Henry Ford OptimEyes

The patient's rights and welfare must be given utmost priority.

You should contact Dr. Jimenez (West Bloomfield) or Dr. Balcueva (Troy) 8 weeks prior to the first day of the rotation to verify dates, times, directions, parking, Specific heath testing requirements, and any other instructions. Report at 8:00 a.m. the first day of the rotation to the West Bloomfield -Troy location for orientation to policies, clinical protocol, administrative procedures. 

Contact:

West Bloomfield Location:

Jon Jimenez, O.D.
Director of Residency and Externships
Henry Ford OptimEyes, West Bloomfield
248-661-5100
[email protected]

Troy Location:

Daniel Balcueva, O.D.

Director of Residency and Externships
Henry Ford OptimEyes, Troy
248-951-0000
[email protected] 

Clinical Teaching Faculty:

West Bloomfield Location:

• Robert V. Finlay, O.D.
• Jon Jimenez, O.D.
• Emily Heins, O.D.
• Julie Tracey, O.D.

Troy Location:

• Larry Olson, O.D.
• Daniel Balcueva, O.D.
• Kaitlin Gibbs, O.D.
• Rafiah Anjum, O.D.
• Brooke Abbaya, O.D.

Support Staff:

• 7 Optometric assistants/technicians
• 2-3 Opticians
• 2 Receptionists

Operating Hours:

West Bloomfield & Troy

Monday-Friday: 8:00am-8:00pm
occasional Saturday

Hours of direct patient care for extern per day:

varies (40+ per week)

Number of patients seen by extern per day:

8-12

• To provide experience in the delivery of the highest quality primary care available
• To provide an environment in which these standards are assimilated by the interns
• It is the philosophy of Henry Ford Medical Center that good patient care equates with good clinical education
• To provide interns with "Real-World" scheduling

The externs will be exposed to a monthly free eye clinic which provides eye care services to underserved and elderly populations.
The clinics are located in Detroit and Southfield. Goals of the clinics:

• Develop an understanding of community health issues that impact care.
• Develop a culturally sensitive approach to patient care.
• Develop an understanding of healthcare disparities.

• Not provided by the facility
• Approximate cost: $500-700/mo.
• Recommend housing in/near West Bloomfield/Troy
• Need dependable car

• Opera, symphony, comedy clubs
• Tigers

• Psychology
• Neurology
• Rehabilitative Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Diabetes
• Dispensing Pharmacy
• Respiratory
• Psychiatry
• Geriatric Medicine
• General Practice Medicine
• Dentistry
• Hypertension
• Clinical Pharmacy

• NCT
• Goldmann Projection Perimeter
• Anterior Segment Photographic Biomicroscope
• Fundus Contact Lenses
• Gonioscopy Lenses
• Angiography
• Ultrasound
• Scanning laser ophthalmoscope (macular perimetry)
• Humphrey 750 Visual Field Analyzer
• Fundus Camera
• BIO with condensing lens
• Fundus Non-contact lenses
• Corneal Topographer
• Excimer Laser
• OCT/PACH

• Time is set aside for clinic/case discussion or formal lecture
• Reference library available for student use
• Internet access available
• Externs see all emergency patients
• Henry Ford Medical Centers / West Bloomfield
• Henry Ford Medical Center, Troy