Beginning April 27, 2020, Mountain View Eye Center will resume regular business hours of M-F 8am-5pm. We are no longer limited to only seeing urgent and emergent appointments although we are limiting our clinic to only 2 doctors in the office at a time to keep distance between our patients and staff. Optical will be open M-F 9am-5pm. Billers will remain available to answer billing questions over the phone M-F 9am-4pm. Additional precautions we are taking: -All patients and visitors are required to wear a face mask or cloth covering over their nose and mouth while in our office. -All of our staff are required to wear face masks and patient-facing staff are required to wear eye protection and face masks. -Patients and visitors are pre-screened and temperature checked before entering. -We are limiting the amount of patients and staff that are in our office at the same time to encourage social distancing. -Please stay home if you or someone in your household have a fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle aches/pains, sore throat, or decrease sense of taste/smell. -If you want or need someone to accompany you to your appointment, only one person will be permitted to accompany you. -We have temporarily removed waiting room toys and magazines. -We are no longer accepting cash payments. -We are disinfecting high-touch areas more often than usual. We are closely monitoring the updates regarding the pandemic and will continue to follow local guidelines.

According to the World Health Organization, cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. | utaheyedoc.com

If you think contact lenses are a modern idea, you're wrong. Back in 1508, Leonardo Da Vinci introduced this concept to the world. | utaheyedoc.com

While there is no cure for glaucoma at present, with early detection, the condition can be successfully managed and controlled. | utaheyedoc.com

In case of corneal abrasion, prompt care is essential. If left untreated, it could become infected and result in a corneal ulcer. | utaheyedoc.com

Learn more about living with glaucoma: | utaheyedoc.com https://health.usnews.com/conditions/eye-disease/glaucoma

Vote for your favorite pumpkin! Like or comment on your favorite pumpkin to be entered into a drawing to win $50 credit in our optical! Vote in our office for an additional entry. Two winners will be notified October 26, 2020.

Gene therapy shows promise for treating glaucoma. | utaheyedoc.com https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180116222504.htm

We just received these No Fog Cloths and they have been selling like crazy! They work better than anything else we have seen or tried. They would also make great Christmas gifts. Come and get yours while we still have some. 👓

Why wear eye protection on the playing field? Every 13 minutes, an emergency room is treating someone for sports-related eye trauma. | utaheyedoc.com

Happy Halloween from all of us at MVEC! 🧡🖤🎃👻

Close to 600,000 LASIK procedures are performed in the United States each year. More than 90% of the people go on to experience 20/20 vision and 99% enjoy eyesight that's 20/40 or better. | utaheyedoc.com

Up to 50% of UV radiation exposure from sunlight occurs before a child's eighteenth birthday. Since the damage is cumulative, children who don't wear sunglasses may be more at risk for developing vision issues later in life. | utaheyedoc.com

Did El Greco's astigmatism influence his art? A 20th Century ophthalmologist believes the artist's elongated figures were a product of this refractive error. | utaheyedoc.com

This year, we are working on ways we can improve the patient experience, including wait times...so you don’t end up feeling like this.

Dr. Treft retired today. He was an amazing teacher and great physician. He has helped so many people and he will be greatly missed. Today was a bittersweet day.

Get to know Dr. Law before you see him.