Vantage Eye Center

Virtual Vantage Eye - online consultation with your Vantage Eye Doctor. Email at [email protected] to schedule an appointment.

The doctors and staff at Vantage Eye Center hope you are staying safe at home. We recognize that the COVID-19 virus outbreak has affected our day-to-day lives and that includes delivering top-notch eye care. Based on the current state and federal guidelines, we are only offering in-person medical care for patients with eye emergencies, conditions which need urgent evaluation at the Salinas office. Our other offices at Ryan Ranch and Cass Street will be closed starting Monday,... April 5th. Furthermore there are no surgeries at Vantage Surgery Center until further notice. Patients with appointments for vision examinations for eye glasses/contact lenses, or routine follow-up examinations will be rescheduled. Our staff will contact you if we need to reschedule your appointment. We appreciate your cooperation and hope to see you in person soon. However, we realize that there are a subset of patients who do not have vision threatening conditions, but have conditions which cannot wait for a routine follow-up examination. Patients with a swollen eyelid, a red eye, or mild eye discomfort which would benefit from a consultation but currently cannot be seen in-person. For these patients we would like to present a new service, Virtual Vantage Eye. Virtual Vantage Eye will be an online video consultation service staffed by Vantage Eye doctors that you know. Patients will be able to make appointments with our staff, and be examined through the doxy.me portal. As long as your eye condition can be evaluated through video conferencing, you can be examined. Just like an in-person examination, the doctor will talk to you, evaluate your condition, make a diagnosis, and render treatment which may include prescribing medications. If your doctor determines you need an in-person evaluation, they will make arrangements for you. Technical requirements for this consult is a computer or cellphone with audio/video conference capabilities and a good internet connection. Your Virtual Vantage Eye visit will be documented in your medical record. We will also bill your insurance for consultation. If you are interested in a consultation, you can email [email protected] to schedule a Virtual Vantage Eye appointment. We look forward to seeing you.

Monterey Herald readers have spoken. We are honored to be selected as Best Eye Doctor and proud of the care our staff and doctors provide to you.

Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, and in line with recommendations from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the CDC, we are taking several measures to ensure the safety of our patients, staff, and community. The doctors at Vantage have been aggressively monitoring the coronavirus pandemic both in our state and neighboring communities, and although Vantage remains open, we have instituted the following changes to maximize the safety of all:

Vantage Eye Center will be limiting patient visits to those patients who have an urgent or emergent need, as determined/guided by our national authorities and best judgment. As such, your appointment may need to be rescheduled to a future date after the greatest risk has passed.

Vantage Eye is excited to announce the addition of Dr. Zachary Richardson. Dr. Richardson is a specialist in glaucoma and sees patient at all of our offices: Cass Street, Ryan Ranch, and Salinas. Dr. Richardson joined Vantage Eye Center in 2019. He received his bachelor of science degree in biology at the University of California, Irvine and his medical degree at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He completed his residency training in ophthalmology at New York Univer...sity Langone and Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospitals in New York City. He then went on to specialize in glaucoma, after completing his fellowship training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to coming to Vantage Eye Center, Dr. Richardson worked in private practice in New York City, and also as a clinical instructor at New York University and Bellevue Hospitals, where he was awarded teacher of the year from 2018 to 2019. Dr. Richardson is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Glaucoma Society. In his spare time Dr. Richardson enjoys videography, traveling, music, hiking and camping.

Vantage Eye is excited to announce the addition of Dr. Martha Ryan. Dr. Ryan is a specialist in minimally invasive eye surgery and sees patient at all of our offices: Cass Street, Ryan Ranch, and Salinas. Martha Ryan, M.D. joined Vantage Eye Center in 2019. Dr. Ryan is a native Californian born and raised in the Bay Area. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University receiving a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering. She subsequ...ently completed a year of service in the AmeriCorps program before attending medical school at Emory University. While enrolled she was awarded a Fogarty research fellowship through the National Institute of Health. She spent her fellowship year in Chennai, India working on projects focused on smartphone screening of diabetic retinopathy. Her work led to multiple publications in major ophthalmology journals and multiple research presentations at national and international meetings. Dr. Ryan continued her training at one nation’s top ophthalmology residency programs, Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. During her time at Wills, she continued her work in global health including surgical training in Bomet, Kenya. Dr. Ryan is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. She regularly participates in society events and has had research presented at meetings in the US and abroad. At Vantage her focus is cataract and anterior segment surgery including manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) techniques utilizing cutting edge medical technology. She has hospital privileges at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Dr. Ryan enjoys yoga, hiking, camping, and exploring the California coast with her family.

