Dr. Keg's Thoughts

Love My Work Place Glasses I am going to admit something to you that I probably shouldn’t……are you ready?  Yesterday I drove home in my “work place” glasses.  Yikes! Many of you may be saying, ‘what are work place glasses’ and others of you that have them are probably saying, ‘I’ve done the same ...Read More...

"DEWS" and Dry Eyes What do you know about ‘DEWS’?  Now, we are in the South, so I am not talkin’ about ‘doos you know this’ or ‘doos you know that’.  I’m talking about DEWS.  DEWS stands for the Dry Eye Workshop Study Group, an international collection of expert Optometrists and Ophthalmologists ...Read More...

SUMMER UPDATE I don’t know about you, but it sure feels good to walk outside and feel the warmth of the sun.  I know, for a lot of people there is no happy middle ground as it may be too hot when you walk outside.  As for me (and particularly my wife Susan) we can tolerate the heat better than we ...Read More...

UPDATE ON GLAUCOMA CyPass Micro-Stent January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, but we evaluate and educate our patients every month of the year. Treatments for glaucoma in the U.S. are primarily eye drops, laser or occasional surgery. The CyPass Micro-Stent is a new surgical option that shows ...Read More...

UPDATE ON GLAUCOMA CyPass Micro-Stent January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, but we evaluate and educate our patients every month of the year. Treatments for glaucoma in the U.S. are primarily eye drops, laser or occasional surgery. The CyPass Micro-Stent is a new surgical option that shows ...Read More...

It's the holiday season and a wonderful time to see happy faces, Christmas lights and the beauty of the season.  We want you to enjoy those things for years to come and the biggest threat to our central (straight ahead) vision is developing macular degeneration.  So in an effort to keep you updated ...Read More...

Did you know more than 30 million Americans are living with diabetes and 79 million more are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes? Uncontrolled or long-standing diabetes can cause damage to your blood vessels, especially the small vessels in the back of the eye. Retinopathy is when these fragile vessels ...Read More...

Dry eye patients now have a new treatment option that could drastically improve their symptoms for as long as two years. LipiFlow is an in-office procedure that gently heats and massages the meibomian glands located within the eyelids.  Background of MGD Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) can be ...Read More...

Dr. Jeff and Susan Kegarise recently attended Alcon’s Academy for Eyecare Excellence Practitioners Visiting Alcon (PVA) Program. Only a handful of practitioners nationwide received advanced training on successfully fitting patients with progressive/multifocal contact lenses. According to Alcon, only ...Read More...

It seems that not a month goes by where I don’t run into someone (a friend, a colleague, a patient) who is scheduled for or has had a procedure for a facial cancer. MOHS surgeons, typically fellowship trained, provide a valuable therapeutic and cosmetic service by making sure the least amount of facial ...Read More...

We’re excited about the upcoming eclipse on Monday, August 21st. If you’re at the Cool Springs office we are actually going to take a break for thirty minutes before and after the eclipse, as this is a once in a lifetime event. We are providing free eclipse sunglasses for those patients having exams ...Read More...

A once in a lifetime occurrence. You don’t hear that very often. On August 21st, 2017 (six weeks from now), a seventy four mile swath of our country, from Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina will witness a total solar eclipse. It will start in Oregon and gradually move toward us, being most visible ...Read More...

Vision is the most important element of playing golf. The trajectory of the drive and the accuracy of the putt are assessed by vision. The best vision possible can lead to the lowest score possible. A lighter frame (titanium is a great material) will allow you to move around more flexibly and make the ...Read More...

We receive a lot of questions from parents on the topic of lazy eye. I have asked Dr. Rachelle Altstadt, our director of Performance Vision Therapy, to address this issue. Enjoy! Also known as amblyopia, lazy eye is the most common cause of preventable blindness in children. This type of vision loss ...Read More...

Many ball players pick contact lenses over glasses if they play sports, especially basketball. Why? Because basketball is a contact sport…in more ways than one! While many basketball players play well in glasses, most athletes prefer contact lenses. This is especially true in a sport where peripheral ...Read More...

Dr. Susan Kegarise has invited Dr. Michael Bingham as a guest blogger this month. Enjoy! January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, which is a great time to update our patients on new technology and our processes for detecting early changes due to glaucoma. Recent research has shown that Electroretinography ...Read More...

We are excited to introduce to you our new ophthalmologist, Aaron J. Porter, MD. Aaron graduated optometry school from The Ohio State University and medical school from the University of Cincinnati. He was the Chief Resident at Vanderbilt in the early 2000s, which is when he fell in love with Nashville. ...Read More...

We receive a lot of questions from parents on the topic of reading and vision. I have asked Dr. Rachelle Altstadt, our director of Performance Vision Therapy, to address this issue. Enjoy! Good vision requires your child's eyesight, visual pathways, and brain to all work together. When they don't, ...Read More...

Join us in congratulating our practice owner, Dr. Jeff Kegarise, for being named as a top optometric innovator and for making the Primary Care Optometry News (PCON) 250 list. What is the PCON 250 list? Simply stated, it is a list of optometrists who practice progressively, provide innovative patient ...Read More...

Recently, Shire pharmaceuticals released Xiidra to reduce the inflammatory component of chronic dry eye. More than 30 million Americans suffer with this painful condition. Xiidra, also called lifitegrast, is the first medication in over 16 years to be released and approved by the FDA to treat the signs ...Read More...