The Lives of 100 People in Arlington Are Changed Forever

PRLog (Press Release) - May 27, 2008 -
Contact: WENDY WILBANKS
         Wendy@kleimaneye.com
         (817) 784-0222
 
         TROY COLE
         tcole@millerpublicrelations.com
         (817) 281-3440

7 APRIL, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Dr. Evangelista of Arlington helps change 100 Lives in 100 Minutes

   ARLINGTON, TX. -- During just 100 minutes April 9, Dr. Anthony W. Evangelista will be one of 100 surgeons nationwide who will change the lives of 100 low-income people whose failing eyesight will go from murky to new-found clarity at all distances with crystalens® cataract-lens implants ... free of charge.  
   The program – Changing 100 Lives in 100 Minutes – not only can improve patients’ eyesight dramatically, but many patients may never need eyeglasses again.
   Bausch & Lomb, which manufactures the innovative crystalens intraocular lens http://www.crystalens-kleiman-evangelista.com/ for cataracts, will donate 100 pairs of these lenses – not generally covered by private insurance or Medicare. Then, from coast to coast, 100 participating ophthalmologists -- including Dr. Evangelista (see biography below) -- will perform crystalens implantation surgeries simultaneously during the next hour and 40 minutes ...  at no additional charge.
   This national effort will begin promptly at 7:30 a.m. Eastern daylight time with the implantation of the 100,000th crystalens.
   Crystalens is the only intraocular lens that uses eye muscles to focus in much the same way as the eye’s natural lens, and is designed to provide clear vision at all distances ... near, intermediate and far. The crystalens design is based on the human eye and uses the eye muscle to focus on objects at all distances.  It is the only lens to use the eye’s natural focusing ability and is the first and only such lens to be approved by the FDA.  Few crystalens patients have experienced problems with night vision, halos or glare.


Biographical Information

Arlington

Dr. Anthony W. Evangelista joined the Kleiman/Evangelista Eye Center in 1999.  http://www.kleimanevangelis.gather.com/ Board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and the National Board of Medical Examiners, he specializes in LASIK; crystalens implantation; no-needle, no-stitch, no-patch cataract surgery; glaucoma and corneal surgery; and pediatric and adult strabismus surgery.  Evangelista has performed more than 10,000 cataract surgeries since he began practicing in 1996.

A University of Minnesota graduate, Evangelista earned his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School.  He completed his internship at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, and his ophthalmic residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Kleiman/Evangelista Eye Center is located at 3025 Matlock Road.  Call Wendy Wilbanks at (817) 784-0222 for an interview.