Focused on Restoring Vision: Center For Sight Accepting Applications for Free Cataract Surgeries

April 2, 2021 – Sarasota

 Center For Sight, one of the nation’s leading ophthalmology practices, is accepting applications for free cataract surgeries through Mission Cataract, an annual event where Center For Sight performs 100 free surgeries for individuals who have no health insurance or other means to pay for surgery. 

Cataracts are a natural part of the aging process and develop slowly, causing cloudy vision, loss of color perception and trouble reading or driving at night. Surgery is performed to remove the clouded lens and replace it with an artificial lens implant, or IOL, offering patients the ability to regain the vision of their youth. 

Potential Mission Cataract patients are encouraged to download an application at www.CFSfoundation.org, or call 941-480-2143 for application information. The submission deadline is May 14, 2021. Surgery dates for Mission Cataract will be held Aug. 11 and 18 at Center For Sight’s state-of-the-art AAAHC-accredited surgery center in Sarasota. 

To qualify for treatment through Mission Cataract, potential patients: 

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or resident alien (green card) 

• Cannot have insurance or be enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid 

• Must be living at or below the poverty guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 

Center For Sight has been performing surgeries through Mission Cataract for nearly 30 years. To continue offering free cataract surgery to those in need, Center For Sight has once again partnered with the ASCRS Foundation/Operation Sight, LENSAR, Inc. and the Center For Sight Foundation. 

Dr. David Shoemaker, Founder and Director of Cataract and Lens Replacement Surgery at Center For Sight, along with cataract surgeons William J. Lahners, M.D., Joshua W. Kim, M.D., William L. Soscia, M.D., and Joaquin O. De Rojas, M.D., perform the free surgeries each year. The Center For Sight surgeons and their team of optometric physicians, nurse anesthetists, medical technicians and administrative staff donate their time and expertise to the cause.