We look forward at our practices to sharing a Thanksgiving lunch with all of the doctors, staff and some of our patients. Patients? Yes, a tradition at Cool Springs and Donelson EyeCare is to invite patients to join our teams for a Thanksgiving lunch on the day before the holiday. It is one way we stress how thankful and lucky we are to provide care for a tremendous community of patients.

In this encore presentation Dr. Kegarise and Dr. Everton Arrindell of Tennessee Retina discuss the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, both now and in the future.

In this rerun of episode 24, Dr. Jeff Kegarise discusses diabetes with Dr. Arrindell. Dr. Arrindell grew up in the Virgin Islands, went to college at Michigan State, went to medical school at the University of Iowa, and completed his residency at the University of Michigan. Dr. Arrindell and some of his fellow medical professionals founded a practice called Tennessee Retina in 2008. Dr. Arrindell's practice is well known for quality care and advanced high level research into retinal issues and diseases.November is National Diabetes Awareness Month and Diabetic Eye Awareness Month. Dr. Jeff discusses how there is a lot of talk in the healthcare community about the “diabetic epidemic.”Dr. Arrindell discusses that there is an increasing volume of patients with diabetes. However, the number of cases he sees with advanced diabetes and advanced diabetic eye issues has decreased. Dr. Arrindell attributes this to catching issues in patients earlier.

Dr. Keg discusses how diabetes affects the eyes and what eye doctors watch for when examining eyesin patients with diabetes.

Dr. Jeff and Stephanie Moore discuss our new optical line AO – The classic and legendary designs worn by JFK, Doug McArthur, Neil Armstrong and others.

Dr. Jeff and Margie Godfrey, Executive Director & Founder, The Institute for Excellence in Health and Social Systems (IEHSS), talk about her recent work with healthcare improvement.