Long Nguyen, O.D.
Leads the practice's myopia management program, fitting specialty contact lenses for irregular corneas and seeing children from six months old.
Three optometrists and seven staff at 2201 West Olive Avenue in Burbank. Family owned, and kid friendly.
"We have traveled many places around the world and have seen first hand that vision is often taken for granted. We believe that everyone should have access to eye care."
At home in Burbank that turns into two habits. The eyes are treated as extensions of the brain, so a routine appointment is a full health check rather than a sight test. And prevention is treated as the best way to practice medicine, which is why an exam looks for the things a patient has not noticed yet.
"At New Vision Optometry, patients can experience new vision through accurate lens prescriptions, best fit contacts, and proper diagnosis and management of eye conditions. We aim to provide superior, educational, and lifelong care where:"
Leads the practice's myopia management program, fitting specialty contact lenses for irregular corneas and seeing children from six months old.
Certified in therapeutic optometry and glaucoma management, with a special interest in dry eye treatment. Fluent in Spanish.
Comprehensive eye exams, contact lens fittings and the management of a wide range of ocular diseases, with a strong emphasis on explaining them.
Care here is available in English, Spanish, Armenian and Vietnamese.
The people who work alongside the three optometrists, photographed this September.
"We work hard to ensure our patients look great in their new glasses and are always mindful of how eyewear affects their self-image."
Dr. Nguyen takes optometry students from Marshall Ketchum University and Western University across the border to the DIF hospital. They leave at 4 am and meet at the Mexican border at 7 am.
Over ten mission trips to countries including Haiti, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador, alongside local clinics serving low income communities. He is a member of Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity. Of all of these trips, Tecate is his favorite, because everyone is given brand new custom glasses rather than recycled prescriptions, and because cataract surgery is provided free.
"We believe that mentorship is one of the greatest ways to preserve and advance private practice optometry."
College students who intend to become optometrists and want more than shadowing. The practice describes it as an immersive learning experience inside a modern, full scope medical optometry practice.
A commitment of six to twelve months, and eight hours a week, taken either as one full day or as two half days.
Whether you need to see a cataract, LASIK, glaucoma, retina or pediatric ophthalmologist, they will refer you to the same doctor they would refer their own family member to.
Online scheduling is for routine appointments. Please call the office for medical appointments and contact lens checks.