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Newsom Eye First in Florida to Implant Innovative Multifocal Progressive Lens

First Clearview Multifocal Progressive Lens Implant

SBL-3 ClearView lens from St. Petersburg Lenstec provides significant visual improvements for distance, intermediate, and near TAMPA, Fla. (August 16, 2022) For those suffering from cataracts, a new innovative technology offered by Tampa Bay’s leading eye doctor, can significantly improve their sight. Today, Dr. T. Hunter Newsom and the Newsom Eye team implanted the first…

Clearing the Way for Near-Perfect Vision

Advances in ophthalmological technologies are making way for more exact post-op outcomes. Newsom Eye’s T. Hunter Newsom, M.D., has been at the forefront of RxSight’s Light Adjustable Lens FDA trials, with 80% of trial patients seeing 20/20 or clearer results. Read the full article in OutPatient Surgery Magazine’s April issue.

Reclaim Your Youth with the Vivity Lens

T. Hunter Newsom, MD, puts his full support in the Vivity lens. This lens looks and acts like an aspheric monofocal lens, giving patients excellent quality, distance vision, and functional near-vision with a significant decrease in the need for near correction.

Streamlining High-Volume Cataract Centers

Jay Horowitz, CRNA, and Dana Cowart, COT, recently appeared in Outpatient Surgery Magazine’s September issue to discuss the efficiency and accuracy of Newsom Eye’s high-volume cataract surgeries.  In Outpatient Surgery Magazine’s September issue, Joe Paone, the magazine’s senior associate editor, speaks with Newsom Eye’s Jay Horowitz, CRNA, Dana Cowart, COT, and Susan J. Sawyer, RN,…

6 Developments in Cataract Surgery

COVID-19 is not enough to stop surgical innovation. In his latest contribution to Outpatient Surgery Magazine’s July issue, T. Hunter Newsom, MD, discusses 6 innovations to the field of cataract surgery.  From tools that will assist surgeons during the surgical procedure, to devices that will further correct patients’ vision post-surgery, invention in the field of…

Dr. Newsom’s Fresh Approach

fresh before cataract surgery

In Outpatient Surgery Magazine’s July issue, T. Hunter Newsom, MD, gave his surefire trick on avoiding MKO melts’ questionable taste before cataract surgery. It’s no secret among ophthalmologists (or their cataract surgery patients) that MKO melts – a sublingual sedation comprised of idazolam (3 mg), ketamine HCI (25 mg) and ondansetron (2 mg) – aren’t…

Light Adjustable Lens Cataract Surgery at Newsom Eye

With T. Hunter Newsom, MD, being a principal investigator with the FDA for the RxSightâ„¢ Light Adjustable Lens, Newsom Eye is the obvious decision when deciding where to have cataract surgery performed. Newsom Eye, already known for amazing outcomes, is now also the home for the most accurate refractive results in the history of cataract…

Dr. DeAngelis’ study and article published in Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Journal

We’re thrilled to share the recent publication of our own Kendra DeAngelis, MD’s study researching and analyzing spontaneous eyelid blinking; Eyelid Spontaneous Blink Analysis and Age-Related Changes Through High-Speed Imaging. By studying 122 patients across several age ranges, Dr. DeAngelis and her cohorts were able to determine that horizontal fissure lengths change with eyelid blinks and…