Introduction to About Eyes

I’m just shy of a decade of practicing ophthalmology. In ten years time I’ve listened to a lot of questions from my patients and learned that many of these questions are asked again and again (only by different people). It occurred to me that if my patients are asking these questions, so are the three million other patients in the US that have cataract surgery every year.

So I created a website http://www.sgveye.com (or rather, my web designer did) that would function both as a forum to allow questions and answers about cataract surgery or general eye disease and as an online brochure for my medical practice, the San Gabriel Valley Eye Associates, Inc. However, despite the best efforts of my web designer, I have found that the website is just not the best format for what I would like to do.

My hope is that the blog format will allow me to provide real-time updates to those questions my patients are asking. As a secondary benefit, I hope that this blog will be informative to anyone with cataracts or eye disease who shares similar questions about the eyes.

In the spirit of a blog (and at the request of my patients) I will also be somewhat indulgent in the following manner: the single most common question I hear is not about eye disease, but about my daughter, Arden.

To those who are internally moaning “Oh no, not another ‘Isn’t my child cute’ site,” I have the following to say: I understand your reaction; I was there. Prior to Arden’s birth I thought most parent’s gushing about their kids was about as bearable as fingernails on a chalkboard. All that changed with her birth. If you’re not a patient and don’t get it, you won’t until you are. And, I promise that the primary focus of this blog will be on eye disease.

I look forward to what I hope will be an interactive and educational experience for my patients, other readers of this blog, and myself.

Sincerely,

David D. Richardson, M.D.
Medical Director

San Gabriel Valley Eye Associates, Inc.
207 S. Santa Anita Street, Suite P-25
San Gabriel, CA 91776
626.289.7856