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Is Your Vision Changing?
Imagine Life Without Glasses With Advanced Lifestyle Lenses
• Reduce or eliminate your need for prescription glasses during your cataract procedure.
• Discuss your lifestyle and activities with our surgeon to determine the best options suited for your specific needs and goals.
• Learn about your options to improve vision near through far.
What Activities Would You Enjoy More without Glasses?
"Dr. Rodriguez, who performed my cataract surgeries, was fantastic. The staff at the surgery center were so kind and friendly. It was a great experience. Never have I seen so clearly!"
Scott D.
Ennen Eye Center: Your Cataract Partner
For almost 30 years, the pioneering surgeons of Ennen Eye Center have helped set the standard in cataract care in Arkansas. We combine compassionate, personalized care with patient education and advanced technology to help you achieve the visual results you deserve.
First in Fort Smith to provide advanced Laser Cataract Surgery, and offering the latest lens implant technology.
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Meet Christopher Rodriguez, M.D.
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Dr. Rodriguez is a board-certified ophthalmologist. He joined Ennen Eye Center after proudly serving the US Air Force for 8 years. Dr. Rodriguez had multiple foreign tours during his time in the service and is the proud recipient of an Air Force Meritorious Service Medal and an Air Force Achievement Medal.
Dr. Rodriguez is a native Arkansan. He grew up in Jacksonville, AR and graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors in 2007 from University of Central Arkansas’ Honors College with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He then went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where he graduated with the distinguished Robert Key Award for the graduating senior with the highest cumulative GPA for the class of 2012. Dr. Rodriguez completed his ophthalmology residency in 2016 from the nation’s premier military medical education center in San Antonio, TX (SAUSHEC).
He then spent four years as the Chief of the Ophthalmology Department at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH where he became highly experienced in PRK, LASIK, and ICL refractive surgery on our nation’s service men and women. He further specializes in sutureless, laser cataract surgery with advanced technology for astigmatism and presbyopia. Dr. Rodriguez has a particular interest in minimally invasive glaucoma surgery.
Decreasing vision with age
Blurred or double vision
Seeing halos around bright lights
Difficulty seeing at night
Vision that worsens in sunlight
Difficulty distinguishing colors
Poor depth perception
Frequent prescription changes for glasses
Difficulty reading
Seeing glare at night
Tablet & Computer Viewing
Watching Television
Playing Golf / Tennis / Pickleball
Watching Sports
Gardening
Reading Books
Cooking
Driving
Cataracts are a natural part of the aging process of the eye. More than 50% of people over the age of 60 have cataracts.
It Could Be Cataracts!
Serving Fort Smith and Surrounding Areas
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Introducing The Light Adjustable Lens
The Light Adjustable Lens (LAL/LAL+) is the only adjustable Intraocular Lens (IOL) that allows you to customize your results AFTER cataract surgery for the vision YOU want! Now you can experience your vision, and then refine it. So your vision will truly be yours.
We're excited to be the first practice in the region to offer the world’s FIRST post-cataract surgery adjustable lens!
Meet Joe Zimmer, M.D.
