Our Services

Below you will find a list of our services, fees and types of insurance we accept.  If you have any additional questions please do not hesitate to give us a call.

Our ophthalmologist will provide you with a comprehensive examination of your eyes to include a thorough external and internal evaluation. Allow one and a half hours for your exam including 20-40 minutes for your eyes to fully dilate. Dilation may cause blurring of your near vision and an increased sensitivity to light for up to 6 hours. We will provide disposable dark sunglasses for you and it may be advisable for you to bring someone to drive you home. A refraction is commonly performed to determine the need for eyeglasses during a comprehensive eye exam. There is a separate charge for this service which is payable on the day of your exam. Because Medicare and most other insurance companies consider a refraction medically unnecessary, they do not reimburse for this service.

Eye Associates of Boca Raton is pleased to offer our patients the same quality and service our patients expect from us in their medical eye care now in their eye wear and related services. Our elegantly designed showroom includes a variety of frame designs including Cazal, Fendi, Silhouette and DKNY. But don't let its elegant appearance fool you. We continue to research area pricing to be certain that our prices remain competitive with complete pair pricing to fit any budget. Because we are so confident in the quality of the eyewear we provide, Eye Associates of Boca Raton has added an additional year of warranty to all of our new frames for a total of two years. Because our patient's satisfaction is paramount, we also offer a 90 day unconditional return/exchange policy on all of your optical purchases.

Browsers are always welcome to stop in for a look at the latest fashion and design in eyewear and a look at our large sunglass selection. See what the latest celebrities are wearing. At the Eye Associates of Boca Raton Optical Department, we make it affordable for everyone to look their best.

No Injection, No Stitch, No Patch Cataract Surgery

Cataract remains the most common cause of blindness in the world today. The term comes from its original meaning of "waterfall," because that is how vision seems when the cataract is dense, as though you are looking through a waterfall. The eye is an amazing structure that works something like a camera. The "window" at the front of the eye is the cornea. You can see the colored part of the eye, the iris, through the cornea. The opening in the middle of the iris is the pupil. Just behind that is the lens of the eye. This is a living tissue that works like a camera lens to focus light back on to the retina, the light-sensitive membrane that works something like the film in a camera, continually sending images focused upon it to the brain via the optic nerve.

Time, heredity and the elements combine to cause deterioration in the lens. As we age, the lens yellows and hardens. That can cause an individual to have difficulty seeing to drive at night and require much more light to read. Other changes can occur as a result of disease, medication and unknown factors that cloud the lens even more dramatically. Vision slowly deteriorates causing problems with everyday activities such as watching TV or following a golf ball. Eventually, if allowed to progress, the lens becomes opaque, or "mature" and completely blocks vision. The condition can be relieved by surgery. There are no known remedies short of surgery to reverse cataracts.

The timing of surgery can be a tricky business. Since vision often deteriorates slowly, individuals adapt to the changes and barely notice the problems until they run into difficulties such as getting lost while driving at night, because they could not see a road sign, or worse, breaking a bone when they trip over something they simply did not see. In most cases, people know they have a problem, especially if the cataract is worse in one eye than the other. However, sometimes people find it hard to believe they no longer meet vision requirements for driving or that they are wearing two different color socks, because they just could not tell the difference.

The history of cataract surgery is fascinating dating back thousands of years. Even so, not too many years ago cataract surgery involved an in-hospital stay for up to a week followed by restrictions in physical activities for a month. Visual recovery was often delayed for three months and required thick spectacles or contact lenses to achieve good vision, since the eye's cloudy lens is removed at surgery. The advent of the intraocular lens implant, or "IOL," improved the speed and quality of visual recovery. The invention and perfection of phacoemulsification, a means of breaking up the cataract with ultrasound, allowed for performing the surgery through a small incision.

Until recently, IOL's corrected vision for limited distances. That is, a patient might receive an IOL for distance or near vision. Just as most people over 45 require reading glasses or glasses for both distance and near since the eye loses its ability to focus around that time of life, after cataract surgery, though the need for glasses may be very much reduced, patients still often require spectacles for certain activities. Now there is an IOL that enables good vision in almost all ranges. Manufactured by Allergan, this lens was approved in the United States Food and Drug Administration in the Fall of 1997. Dr. Goldman is one of a few physicians in the area approved to implant this lens. Not all patients are candidates, but it is certainly something to think about when considering cataract surgery.

Dr. Goldman performs surgery through a tiny incision placed to avoid blood vessels. Patients no longer need to discontinue blood thinning medications such as aspirin and coumadin prior to cataract surgery. No stitch is needed to seal this incision. Not only is it very small, but it is constructed like a "trap-door" which seals itself almost immediately after surgery. That is the reason there are virtually no physical restrictions after this sort of cataract surgery. In most cases, surgery can be performed without the need for injections around the eye. Not only does this reduce the risk of bleeding and other problems, but it also usually means no patch or other dressing is needed over the eye after surgery! Vision is blurry immediately following surgery, but usually clears by the following day.

Our new ambulatory surgical center, the Outpatient Surgery Center of Boca Raton, located in the back of our offices is approved by the Medicare, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Facilities. It is state-of-the-art equipped for ophthalmic surgery.

Though there is no such thing as risk-free surgery, we do everything we can to avoid problems before, during and following surgery. There is over a 95% chance of improved vision following surgery and a very small chance of a serious problem, such as infection or internal eye bleeding. Dr. Goldman specializes in anterior segment surgery, particularly cataract surgery and has performed many thousands of procedures since starting in practice in 1977. Our practice tries to simplify the whole process for you with written instructions concerning what to do before and after surgery to help the healing process. Further, we always have a physician on call if you have emergency problems.

In addition to General Ophthalmology, each of our Board Certified Ophthalmologists concentrates on disease specific services, including Cataract, Surgical & Medical Retina and Laser Surgery, Glaucoma, Pediatric and Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic / Reconstructive Surgery and Refractive Surgery. Other services available at our center are complete Contact Lens services, Low Vision Evaluations and Optical / Opticianry services.

All our surgeons are on staff at the Out-patient Surgery of Boca Raton. Most eye surgery is now performed on an out-patient basis. Our out-patient services include an on campus location, it is state licensed and medicare certified, and even has Joint Commission Accredited status. Our entire staff is dedicated and committed to providing professional eye surgery services that are second to none.

Appointments may be made by calling (561) 391-8300. When making an appointment, please give the secretary adequate details of your condition so appropriate scheduling will keep your waiting time to a minimum. Please arrive as close to your appointed time as possible. While emergencies occur which demand our immediate attention and delay our schedules, we try our best to begin your exam on time. For your convenience our computerized appointment reminder system will call to remind you of your appointment.

At the completion of your visit, you will receive a statement showing the services performed and the fees charged. We do appreciate patients who are prepared to pay for their examination at the time they are seen. We are happy to provide assistance in interpreting insurance forms should you incur a problem. MEDICARE ASSIGNMENT is accepted on all approved procedures. If surgery is planned, you and your family are invited to discuss the fee and appropriate methods of payment with our Surgical Coordinators so that we can work together to handle any financial concerns. If you need any additional information, please call our office at (561) 392-5865.