About Athens Eye Doctors & Surgeons

With offices across Northeast Georgia, our partners have over 70 years of experience providing treatment for a broad range of conditions affecting the eye and its surrounding structures. Our mission is to provide compassionate, patient-centered medical and surgical care that improves our patients' vision and quality of life, using the newest technological advances in ophthalmology. Whether it's a new-technology lens implant placed in our own ambulatory surgery center or the newest treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration, we can provide all of your eye healthcare needs.

Athens Eye Doctors & Surgeons provides medical and surgical eye care to patients across Northeast Georgia. Our main office and surgery center are at 105 Trinity Place in Athens, and we see patients in six more communities: Elberton, Toccoa, Lavonia, Winder, Commerce, and Greensboro.

Academic expertise without the drive to Atlanta

Some of our physicians also serve as Clinical Assistant Professors at the MCG/UGA Medical Partnership campus and in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Medical College of Georgia. That teaching connection keeps our practice close to current training and research, a few minutes from home.

Our physicians

Our ophthalmologists (M.D.) diagnose and treat eye disease and perform eye surgery:

Anthony L. DeMarco, M.D.

Walter A. Sams IV, M.D.

Emory G. Patterson, M.D.

Andrew A. Wilson, M.D.

Kyle Royalty M.D.

Peter Bodunrin, M.D.

Our optometrists (O.D.) provide comprehensive eye exams, glasses and contact lens care, and ongoing management of many eye conditions:

Robert Penland, O.D.

Charles Isaac Newcomer, O.D.

Anna Britt, O.D.

Sabina Banit, O.D.

Kevin R. Vanderhoef, O.D.

Donald R. Dye, O.D.

Paul Seay, O.D.

Chad Poole, O.D.

See full bios on our Providers page.

What sets us apart

An on-site surgery center. Cataract surgery and other eye procedures are performed at Athens Eye Surgery Center, our own on-site surgery center in Athens, which is dedicated exclusively to eye surgery.
The Light Adjustable Lens. We offer the only lens implant that can be fine-tuned after cataract surgery, so your vision can be adjusted once your eye has healed. Learn more.
Everything in one place. Our optical shop has served patients for over 40 years, with a licensed optician on staff. You can have your exam and fill your glasses or contacts in the same visit.
Faster check-in. Self-service kiosks shorten time at the front desk.

Services We Offer

Now offering the Light Adjustable Lens!

Achieving Customized Vision With the Light Adjustable Lens™

Surgery Center

Our state of the art Surgery Center is located in our Athens office and allows us to truly provide all of your eye health care needs in one location.

Insurance

We accept nearly all major insurance plans and accept all major credit cards.

Check-In Kiosks

Our kiosk allows us to streamline the often-cumbersome process of paperwork and lets us focus on you, our patient.

Diabetic Eye Care

Diabetic retinopathy, the most common diabetic eye disease, occurs when blood vessels in the retina change.

Macular Degeneration Treatment

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a deterioration or breakdown of the eye's macula.

Cataract Surgery

If your vision has become blurry, cloudy or dim, or things you see are not as bright or colorful as they used to be, a cataract may have developed in one or both of your eyes.

On-Site Optical Shop

We offer all of the latest designs in frames as well as the newest types of spectacle and contact lenses.

Family Medical Eye Care

With offices across Northeast Georgia, our partners have over 70 years of experience providing treatment for a broad range of conditions affecting the eye and its surrounding structures.

Glaucoma Treatment

Glaucoma is a disease that damages your eye's optic nerve. It usually happens when fluid builds up in the front part of your eye. That extra fluid increases the pressure in your eye, damaging the optic nerve.

Visit us

Call our main office at 706.549.9993 or toll-free at 1.800.962.3547, or find the office nearest you on our Locations page.

Our main office in Athens is open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and Friday from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. We are closed Saturday and Sunday. Hours at our satellite clinics vary, so please call ahead before visiting another location.

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Our staff will help you find the right doctor and the office closest to you.