Anika Goodwin, MD, an ophthalmologist from Greensboro, N.C., walked away from her appearance on the entrepreneurial-themed reality TV show Shark Tank with a $100,000 investment in her beauty products company, according to an ABC 11 report.
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Private equity-backed Sight Growth Partners, the administrative services provider for ophthalmology platform SightMD, expanded its services into New Jersey, according to an April 7 release.
A laptop connected to testing equipment and storing a patient database for Atlanta-based Woolfson Eye Institute was stolen Sept. 21.
Deepak Sobti, MD, was reportedly the first surgeon in North Texas to implant Johnson & Johnson's new Tecnis Eyhance intraocular lens.
Julie Foreman, MD, an ophthalmologist in Lafayette, La., will have a new, larger office later this year, according to a March 18 report from Developing Lafayette.
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Two bills filed in the Texas state House and Senate are proposing to allow optometrists to perform a wider scope of eye surgeries, according to a March 16 report from D Magazine.
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Frantz EyeCare broke ground on its corporate headquarters March 13, which will feature a surgery center, the Business Observer reported.
ForSight Robotics closed a $10 million seed round, the company announced March 11.
San Francisco-based American Vision Partners continued its growth by acquiring El Paso, Texas-based Southwest Eye Institute, the platform announced March 11.
Self-employed ophthalmologists routinely outearn their employed counterparts across the U.S.