Horizon Eye Care, P.A. Announces New Statesville Office Location Charlotte, NC, December 8, 2008 –Horizon
Eye Care announces today the opening of its Statesville office location
at 525 Brookdale Drive, phone (704) 761-0200, which is adjacent to
Iredell Memorial Hospital. The primary focus of the office is to
provide medical and surgical services involving primarily cataract and
retinal care. “Horizon Eye Care recognizes the vibrant and growing
community in Statesville and is pleased to be able to become part of
the medical community,” says Dr. Paul Galentine, MD, Horizon Eye Care’s Chairman, Board of Directors.
Dr. Jack Gillis, MD
is returning to the Statesville community following three years of
practicing ophthalmology in Mooresville. Dr. Gillis will continue to
practice in Mooresville and add Statesville to his weekly schedule.
Dr. Gillis will focus on medical referrals from the Statesville area
doctors as well as surgical cataract care. “I am thrilled to be
returning to the Statesville community where I have been serving
patients and referring doctors for over 13 years and look forward to
providing state-of-the-art cataract care and excellent service to the
Statesville area residents and doctors,” says Dr. Gillis.
Dr. Strutha Rouse, MD
has been a retinal specialist in Charlotte in the University City and
Lake Norman communities for the past two years. He is pleased to be
bringing his retina services to the Statesville community in
partnership with Dr. Gillis. “This is a wonderful opportunity for me
to partner with Dr. Gillis and provide full-service medical and
surgical retina care, in partnership with Iredell Memorial Hospital, to
the residents of the greater Statesville area,” says Dr. Rouse. First Retina Surgeon to Provide Surgical Services In Statesville Iredell
Memorial Hospital (IMH) has been instrumental in bringing Dr. Rouse and
Horizon Eye Care to Statesville. IMH is developing the city’s first
retina surgical program in conjunction with Dr. Rouse. “No longer will
residents of the Statesville area need to travel to either Charlotte or
Winston-Salem for surgical care of their retina as we will provide
state-of-the-art care right here at IMH,” says Mr. Ed Rush,
President & CEO of IMH. “The city is long overdue for a surgical
retina program to care for Statesville area residents and we are proud
to partner with IMH on this important project,” says Rodney Roeser, CEO
at Horizon Eye Care.
About Horizon Eye Care, P.A. Founded
in 1998, Horizon Eye Care is one of the regionally recognized leaders
in vision care and has been providing the greater Charlotte community
with quality eye care for decades. Horizon physicians were the first
in Charlotte to begin performing corneal refractive surgery in 1985,
followed by Laser Vision Correction in 1993 and LASIK in 1997. Horizon
provides full service medical and surgical care including routine eye
care, retina, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, oculoplastics, pediatrics,
and cornea / external disease. Horizon is also the premier destination
for optical and contact lens service. Horizon Eye Care is the eye care
provider to the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Checkers, and the
Charlotte Knights.
About Iredell Memorial Hospital Iredell
Memorial Hospital is a 247-bed hospital serving Iredell County and its
neighboring counties. The hospital is located at the corner of
Brookdale Drive and Hartness Road in Statesville. The hospital campus
includes the J. Allen Knox Radiation Therapy Center, the Women’s Health
Center, the Outpatient Surgery Center, the Outpatient Rehabilitation
Center and the Diabetes Education Center. Iredell was named a 5-star
customer service hospital for overall in-patient care. For a complete
list of services, go to www.iredellmemorial.org.
### For more information: Horizon Eye Care, Janie Blackstock, (704) 365-0555, jblackstock@horizoneye.com Iredell Memorial Hospital, Kelley Daspit APR, (704) 878-7447, kelley.daspit@iredellmemorial.org
