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12 | November 14, 2019 | the frankfort station news
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Eye care center introduces on-site cataract surgery
Nuria Mathog, Editor
Staff members at Multack Eye Care’s Frankfort location pose in front of the Laser and Cataract Institute, which offers on-site cataract surgery
for patients. Photos by Nuria Mathog/22nd Century Media
Multack Eye Care is taking
the next step forward
in expanding its services
by providing on-site cataract
surgery to patients at its
Frankfort location.
Since the business first
opened in Frankfort around
four years ago, it has grown
from five to approximately
30 employees. Today, the
practice serves roughly
28,000 patients between
its Frankfort and Olympia
Fields facilities and offers
three fully accredited surgical
suites in the Laser and
Cataract Institute downstairs,
Dr. Sam Multack
said.
“When you look at the
data for cataract surgery,
about 60 to 70 percent of
the time, people were hitting
the target they were
supposed to,” Multack said.
“That’s terrible, that that
was the standard. So our
goal was we want to be 95
percent or better. And it took
a lot of equipment, a lot of
investment, but we finally
got there, and that’s really
what sets us apart.”
By providing surgery
on-site, rather than having
patients undergo the procedure
at regional hospitals,
the eye care center aims to
bring prices down significantly
for patients, all while
providing them with a comfortable
experience, Multack
said.
“The way we do it is a
little bit different,” he said.
“We use no needles, no
injections, no stitches, no
patches. So, it’s painless.
You don’t see instruments,
you don’t feel instruments.
And it takes about 10 minutes.”
Multack, a current Frankfort
resident, comes from a
family passionate about eye
care: he is the son of an ophthalmologist
and the grandson
of an optometrist. His
office has invested heavily
in advanced diagnostic
technology and provides
multiple measurement modalities
— using different
machines to take measurements
of the length and curvature
of a patient’s eye —
to ensure that goals are met
and that patients receive a
high quality of care.
“You come in for cataract
surgery, in the operating
room, we can take a picture
of your eye that we can print
out for everyone,” Multack
said. “We bring in a surgical
microscope, and we can
treat astigmatism or abnormal
curvature with that machine.
There’s 17 of these in
the country, and we’re the
only one in Illinois with it.”
Lisa Tepper, director of
marketing and practice liaison,
said what sets Multack
Eye Care apart is its dedication
to striving for “perfection
for each patient,”
and much of the practice’s
growth has been through referrals
and word of mouth.
“We invest a lot back into
the business,” Tepper said.
“And so, we really try to
buy the best equipment for
patients and we always continually
put them first. It’s a
really different kind of practice.
I’ve been in the industry
for 15 years, and I saw
how different they were.
And so, I left my corporate
job to go and work for this
individual family practice.”
Tepper said the clinic
aims to provide an environment
in which patients feel
prioritized, and many of the
exam rooms feature large
Multack Eye Care doctors (left to right) Gary Yong, Athanasios Marneris and Sam
Multack stand in one of the operating rooms.
monitors that allow patients
to learn more about their
conditions or about the surgical
process.
“If you look through our
reviews, a lot of people talk
about how they’ve given the
time,” Tepper said. “They’re
not feeling rushed. They’re
given the time to answer
their questions. They feel
comfortable.”