At University Eye Center at Ketchum Health, our patients come first, and they can feel the difference. Ketchum Health Anaheim is a provider of patient care, interdisciplinary health care services, and clinical teaching -- but health care goes one step further when providers attend to a patient’s emotional and educational needs. Our patients have access to an interconnected team of health care professionals, with personalized treatment plans and one-on-one preventative care.
Vision Therapy Treatment Brings Problems into Focus
A couple of years ago, Kelli Sedgewick sat down with her young kindergartner named Abby to practice sounding out a few simple sight words, when she made a deeply discouraging discovery: no matter what Kelli tried, Abby wasn’t able to retain or process the words correctly. Over and over they went through the words, even working extra time with a tutor, and still, Abby just couldn’t get it. Kelli was at a complete loss, and remembers thinking at the time, “This is going to be a rough life.”
Ketchum Makes a Patient’s Wedding Day Wish Come True
When Summer Li first met Justin Kwan, OD, Assistant Professor and Chief of Cornea and Contact Lens Services at Marshall B. Ketchum University, she had one wish: to look her best on her wedding day. She did not want to worry about the inconvenience of her glasses sliding down her nose, make-up smudges or glare while taking photo.
A broad vision for healing
Dry eye had been a 20-year problem for Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD. But three years ago, discomfort became agonizing pain. Long days of reading and writing ended with ice packs on her eyes and head. She had been to many doctors and various clinics, none of whom could help solve this growing problem.
Ketchum Health Patient Finds Her Way Around the World
If you ask Ciera Ramos, 24, what it is like to travel the world with 20/200 vision, she’ll ask you what it’s like to travel with 20/20 vision. Born with optic nerve atrophy (ONA), she grew up not knowing the difference. Resourceful by nature and with the support of the University Eye Center at Ketchum Health, Ciera has embraced the challenges of limited vision and grown into an adventurous world traveler.