–By Tammy Today at Pacific Retina Care ℠, we are try­ing some­thing new.  We are con­tin­u­ing to grow each and ever year.  Now we have enough staff mem­bers to really cel­e­brate each other.  So this year we decided to cel­e­brate our anniver­saries of being part of the PRC Ohana.  We are call­ing the cel­e­bra­tion a […]

We at Pacific Retina Care ℠ would like to send a huge con­grat­u­la­tions to LJ from the Hawaii Chap­ter of the Amer­i­can Dia­betes Asso­ci­a­tion! He went all of the way to DC to accept this award. Inno­v­a­tive, ded­i­cated… so many words to describe LJ!  Way to rep­re­sent the 5–0, LJ!  

Today is Amer­i­can Dia­betes Asso­ci­a­tion Alert Day!  Did you know that over 7 MILLION Amer­i­cans are undi­ag­nosed dia­bet­ics?  Early inter­ven­tion is key.  Take the Risk Test now if you are on Face­book.  Or click this Risk Test to go to the ADA web­site directly to take the test.  Encour­age your friends and fam­ily to take […]

What an excit­ing time for oph­thal­mol­ogy!  Last year, Eylea was intro­duced as another injectible treat­ment for wet age-related mac­u­lar degen­er­a­tion.  This year, Jetrea launched.  To under­stand the sig­nif­i­cance of this, we will have to start with some back­ground.  First a les­son on vit­re­o­mac­u­lar trac­tion (or adhe­sion). The vit­re­ous body is the jelly-like sub­stance between the […]

The ADA Step Out Walk is this Sat­ur­day, March 16, 2013 at Kapi­olani Park.  We are once again proud spon­sors of this impor­tant event.  We will also be par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Health Fair.  Stop by our booth to meet Doc­tor Tafoya.  Come out and join the fun.  Learn more about HOW TO STOP DIABETES!

We now have a fourth option to treat wet (neo­vas­cu­lar) age-related mac­u­lar degen­er­a­tion.  Macu­gen came first.  Avastin and Lucen­tis came next.  Over one year ago, Eylea was approved for use by the FDA.  But just last month Eylea finally received its own J-code.  This means that we can now bill your insur­ance for this treatment.  […]

–By Tammy   My how time flies! I promised to write about our lovely evening a month and a half ago. I have been inter­view­ing and train­ing and help­ing our team set goals. I am read­ing 7 Habits of Highly Effec­tive Peo­ple and try­ing to apply what I am learn­ing. Much I seem to know, but time […]

–By Tammy Pacific Retina Care℠ wishes you and yours a safe and pros­per­ous New Year’s Eve and New Year!  We ended 2012 with a bang!  Now that we have more staff mem­bers, we decided to close the office early today to cel­e­brate together.  Our staff were much too kind to each other dur­ing our White […]

–By Tammy Con­grat­u­la­tions to Doc­tor Tafoya for being hon­ored by the Amer­i­can Dia­betes Asso­ci­a­tion!  We attended the ADA ban­quet this evening to cel­e­brate all of the vol­un­teers that make our chap­ter of the ADA so suc­cess­ful.  It was a lovely evening of cel­e­bra­tion. We were hap­pily sur­prised when Dr. Tafoya’s name was announced!  More about […]

–By Tammy Doc­tor Tafoya and I took one week away from Pacific Retina Care ℠ this past month to attend the Acad­emy of Oph­thal­mol­ogy annual meet­ing in frigid Chicago. We learn so much every sin­gle time we go. I was lucky enough to attend a lec­ture about the book The 4 Dis­ci­plines of Exe­cu­tion given […]