Family Practice Optometry at West Tennessee Eye
Facility Description

Memphis Center, 2094 Frayser Boulevard, Memphis, TN

This approximately 3000 square foot building has been the site for an optometrist for thirty years serving four generations of patients. This office has four fully equipped exam lanes, a staging area for dilation and patient education, a contact lens training area, an ophthalmic dispensary, and a welcome area for patient care. A business office, administrative area and staff lounge provide a comfortable working environment.

Each of the exam lanes includes a chair, stand, phoroptor, keratometer, biomicroscope, Goldmann tonometer, binocular indirect ophthalmoscope, and non-contact and contact fundus lenses. A Humphries Visual Field unit, GDX portable nerve fiber layer analyzer and minor surgical instruments are also located at this center.

This full service facility is available for patient care six days a week, with a twenty-four hour on call physician available to serve emergency situations.

Millington Center, 8120 Highway 51, Millington, TN

The Millington Center is located on US Highway 51, the major artery connecting Tipton County to Memphis. Tipton County is the highest growth county in the state of Tennessee. This facility has approximately 2400 square feet of the most advanced ophthalmic equipment in the mid south; which includes three fully equipped exam lanes, a staging area for dilation, a patient education area with tv/vcr capability, a contact lens training area, an ophthalmic dispensary, and a welcome area with Accent Health, the satellite medical television service. The business office connects the welcome area through the circular path of testing to check out, the final destination.

Each of the exam lanes includes a chair, stand, phoroptor, keratometer, biomicroscope, Goldmann tonometer, binocular indirect ophthalmoscope, and non-contact and contact fundus lenses. A Topcon Digital camera, used for residential, fundus and fluorescein angiography, an ultrasound A/B scan, a Pachymeter, a YAG laser, an argon laser, a Humphries Visual Field unit, GDX portable nerve fiber layer analyzer and minor surgical instruments are also located at this center.

This full service facility is available for patient care six days a week, with a twenty-four hour on call physician available to serve emergency situations.

Covington Center, 218 West Liberty Avenue, Covington, TN

The Covington Center opened two years ago to service Tipton County and the adjacent Lauderdale County. This facility has approximately 1400 square feet, which includes two fully equipped exam lanes, a contact lens training area, an ophthalmic dispensary, and a welcome area with Accent Health, the satellite medical television service.

Each of the exam lanes includes a chair, stand, phoroptor, keratometer, biomicroscope, Goldmann tonometer, binocular indirect ophthalmoscope, and non-contact and contact fundus lenses. A Humphries Visual Field unit and a GDX portable nerve fiber layer analyzer and minor surgical instruments are also located at this center.

This full service facility is available for patient care six days a week, with a twenty-four hour on call physician available to serve emergency situations.

Satellite Clinic, West Tennessee State Penitentiary at Fort Pillow, Henning, TN

The West Tennessee State Penitentiary satellite is located twenty minutes north of the Covington Center. This is our first institutional eye care clinic established. One of our physicians sees patients twice a month in the two fully equipped exam lanes.

Each of the exam lanes includes a chair, stand, phoroptor, keratometer, biomicroscope, Goldmann tonometer, binocular indirect ophthalmoscope, and non-contact and contact fundus lenses.

Satellite Clinic, Northwest Correctional Complex at Tiptonville, TN

The Northwest Correctional Complex satellite is located forty minutes north of the Covington Center. This is our second institutional eye care clinic. One of our physicians sees patients once a month in one fully equipped exam lane.

The exam lane includes a chair, stand, phoroptor, keratometer, biomicroscope, Goldmann tonometer, binocular indirect ophthalmoscope, and non-contact and contact fundus lenses.

A twenty-four hour on call physician is available to serve emergency situations.

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