Dry Eyes: Causes and Treatments
Dry eye, also known as dry eye syndrome or keratoconjunctivitis sicca, is a chronic condition that can affect your enjoyment of many of life’s pleasures. Reading, driving, watching a movie or wearing contact lenses may all become a struggle as you blink and rub your eyes throughout the day. Here, the experienced West Palm Beach […]
Habits to Maintain Optimal Eye Health
Your eyes are at once fragile and incredibly complex, and they depend on you to keep them healthy, flawlessly functioning and safe. Fortunately, preserving optimal eye health requires just a few simple habits and lifestyle choices, along with some good old-fashioned common sense. Here, the trusted West Palm Beach and Jupiter eye care professionals of […]
Dangers of Elevated Eye Pressure
Regularly checking your eye pressure is an important way you can help preserve your vision for a lifetime. Elevated eye pressure can occur without symptoms, and is as dangerous to your eyes as hypertension is to your organs. It is often the first sign that you may be developing glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. […]
Coronavirus Update
We’re Here For You At Mittleman Eye, we will continue to deliver excellent care to our patients while ensuring everyone’s safety following CDC and regulatory guidelines during this Coronavirus crisis. As we look forward, we will continue to monitor developments in this global health situation and provide frequent updates. This Coronavirus will pass, hopefully in […]
Vote to Keep Us the Best of Palm Beach County!
Best of Palm Beach County 2020 Thanks to all of you, our local community, loyal friends, and patients; Mittleman Eye has been nominated again for the Best of Palm Beach county! We were nominated in the following categories; Best Ophthalmologist: David Mittleman, MD Best Optometrist: Elon Luzon, OD Best Boss: Hugh Glatts, Mittleman Eye Best […]
Research Shows Poppers Causes Damage to the Eye
A 38-year-old man was referred to the medical retina service for evaluation of bilateral macular lesions noted by his general ophthalmologist. Medical history was otherwise unremarkable. On examination, his best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 OU, although his vision was slightly eccentric. His pupils were round and reactive. The slitlamp examination of the anterior segment was […]
Mittleman Eye Introduces the Alcon PanOptix Lens
Mittleman Eye among the first in Palm Beach County to offer the Alcon PanOptix Lens Alcon, the global leader in eye care, introduces the FDA-approved AcrySof® IQ PanOptix® Trifocal Intraocular Lens (IOL), the first and only trifocal lens for U.S. patients undergoing cataract surgery. PanOptix is clinically shown to deliver an exceptional combination of near, […]
Dr. Louis Michaelos Joins the Mittleman Eye Team
Dr. Louis Michaelos joins the eye care team at Mittleman Eye. Raised in Florida, Louis now makes his home in West Palm Beach. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology at Stetson University. Louis earned his degree in Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale and completed his internship training in South Miami. […]
Cataract Awareness Month in June
Cataract awareness is important, so important that Prevent Blindness America has declared June as Cataract Awareness Month. Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss in the United States, and it is the leading cause of blindness in the world. There are 24 million Americans over the age of 40 who are affected by cataracts, so it seems […]
Introducing NEW ACUVUE OASYS with Transitions
Mittleman Eye is proud to be one of the first in Palm Beach County to introduce and offer the NEW ACUVUE OASYS with Transitions™ Light Intelligent Technology™, the first-of-its-kind* contact lens that seamlessly adapts to changing light to provide all-day soothing vision. Did you know these lenses are one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2018? […]