Eye Care Patient Stories

Patient stories about eye care

December 22, 2014

When the Professor Becomes the Patient

Kelly Gardner

Knowing his grandmother lost her sight in the 1960s due to glaucoma, Richard Zraick, Ph.D., sought the best in eye care after he became an adult. And when he became a professor of speech-language pathology in the College of Health Related Professions at UAMS in 1997, Richard had no idea just how much he would need the…


December 12, 2014

The Drive to Maintain Independence

Kelly Gardner

For senior citizens, seeing clearly is critical in maintaining independence. With a need to be able to read labels and signs, perform tasks to maintain a household and see clearly to drive, eye care services are extremely important to active retirees like James W. (“Jim”) Bell. Since Jim had watched his father go blind and subsequently suffer deep…


November 27, 2014

Cycling to Benefit the UAMS Jones Eye Institute

Kelly Gardner

Living in the Natural State offers an abundance of beautiful scenery for an avid runner and cyclist like Emil Mackey. Since he is grateful to the doctors at the UAMS Jones Eye Institute for restoring the quality of his vision, Emil chaired the second annual Cycle for Sight endurance ride to help raise awareness and funding for…


November 24, 2014

Pilot Could Not Have Asked for More

Kelly Gardner

Mac Faulkner, Patient At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. All the awards and accolades can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. Mac Faulkner recommends the Retina Services at UAMS: “After bumping into the kitchen door jamb one day, I noticed I…


November 20, 2014

Restoring Sight Through Discoveries and Innovative Treatment

Kelly Gardner

At UAMS, we offer our patients the best care through our state-of-the-art equipment and technology and doctors who are committed to providing personalized medical treatment. Before successful treatment at UAMS, Ann Kincl was misdiagnosed by three eye doctors. Her eyelid gland malfunction caused great discomfort and pain, and she was constantly blinking. While she was…


November 18, 2014

Astigmatism Doesn’t Prevent LASIK Surgery

Kelly Gardner

At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. Dana Carthron recommends LASIK surgery at UAMS: “I…


November 16, 2014

Painless Procedure Treats Glaucoma

Kelly Gardner

At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. Reza Arab used UAMS services at the…


November 15, 2014

LASIK Surgery Improves Eyesight and Golf Game

Kelly Gardner

At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. David Cruseturner recommends LASIK surgery at UAMS:…


October 30, 2014

Ten Years of Blindness Ended

Kelly Gardner

At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. Sue Carter was successfully treated at the…


October 20, 2014

Cornea Transplant Patient Grateful for Donor

Kelly Gardner

Lisa Holt thinks about the family of her eye donor every March — National Eye Donor Month — and is grateful. “His family gave a total stranger the gift of sight. That truly is remarkable,” she said. Holt, from Lonoke, is no stranger to eye problems. She started wearing glasses in the second grade and…



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