University of Houston alumni and donors from the surgical center dedication ceremony, pictured from left to right: University of Houston School of Optometry’s Dean Earl L. Smith III, O.D., Ph.D., Dr. Hans Kell, Dr. Moes Nasser, Dr. Wes Pittman, Dr. John McCall, Dr. Carey Patrick, Dr. Jeff Jones, Dr. Derrick Artis and Vision Source CEO and Founder Dr. Glenn Ellisor.
A Vision Source-named surgical center has opened at the University of Houston and it is the first surgery center in the nation to be housed at, and affiliated with, a college of optometry. Classes have already started in the new Vision Source Ambulatory Surgical Center at the University of Houston.
The Vision Source Ambulatory Surgical Center features:
-A fully licensed ambulatory surgery center whose primary activity will be to perform ophthalmic surgery of all types.
–An open facility that is available for any qualified surgeon that meets the VSSC credentialing criteria.
-The latest technology and is one of only 50 centers in the nation, and the only licensed ambulatory surgery center in Houston to offer bladeless cataract surgery.
