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UMSL ★  Community & Economic Development, Health

Mobile Eye Clinic

The Mobile Eye Center provides eye and vision care for the underserved throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area.

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Mobile Eye Clinic

We take our work on the road, literally.

 Beginning in the fall of ’04, the UMSL College of Optometry launched the Mobile Eye Center (MEC) program. The MEC is outfitted with examination chairs and testing equipment. It’s the same equipment you can expect to find in any optometry practice, only ours moves from location to location to bring complete optometric care to specific groups of underserved patients. The MEC removes distance, time and affordability barriers that often separate patients from doctors.

This is especially helpful in underserved neighborhoods where eye care services are not offered.  The MEC brings eye care on site to schools in the St. Louis area, benefiting children by identifying and correcting problems early leading to greater academic success.

UMSL College of Optometry

 alumni, faculty, staff and students work under the basic principle that all advances made here through quality, innovative programs will have a positive impact on your community’s vision. The Mobile Eye Center was made possible through a generous Housing and Urban Development grant.

Impact

Each year, College of Optometry faculty and students provide vision screenings at more than 40 schools throughout the region serving between 3,000 and 4,000 students each year.
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Cassidy Cooley
  cooleyca@umsl.edu
  314-516-6509.
  https://eyecare.umsl.edu/about-us/mobile-eye-center-mec/

Location

  7840 Natural Bridge Rd, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA

More Information

https://eyecare.umsl.edu/about-us/mobile-eye-center-mec/

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