Koch Eye Associates

Now Koch Eye Associates is one of New Englands largest practices, with twenty doctors treating patients at our eight office locations, one laser vision centers, and surgery center. Koch Eye Associates is a regional training center for eye care professionals. We have trained post-graduate fellows from the United States, Colombia and China. We have hosted visiting doctors from Central and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. We are one of the clinical training sites for the New England College of Optometry. Our doctors have performed clinical research, and have written scientific articles, chapters and textbooks. They have been granted patents for their inventions in the field of eye care, and have garnered many awards including Honor Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards. In 2005 we moved our surgery center from Tollgate Road to a new freestanding location on Quaker Lane. In the St. James Surgery Center we were able to develop a facility unmatched in its dedication to the most modern equipment and technology for modern cataract and laser surgery. At the same time we were able to house this facility in a warm and comfortable setting, influenced by our church in West Warwick. When the Diocese of Providence decided to close St. James Church in Arctic it broke our hearts, because that was the parish where the Koch family grew up. We approached the Diocese, got permission to salvage the interior of the church, and used photographs and furnishings throughout our surgery center. It reminds us that surgical results are not an earthly outcome, but a blessing from above. Koch Eye Associates has grown from a tiny start-up office to a major regional Center of Excellence. We do many things, but we do them one at a time. We combine highly technical science with personal care and attention. That has been the basis of our past successes, and it continues to lead us into the future.