Dr’s Matsunami and Ravuri recently attended the 2022 Vision Source Exchange in Washington, DC, where the key speakers included Bradford and Bryan Manning, aka: “2 Blind Brothers.” Bradford and Bryan are brothers who have Stargardt disease, which is a relatively rare condition that causes a gradual loss of central vision that begins generally in childhood. Their presentation […]
Our annual Year-End Frame Sale begins on Friday, November 26th! This year, we are clearing out 20% of our frame inventory which means extra savings to you, and an excellent opportunity to spend your HSA and FSA on those prescription glasses and sunglasses you’ve wanted.
We are happy to announce the availability of Upneeq, which is a novel, medical (vs. surgical) resource to manage those with low lying lids, otherwise known as acquired ptosis (“toe-sis”). If you are interested in lifting your upper lids safely and non-surgically, please click here to make an appointment for an evaluation with one of […]
Color vision deficiency (CVD), otherwise known as color blindness, can be difficult to catch in kids. Neither schools nor most physicians’ offices screen for CVD, despite it affecting one in 12 males and one in 200 females globally. To meet the demand for early CVD diagnoses, the Children’s Eye Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric […]
Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) is an international optometric philanthropic organization which provides eye care worldwide to populations who can neither afford or access such care. VOSH NW is the local chapter of VOSH International, whose members (in addition to optometric care internationally and locally) collect donated glasses and gather monthly to verify […]
If you are a patient of BVS and experiencing symptoms of dry eyes, we are assisting a colleague in recruiting subjects for a dry eye study. If you would like more information about this, please click here: Dry Eye Flyer.
We are honored to be one of a select number of offices in the greater Puget Sound region to launch Alcon’s new Total 30 monthly disposable contact lens! Total 30 is designed for contact lens wearers who are experiencing discomfort from dryness or general lens intolerance. Its characteristics are very similar to the Dailies Total […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on us all, and weathering the brunt of it among our BVS team has been Warren Ruby – the “Wizard of Eyes” on Capitol Hill. Warren will return “home” to BVS to perform his wizardry on Friday, April 30th, which marks more than a year since he was […]
The current smoke from wild fires is wreaking havoc on our respiratory systems as well as our eyes. What can be done to relieve the irritation caused by this? If you wear soft contact lenses: don’t wear them when the Air Quality Index is above 150. Pollutants will be absorbed by the contacts and potentially […]