Services
As one of the leading eye care centers in North Carolina, Asheville Eye Associates has provided expert eye care to the region of Western North Carolina for over 50 years. Our mission is to be the premier provider of eye care to the people of Western North Carolina. We are committed to excellence, and our patients turn to us for the best eye care treatment available. Our surgeons have helped thousands of people enjoy better vision.
Asheville Eye Associates’ commitment to excellence is exemplified by our achievement of the Level Two North Carolina Quality Award for Performance Excellence. The award is the initial step in a statewide program that assesses organizations to the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for performance improvement, a national award recognizing only the most outstanding organizations.
We offer comprehensive eye exams for persons of all ages, and a complete range of specialty eye care services. For more information on those services, please read below.
Advanced Cataract Solutions
Over fifty percent of people over the age of 60, and quite a few younger than that, suffer from cataracts. Currently there is no medical treatment to reverse or prevent the development of cataracts
LASIK
Glaucoma Care & Treatment
Oculoplastics
Retinal Services
Corneal Cross-Linking
Cross-linking is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure that combines the use of UVA light and riboflavin eye drops to add stiffness to corneas which have been weakened by disease or refractive surgery.
Clinical Research
Orthoptic Services
EVO ICL
ICL means Implantable Collamer® Lens and is a state-of-the-art vision correction procedure. The EVO ICL lens is placed inside the eye behind the iris (the colored part of the eye) and helps correct nearsightedness and astigmatism. The EVO ICL lenses are safe, effective, UV protective, and give a phenomenal visual result. EVO ICL’s are for people who want to see without glasses and contacts, even if they’ve been told they can’t have LASIK.
Surgery Center
Asheville Eye Surgery Center (AESC) is a fully licensed and accredited outpatient surgery center dedicated exclusively to eye surgery.
Massage & Skin Care
Treat yourself with a massage or facial with our in-house aesthetician, Cindy Hughes. She will assess your skin’s condition and recommend a program which best suits your needs.
Experienced Surgeons
- Cataract Surgery
- LASIK
- Cornea and External Disease and Corneal Transplants (including DSAEK)
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- OculoPlastics(Eye Plastics)
- Neuro-Ophthalmology
- Pediatric Ophthalmology
- Adult Strabismus
Our surgeons expertise is recognized by their academic peers; a number of our surgeons serve as Assistant Consulting Professors for Duke University Eye Center. Many of our surgeons serve on national academic boards and national committees in association with the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology.
Asheville Eye Associates is recognized as a center of excellence by major pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. Our surgeons are sought out by manufacturers to conduct clinical trials on new medications and technologies.