On Friday and Saturday, July 26-27, optometrists and members of their staff from across the state of Alabama joined us in Prattville, AL, for the 2019 VisionAmerica Summer Conference.
This is a special time for us each year as we get the opportunity to facilitate the gathering of so many of our referring doctors in one location for a time of celebration, networking, and education.
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After a nationwide search, Dr. Deborah Alexander was hired out of Texas and became the first surgeon at OECC. "Most of the surgeons we approached didn't think we would be successful," noted Marbourg. "We hired Dr. Alexander as the first surgeon for our center due to her exemplary bedside manner and focus on positive outcomes for the patients. She was the right choice for the job." After hiring Dr. Jeff Kegarise as the first Center Director, the stage was set for what would be OECC's first full year in operation and, statistically speaking, many believed the odds for success were slim. In 2019, you are one call to Legal Zoom away from having your business up and running in weeks, but the story of VisionAmerica is a bit more complicated than that.
In March of 1984, a group of Alabama optometrists gathered together and began casting a vision for what their profession could be in this state. Almost 35 years later, it's easy to wonder if that group of optometrists could have possibly imagined that they were laying the foundations for an organization that would forever change optometry in the state. It wasn't necessarily a quick process. From their initial meeting in March of 1984, it would take five years for this group to see their plan come to fruition. |
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