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Valley Eye Clinic is a full-time comprehensive eye care practice located in Fayetteville, North Carolina and provides the treatment of all general ophthalmology problems.
Our mission at Valley Eye Clinic is to provide excellent eye care in a quality, cost-effective environment that combines education, research, clinical leadership and service to the community.
Specialties
What is Ophthalmology?
Don't know what kind of doctor you need to go to? This is not uncommon, so allow us to help you know who we are and what we can do for you! Ophthalmology is the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye. In simple english, we are the specialists who are commited to eye care excellence.
Valley Eye Clinic is committed to the protection and preservation of the treasured gift of sight. We provide vision examinations as well as screening and treatment for medical conditions of the eye. These include diabetic eye disease, cataracts, glaucoma, and other diseases. Our physicians perform cataract surgery, laser surgery and several other procedures.
Our caring staff members are highly trained professionals that pride themselves on delivering the highest quality health-care service. They will work hard for you assuring individual attention and a speedy and enjoyable visit to our office. We genuinely want you to live life to its fullest!
Valley Eye Clinic , located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, provides the treatment of all general ophthalmology problems including no-stitch / no-needle cataract surgery, laser surgery for complications of diabetic eye disease and and other retinal diseases. Other areas of expertise include diagnosis and treatment of corneal and conjunctival diseases, and laser and incisiconal surgery for glaucoma, treatment of lazy eye, crossed eyes and plastic surgery of the eyelids.
We are available for the diagnosis and treatment of general
ophthalmologic problems, medical and surgical, as well as routine eye exams for general eye health of adults and children. We have expertise in the fitting of multiple styles of contact lenses. A licensed dispensing optician is on full time staff at the on site optical shop.
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Dr. Mary B. Kansora received her medical degree from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York and was the Chief Resident of Ophthalmology at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. During medical school and residency, Dr. Kansora distinguished herself in research with publications in peer reviewed ophthalmology journals. After medical school, she completed her internship in Internal Medicine at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco, California before starting her residency in Ophthalmology. Dr. Kansora has been practicing ophthalmology at Valley Eye Clinic since 2000.
Dr. George L. Cooper received his Doctor of Medicine from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York. He served as chief resident in Ophthalmology at the Albany Medical Center and Stratton VA Medical Center. He has worked continuously at Valley Eye Clinic since 1996. Dr. Cooper has a Master of Science Degree in Nursing and worked seven years as a Family Nurse Practitioner prior to entering medical school. During medical school, he distinguished himself in academics and was nominated as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society in Medicine. In addition, Dr. Cooper performed research in microbiology and infectious diseases. After medical school, he did his internship in Internal Medicine before starting his residency in Ophthalmology.
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Our goal is to provide you with the best possible service in the shortest amount of time. We know that busy mom's, grandparents, and families have very little time to spare. We ask that you prepare for you first visit to our office whether you are coming in for a general eye exam or cataract surgery. Things you'll need to have with you are with you insurance information if available, medical history, and a few other forms to streamline the check-in process. Here is your first-visit checklist:
Each of these forms are downloadable. Just click on the link. You'll be taken to out new patients page where they are available in PDF format. They should be filled out and brought with you on your first visit to out office. If you have any questions the forms or our services, please contact us and one of our staff memembers will be happy to provide you with answers to your questions.
Bring your Current Lenses
If you wear contacts or glasses, bring them with you. It will help by giving us a starting point for you new prescription.
New Patients
As a new patient, you might not know what to expect. It is our job to make sure you are comfortable and informed of any procedure that you will be undergoing. To make your visit as pleasant as possible, please have the following forms printed and filled out for your first visit. They are in PDF format for your convience.
Patient Info Sheets.pdf
Medical Records Release.pdf
Health History Form.pdf
Financial Policy.pdf
HIPPA Authorization.pdf
Diabetic Retinopathy - a disorder of the retina blood vessels
Risk Factors:
Read Dr. Coopers article here on diabetic reinopathy
Cataracts - See your Eye M.D. if you experience:
For more detailed information click here
Computer Eye Strain Problems - Symptoms & Recommendations
For a more detailed report, click here
Patient Education:
One Village Plaza
2139 Valley Gate Drive
Suite 101A
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910-323-2002 (tel)
910-323-3477 (fax)
info_valleyeyeclinic.net
Contact Valley Eye Clinic for all your eye care needs. We provide everything from children's eye exams to diabetic patients with visions problems. We service all of Fayettville, Fort Bragg and the surrounding area. To schedule an appointment, simply fill out the form below. A staff member will contact you shortly.
Office Hours:
Mon: 0800 - 1700
Tue: 0800 - 1700
Wed: 0800 - 1700
Thu: 0800 - 1700
Sun: Closed
Sat: Closed
Approximately 20.5 million Americans age 40 and older have cataracts. Cataracts are the clouding of the eye's clear lens; like a window that is "fogged" with steam. When the lens becomes cloudy, light rays cannot pass through it easily and vision becomes blurry. Cataracts are not a growth or a film over the eye.
