National network acquires pioneering eye care practice

St. Petersburg-based Updegraff Laser Vision will be part of Eye Health America.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 11:26 a.m. November 9, 2018
From left: John Swencki, Rod Roeser, Erin Pulsfort and Philip Isham of Eye Health America; and Patrick Maguire of Updegraff Laser Vision. Seated: Dr. Stephen Updegraff.
From left: John Swencki, Rod Roeser, Erin Pulsfort and Philip Isham of Eye Health America; and Patrick Maguire of Updegraff Laser Vision. Seated: Dr. Stephen Updegraff.
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ST. PETERSBURG — With its sixth acquisition of the year, Eye Care America has expanded its presence in the southeast by adding to its roster Updegraff Laser Vision, a St. Petersburg practice founded by Stephen Updegraff — one of the first eye doctors to perform LASIK vision correction surgery in the United States.

 

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