Vantage Eye Center was recently featured in Monterey Herald Health Matters Magazine. Dr. Tony Pruthi talks about how Vantage Eye puts patients first. http://extras.montereyherald.com//specialsec/wrapper.html

Vantage would also like to announce the addition of Dr. Aldon Rodriguez. He will be seeing patient at the Ryan Ranch office. Here is his bio: Dr. Aldon Rodriguez is a Central Coast native. Dr. Rodriguez received his Bachelors of Science in Psychology from the University of California, Davis and, then, earned his Doctorate in Optometry with honors from the University of California, Berkeley. During his optometric training, Dr. Rodriguez worked closely with veterans at VA hospi...tals in Fresno, Casa Grande (Arizona), and Monterey. At the University of Houston, he also researched and co-authored a publication on glaucoma diagnostics. Dr. Rodriguez returned to his Central Coast roots to serve San Benito and Monterey County and joined Vantage Eye Center in 2019. Dr. Rodriguez practices full-scope optometry. His experience includes fitting soft and gas permeable contact lenses, treating red eye, and evaluations for retinal conditions, cataracts, and glaucoma. In his spare time, Dr. Rodriguez enjoys playing guitar, traveling, and running with his dog, (Bob) Dylan.

Vantage is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Helen Xue. She will be seeing patients mainly in the Salinas office. Here is here bio: Dr. Helen Xue grew up on the East Coast, and then moved to the Bay Area to receive her Bachelor degree in Chemical Biology from the University of California. She then attended the UC Berkeley School of Optometry to receive her Doctorate of Optometry. She is certified to treat and manage eye conditions such as dry eye, cataracts, glaucoma, mac...ular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy. She also enjoys performing specialty contact lens fittings for conditions such as keratoconus. Dr. Xue loves working with kids, and enjoys performing pediatric eye exams to screen for amblyopia. She is also able to speak Mandarin Chinese. In her free time, Dr. Xue likes to volunteer at her church, eat good food, and spend time with her friends and family.

We are excited to announce the additional of a new retina specialist, Dr. Kevin Chen who will be starting end of July. Below is his bio: Kevin Chen, MD, graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles as Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. He received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He then completed his ophthalmology residency at New York University Langone Medical Center and... Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, where he was chosen as chief resident and was recognized for academic excellence. He also practiced global medicine in rural Guatemala, performing cataract surgery for patients who otherwise had no access to eye care. Following residency, he moved back to California to train as a fellow in vitreoretinal surgery and disease at the Shiley Eye Institute at the University of California, San Diego. During fellowship, he held an appointment as Clinical Instructor at UCSD and as Staff Physician at the San Diego Veteran’s Administration Hospital, where he was directly involved in resident clinical and surgical training. Dr. Chen is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. He has presented at numerous national conferences and has published his research in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Ophthalmology, Survey of Ophthalmology, and Retina. I am honored to be a part of Vantage Eye Center and strive to continue the established tradition of providing the highest quality of eye care to the Monterey County. In his free time, Dr. Chen enjoys photography, traveling, hiking, running, and spending time with his family

Vantage Eye Center was voted best Eye Care Provider in the Monterey Herald Reader's Choice of 2018! Thank you for your support and allowing us to provide you top notch eye care.

Vantage Eye Center is proud to be a hole sponsor for the 3rd Annual Santa Cruz Footgolf Tournament benefitting Movember. http://footgolfsantacruz.com/#kickballs

Vantage Eye reminds you to be eye safe during the eclipse on Monday. http://www.webmd.com//2/during-eclipse-your-eye-can-scorch