Cataracts start out small and have little effect on vision at first. But as the cataract grows, so does the impact on vision. See your Eye M.D. if you experience:
Painless blurring of vision
Sensitivity to light and glare
Double vision in one eye
Poor night vision
Fading or yellowing of colors
Frequent changes in glasses or contact lens prescriptions
Although cataracts usually develop as part of the aging process (more than half of all Americans develop cataracts by age 80), they can also result from:
Eye injuries
Certain diseases, such as diabetes
Genetic inheritance
Certain medications
Frequent, unprotected exposure to UV-A and UV-B rays
Currently, there are no medications or exercises that will cause cataracts to disappear. However, if cataracts don't interfere with your life, you may decide not to do anything about them. When they do begin to interfere with daily activities, they can be treated surgically. Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed surgery in the United States, with more than one million surgeries performed each year. After surgery, most patients regain useful vision. Laser treatment is sometimes used after cataract surgery to remove a film that can occasionally grow on the lens implant.
See your Eye M.D. ... because there's so much more to see.
Cataracts 2005 pamplet.pdf
There is no question that the use of video display terminals is pervasive in the United States, whether it is job related tasks such as word processing or data entry or whether it is use of use of video display terminals for internet surfing and video games. Consequently people are spending a large part of their day in front of the computer. Along with this increase in time has come an increase in ocular complaints among our patients. People may experience and complain of foreign body sensation, fatigue, and eye strain. They may experience glare, pain, redness, double vision or even headaches. The problem is significant. These computer related symptoms come up often in our eye exams. The longer one sits at the computer or the video display terminal the worse their symptoms tend to be. We recommend that our patients take frequent short breaks from computer use such as five minutes per hour in addition to infrequent longer breaks. Patients are encouraged to blink voluntarily.
Artificial tears are another key treatment for patients who have ocular complaints during video display terminal use. We recommend frequent use of artificial tears. Single vision computer glasses have been found to be helpful and are often more comfortable than bifocals or progressive lenses depending on the type of computer work. If multifocals are necessary, it has been shown that lenses that cover the area from up close to 2 meters tend to be more comfortable than others. Given the nature of the work, spectacle design and fit needs to be modified on a patient by patient basis and this is something with which our Licensed Dispensing Optician is very familiar.
Careful examination of the eye and the eye muscle balance is also important. Frequent breaks from video display terminal work and other near work may decrease incidences of accommodative spasm and visual fatigue. Numerous studies have shown that placing the monitor below the horizontal plane of the eye increases visual comfort. High monitor placement is associated with eye strain and eye discomfort. About 10-20 degrees below the horizontal plane is often appropriate. Also, placing the display terminal 50-70 centimeters away allows for some physiologic resting levels of eye balance. From a stand point of ocular comfort, we recommend anti-glare filters over the VDT screens. The type of monitor is important as well: High resolution monitors are better tolerated. Screens with dark characters against a light background are recommended also. You should regularly clean dust particles from the surface of the video display terminal. We recommend also video display terminals with high refresh rates. High refresh rates correlate with lower perceived screen flicker and have been shown to improve higher amplitude and blink rate compare to lower rates. Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) have extremely high refresh rates and are very well tolerated. Decrease in glare and illumination from bright overhead lights or windows are important to improve comfort as well. Constant brightness as opposed to bright and dim spots is preferable. We also recommend background brightness should be three times greater than the ambient lighting.
By offering these hints, we hope that we can help alleviate daily irritation for a large number of our patients who enjoy the use of computer screens in their personal or occupation related tasks. If we can be of further assistance, or if the symptoms do not improve, please feel free to contact us through our website or our telephones.
By George L. Cooper M. D.. F.A.C.S.
American Board of Ophthalmology Certified
Diabetic retinopathy is a disorder of the retina blood vessels that eventually develops to some degree in nearly all patients with long standing diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes in the U.S. in 2009. remains the leading cause of blindness in adults. Unfortunately, many will seek care only alter symptoms appear.
Several risk factors are known to contribute to the incidence and progression of retinopathy including duration of diabetes, poor glycemic control, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, kidney disease, carotid artery disease, and pregnancy among the important risks.
The primary prevention and screening process for diabetic retinopathy varies according to the
age at onset of the disease. Education of patients, their families, friends about the importance of regular eye examinations is key to the early detection diabetic retinopathy.
New technologies are not comparable or meant to replace a comprehensive eye examination by an ophthalmologist experienced in diabetic retinopathy. Also. ophthalmologists can play an important role in diabetic care apart from treating eye disease patient can be counseled about the the importance of glucose and blood pressure control for example at the time of the eye exam.
