1981-1982) and Residency in Ophthalmology (1982-1985) at the Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. During his residency in 1984, he was invited to spend a resident fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida and study under J. Lawton Smith, M.D. a prominent Neuro-Ophthalmologist.

Neurologists

• Neurology
  A Neuro-Ophthalmologist is a physician who is trained in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders that involve the eyes and the brain. This includes problems with the muscles of the eye, the optic nerve and its connections to the brain, and the areas of the brain that receive and process visual information. The physician often is trained in Ophthalmology (residency) and then does further training focusing on Neuro-Ophthalmology (fellowship). There are also Neuro-Ophthalmologist that are trained in general Neurology and then do a Neuro-Ophthalmology fellowship afterwards.

Endocrinologist

• Thyroid
• Diabetic Retinopathy
  A study to evaluate Diopsys retinal equipment usage in the diagnosis and treatment of patients, less than 80 years of age, with diabetic retinopathy.

Radiologist

• MRI
• Computed Tomography

Surgeons

• Neurosurgery
  Dr. Spoor then commenced a 20 year career in academic Ophthalmology and Neurosurgery at the University of South Carolina (1979-84), University of South Alabama (1984-85) and Wayne State University (1985-98) (Professor Emeritus).
• Reconstructive Surgery
  Dr. Spoor has trained hundreds of ophthalmology residents and over 30 fellows in his subspecialties. He has had numerous publications, presentations and has published 7 books on various aspects of his subspecialties. Dr. Spoor is a member of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Plastic Surgeons

• Botox
• Eyelid Surgery
• Plastic Surgery

Dermatologists

• Lesions
  Dr. Abrams specializes in both Neuro-Ophthalmology and Oculoplastic Surgery. He gave up cataract, refractive and glaucoma treatments to focus on these wonderful fields. Dr. Abrams claims the Neuro part challenges him to work with patients who often have not gotten help elsewhere and come in with a variety of visual problems that dramatically affect their lives. Dr. Abrams enjoys helping people understand what is going on in complicated situations by taking the time to explain in simple terms so the patient has a clear understanding of their condition. The Oculoplastic part is a very important area of the body (the eyes and surrounding tissues) and working with these areas to make them function correctly, removing lesions/cancers and reconstructing damaged areas. Dr. Abrams also has a particular interest in the causes of dry eyes and tearing.