Cataract Mission
VEI is proud to offer free cataract surgery through our Cataract Mission Program. Cataract Mission is for people who do not have insurance (including Medicare or Medicaid) and do not have the financial means to pay for cataract surgery. Our program is put on annually...
Positively Richmond: Cataract Mission
RICHMOND (WRIC) – Having clear vision is something you might take for granted until age or eye conditions take it away. But there's a program giving it back to some patients who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford surgery. Thelma Worsham feels like she has a new set...
Ophthalmic Photographer
Come join our world class eye care provider as a full time Ophthalmic Photographer. The Virginia Eye Institute is a busy, multi-specialty ophthalmology practice with offices throughout the greater Richmond area. Job responsibilities include digital fluorescein...
12 On Your Side helps woman get new glasses after hit-and-run
GOOCHLAND, VA (WWBT) - Sandi Williams was wearing a high-visibility vest as she worked with a landscaping crew at an I-64 rest stop last week, but somehow, a driver didn't see her, slamming into her and racing away. It left Sandi struggling to recover and struggling...
Certified Ophthalmic Assistant/Technicians
The Virginia Eye Institute is recruiting for full and part-time Certified Ophthalmic Assistants/Technicians to become part of our team. Qualified applicants would help our busy multi-specialty practice using their basic and advanced skills to provide high tech, high...
PACU, Registered Nurses
Virginia Eye Institute No Nights and Weekends! The Virginia Eye Institute has a current opening for a full-time Registered Nurse. We have a very busy adult and pediatric multi-specialty ambulatory surgery facility and need highly motivated PACU Nurses. No nights and...
You Can Actually Do Something Good With Those Eclipse Glasses
Congratulations to those of you who used proper solar eclipse glasses and witnessed the phenomenon without permanently damaging your vision. Good job! But now you’re probably wondering what to do with those flimsy pieces of cardboard and black polymer that were...
Cataract Mission Trip to Rwanda
Dr. Seth Krawitz travelled to Rwanda in 2017 with friend and fellow ophthalmologist Sam Cady. Alongside Rwandan ophthalmologist Dr. John Nkurikiye, they provided cataract surgery in remote parts of the country.
Mission Trip to Ghana
Dr. Seth Krawitz travelled to Ghana in 2017 and provided eye exams and cataract surgery in the capital of Accra. This program was organized by Surgical Eye Expeditions.
WPP and Plastics Mission Trip to St. Vincent
Our ophthalmology provider, Dr. Donna Brown, and her daughter, Karen Brown, flew into St. Vincent to assist World Pediatric Projects in the Caribbean in leading their Ophthalmology Mission by providing donated human eye tissue for transplant patients. The team...