Laria Eye Care

• Make a child's first eye exam fun while obtaining very accurate results
• Provide exceptional eye care to the whole family
• Incorporate binocular vision and vision therapy in a primary care private practice    
• Educate and lecture to pediatricians, nurses, and other medical professionals on how to detect and refer vision problems early
• Use the internet, Facebook and Youtube to reach and educate patients and other medical professionals

Please contact Vicky Fischer,O.D. at Email: Dr. Vicky Fischer

6 weeks prior to the first day of the rotation to verify dates, times, directions, parking.

Dr. Vicky Fischer FCVOD
Email: [email protected] 
extern.pediatricoptometrist.com 

Support Staff:

• 4  Opticians
• 5  Front Desk
• 2-4 Ophthalmic Technicians: Each doctor has their own technician who does autorefraction/keratometry, icare, history
• 1 special tester: OCT, fundus photos, visual field, pachymetry, topography, axial length1 Billing department 5th.

(We fabricate glasses on site so externs can also request to learn how to sell in optical, adjust, and grind lenses)

Although staff is available to transalate, knowledge of some Spanish is helpful since 50% of patients speak primarily Spanish.

Operating Hours:

Laria Eye Care

Monday-Friday 8:45-6pm 

Hours of Direct Patient Care by Extern Per Day: 

8hrs/day

Number of Patients Seen by Extern Per Day: 

14-20 patients

(there is a lot of support staff and the computer system is very efficient which allows the day to run smoothly)

• Create a fun, relaxed environment for children’s eye exams
• Increase speed and accuracy
• Learn home to examine infants, Pre-K special needs, deaf and foreign language patients
• Learn how to start an optometric practice and find patients
• Learn how to add pediatrics and vision therapy to private practice on a limited budget

Pediatrics, Primary care, Special Needs, Ocular Disease, Vision Therapy, Binocular Vision, Contact Lenses,  Surgery observed

Students will have the opportunity to shadow opthalmologists for 1-2 days during practice and surgery. 

• Miami is a city of 5 million.
• Although there is a Metrorail and bus system, most people travel by car since it is so spread out.
• The temperature rarely falls below 60 degrees or above 90 degrees. 
• Our office is 90 minutes to the Florida Keys, 20min to Miami Beach, 2 hours to Naples, and 4 hours to Orlando.
• There are many watersports, tennis, volleyball, biking and running trails.

• Visual Field 
• Tonometer -goldman, iCare
• AutoRefractor/Keratometer
• Fundus Non - Contact Lenses 90D, 70D, 20D
• Gonioscopy Lenses - 4 - mirror, 3 - mirror
• Binocular indirect ophthalmoscope
  w/cond. lens
• Fundus Camera
• OCT
• Pachymetry
• Topography
• Axial length

• Reference library available for student use
• Internet access available