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It is recommended that you have a complete eye exam every one to three years, depending on your age, risk factors, and physical condition. It is recommended that any adult who wears eyeglasses or contacts has an annual eye exam. If you don’t normally need vision correction, you still need an eye exam every two… Read More

Presbyopia is when the eye’s natural lens hardens or stiffens with age, so it is less able to focus when you view something up close. The results are blurred near vision. This generally occurs around age 40.   You can’t escape presbyopia, even if you’ve never had a vision problem before. Presbyopia Symptoms and Signs:… Read More

You have probably heard this when you were a kid: “Don’t sit too close to the TV or you’ll strain your eyes!” Well, now skip up to the age of computers, smartphones and tablets. Everyone is constantly looking at a screen that’s only a few inches away from their eyes. According to some recent studies,… Read More

Dr. Klair is a board certified Ophthalmologist, specializing in Cataracts and Glaucoma, who provides excellent, energetic care to her patients. In her second year of medical school, while studying for career in Pediatric Surgery, Dr. Klair found herself captivated by her clinical rotation in the eye clinic, at University of Virginia, Charlottesville. It was there… Read More

Glaucoma is a complicated disease in which damage to the optic nerve leads to progressive, irreversible vision loss. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness. What are symptoms of Glaucoma? At first, open-angle glaucoma has no symptoms and it causes no pain. Vision stays normal. Without treatment, people with glaucoma will slowly lose their… Read More

Showing their support for Guide Dogs of the Desert, Dr. and Mrs. Milauskas, along with new Ophthalmologist Dr. Virginia Klair, took part and walked in the 3rdannual Santa Paws 5K in Palm Springs.   Participants dressed in a five piece Santa suit and walked/ran (some with their dogs) on the course that started at the… Read More

Milauskas Eye Institute welcomes Mukesh Suthar, M.D..  Dr. Suthar received his medical degree from Keck School of Medicine of  USC and has been in practicing Ophthalmology for more than 20 years. Dr. Suthar has also served as Head of Retina Service at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Loma Linda… Read More

Milauskas Eye Institute is please announce the addition of Sarah Frassato, O.D. to the staff. She is a graduate of both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois College of Optometry. She completed her clinical training at the Illinois Eye Institute pediatrics department, Hines VA Blind Rehabilitation Center, Crown Point VA outpatient clinic,… Read More

If you sit in front of a computer for long periods of time you may encounter symptoms of prolonged computer eye strain, blurred vision and dry eye.  In fact, eye and vision problems are the most frequently reported health care problems among computer users. These symptoms contribute to computer vision syndrome, which the American Optometric Association… Read More

MEI would like to welcome our 2 new interns; Rich DeLano  and Ryan Berger. Both are students at the Illinois College of Optometry and are beginning their clinical rotations here at Milauskas Eye Institute. Rich has just completed an externship in Colorado and  Ryan has been attending ICO and has spent some time in a… Read More