LEANNE LEE, OD, RECOGNIZED AS YOUNG OD OF THE YEAR!

Sacramento, CA, February 15, 2010 – Leanne Lee, OD, a Stockton optometrist, was recently named Young Optometrist of the Year for 2009 by the California Optometric Association (COA) during its annual House of Delegates meeting in Ontario, California, January 29-30, 2010.  Dr. Lee was honored for her significant contributions to organized optometry and her local society, the San Joaquin Optometric Society (SJOS).

“I am extremely happy and proud to receive this award.”

In the short time since she has been in practice, Dr. Lee has demonstrated her leadership abilities through her local society and community. Dr. Lee held chair positions in membership and education at SJOS, and is currently its Web site and newsletter editor. On the state level, she has represented SJOS as a delegate for five years in a row to COA’s annual House of Delegates.

Midtown Optometry is having a Mardi Gras Spectacular Frame Show and Sale!

Join Midtown Optometry and Drs. Derron and Leanne Lee on Friday, February 5th, 2010 from 11am to 6pm for a Frame and Style Show featuring the latest in fashion eyewear and complimentary consultations with a Style Professional.

From funky to functional, we've got it all. From 20% to 50% off** a complete pair during the show, we have the ENTIRE COLLECTION from Prada, Vogue, Coach, Michael Kors, Guess and Oakley!!

We're having Prada, Vogue and Guess from 11am - 2pm and Coach, Michael Kors, and Oakley from 3pm - 6pm. 

Call Midtown Optometry today at 209-957-8000 to reserve a time for your complimentary consultation. Appointments will fill up quickly!!

**some restrictions

Midtown Optometry is proud to announce a new benefit for all employees of your company. 

There is no monthly premium to participate in the 20/20 Program. 

• Save 20% on regular comprehensive eye examinations, contact lens services, children's eye services, eyeglass prescriptions, and other services.
• Save 20% on the largest assortment of designer fashion frames from Prada, Gucci, Dior, Versace, Coach, Oakley, Juicy Couture, Saks Fifth Avenue, Rayban and more.  Midtown Optometry is proud to introduce a new Italia

A new patient came into our practice the other day upset that his former optometrist would not allow him to re-order his contact lenses. His contact lens prescription had expired and he was due for his yearly eye examination and contact lens re-evaluation. Most contact lens prescriptions are valid for one year. He wanted to know why. I thought this was a great question and it deserves an equally great answer.

After I explained a few of the reasons to him, I decided to write an article about it.

Your eye doctor wants to your eyes to be healthy and stay healthy and would be happy to answer all of your questions and concerns promptly. All you have to do is ask politely (and if you do not understand an answer, it’s ok to ask them to explain things again or in more detail). There are very good reasons behind re-assessing your contact lenses yearly.

Here are a few:

1. CLARITY- Your prescription may have changed and you could improve your visual clarity by ensuring that you are using the most accurate prescription powers possible. Since we use our eyes every waking hour of every day, you are really short-changing yourself by not getting your eyes checked,

As the end of the year draws near, now is the time to take advantage of your Medicare or
Flexible Spending Account benefits.

At Midtown Optometry, Dr. Lee and the staff understand the importance of vision health –
not only for clear vision, but for overall health of the body. "A comprehensive eye health
examination can help in the early detection and diagnosis of potentially life-threatening
conditions," Dr. Lee comments.

"One way to maximize healthcare is to understand benefits that are available to you. For
instance, if you're eligible for Medicare benefits or have unspent money in your flexible
spending account, now is the time to schedule a comprehensive vision and eye health
examination."

To qualify for certain healthcare benefits, like Medicare or Flexible Spending Accounts, vision
exams and eyewear purchases must be made before the end of the year.

Community Partnership for Families and it's Diamond Cove Ii Resource Center is hosting their first Harvest Arts and Crafts for low income residents residing around and within the area of the resource center.  The event is held on Friday, November 13, 2009. 

Their goal is to provide parents and children the opportunity to unite and collaborate with local Community Based Organizations in making the neighborhood safe and fun again for families to come together and socialize; become leaders and advocates for their community; take bck the street and deem it SAFE again. 

Midtown Optometry supported the event by providing families with turkey dinners for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Drs. Derron and Leanne Lee and the staff at Midtown Optometry hope this sends a positive message that we care about the future of our community and the overall safety of our children. 

The Resource Center will be offering families vast amount of information and resources regarding their child's health, education, and social/emotional welfare. 

A large part of learning is done visually.  Reading, spelling, writing, whiteboard work, and computer work are among the tasks students tackle all day long, day after day.  Each involves the visual abilities of seeing quickly and understanding visual information which is frequently less than arm's length from the eyes. 

Many students' visual abilities just are not up to the level of the demands of these types of classroom learning situations.

Clear eyesight is not all that is required for close vision tasks.  Youngsters must have a variety of scanning, focusing and visual coordination skills for learning and for getting meaning from reading.  If these visual skills have not been developed, or are poorly developed, learning is difficult and stressful, and youngsters typically react in one of a variety of ways:

• They avoid near visual work entirely, or as much as possible.
• They attempt to do the work anyway, but with lowered understanding
• they often experience discomfort, fatigue, and short attention span.
• They adapt by becoming nearsighted, or by suppressing the vision of one eye.

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Because of poor schoolwork or trouble learning to read or spell, parents may think their child is lazy or has a low IQ.  Maybe not.  Perhaps the child needs glasses or has a "lazy eye,” something that can only be detected by a thorough eye examination.

Children should have vision test each year.  A child doesn't know that having problems seeing across the room, seeing double, or not being able to focus on things up close, is abnormal.  Only an aware adult can see signs in a child that might warrant an eye examination.

The following are some signs that may indicate your child is having v

Midtown Optometry is teaming up with the Stockton Lion's Club and offering Cash For Clunkers promo! Bring in your old glasses and get $100 off your new pair! Your old pair will be donated to the Lion's Club Insight Mission program!! Come by the office for complete details!

Dry, scratchy and irritable eyes are the most common symptoms of dry eye syndrome.
Others experiencing dry eyes report blurred vision, excessive eye watering and redness.
Dr. Lee and the staff at Midtown Optometry have seen the number of dry eye cases
dramatically increase in the last couple of years and have been successful at relieving the
symptoms of dry eye syndrome for their patients.

Dry eye syndrome is usually the result of diminished tear production or a lack of fluid on
the surface of the eye:

1. Environment: High altitudes, dry/ windy conditions, and forced heating/
air conditioning can increase the tear evaporation from your eyes.
2. Aging: Tear production decreases with age. Often the volume of constant tears
at age 65 is less than half than at age 18.
3. Incomplete blinking: When you blink, you spread tears across your eyes in a
sweeping motion which guides your tears toward the nose to flow into drainage
ducts. If the tear drainage ducts are over active, then dry eyes and nasal
congestion often result.
4. Contact lens