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Medical Eye Exams


We are a full-scope optometry office and protect the health of your eyes in more ways than just prescriptions for glasses and contacts. We provide exams for ocular emergencies, surgical evaluations and co-management for visual corrections and also provide treatments for Dry Eye and other conditions.

Some eye conditions are emergencies and require immediate care. For an unexpected and urgent eye health condition, vision loss or eye injury contact schedule an appointment immediately. 
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Our focus is on you and contributing to a lifetime of healthy vision.

 Emergency Eye Care
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Whether you think you contacted pink eye or scratched your eye, or your allergies are so bad you can't stop crying, we are here to help. Contact us to be seen for immediate care. 
  • Red, itchy or sore eyes
  • "Pink eye" & other eye infections
  • Foreign object in your eye
  • Eye allergies or burns
  • Dry eyes
  • ​Excessive tearing
  • Eyelids that are stuck together
  • Scratch to the eye
  • Trauma to the eye
  • Blood or discharge from your eye
  • Sudden loss of vision, partial or complete
  • Sudden blurred vision
  • Obscured or clouded vision
  • Double vision
  • Seeing halos or circles around light
  • Flashes of light across your field of vision
  • New floaters in the vision
  • Swelling of bulging of your eye
  • Recurring or persistence eye pain
  • ​Chemical contamination
*For extreme cases, CALL 911

Surgical Vision Correction
Co-management 

​LASIK is the most commonly performed laser eye surgery to treat nearsightedness, farsightedness and  and astigmatism. Like other types of refractive surgery, the LASIK procedure reshapes the cornea to enable light entering the eye to be properly focused onto the retina for clearer vision.
In most cases, laser eye surgery is pain-free and completed within 15 minutes for both eyes. The results — improved vision without eyeglasses or contact lenses — can usually be seen in as little as 24 hours.
For more information on LASIK or ICL, click on the button below.
LASIK & ICL

Ocular Disease & Condition Management​

Dry Eye Treatment: Dry eye is a condition in which a person doesn't have enough quality tears to lubricate and nourish the eye. Tears are necessary for maintaining the health of the front surface of the eye and for providing clear vision. Dry eye is a common and often chronic problem, particularly in older adults. Dry eyes can occur when tear production and drainage is not in balance. People with dry eyes either do not produce enough tears or their tears are of a poor quality. Treatments for dry eyes aim to restore or maintain the normal amount of tears in the eye to minimize dryness and related discomfort and to maintain eye health. Your Dry Eye treatment needs to be specific to the type of dry eye you have.

​Cataract surgery co-management:
Cataracts is a disease that results in the clouding of the lens of the eyeball. It prevents clear images from appearing on the eye’s retina; causing mild, moderate, even severe blurred vision. Cataracts generally occur later in life as the lens structure within the human eye changes and gets older. Cataracts are the most common cause of vision loss in people over age 40 and is the principal cause of blindness in the world. Today, cataracts affect more than 22 million Americans age 40 and older. During the evaluation of your eye health we will carefully examine your lens for signs of cataract formation. If a cataract is noticed and the clouding is causing visual disruption, our doctors will refer you to a trusted and respected surgeon for surgery, which is the only known cure for cataracts. Our doctors will co-manage the procedure and will be there for you providing pre-op and post-op cataract surgery care.
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W. Sam Shields, O.D. & Associates

2812 Cochran St
Simi Valley, CA 93065

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Phone: (805) 527-6164
Email: [email protected]


Office Hours
Monday:  9:00 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday:  10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday:  9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Thursday:  9:00 am - 5:30 pm
​Friday:  9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday:  By appointment
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  • Home
    • Location
    • Eye Care Articles
  • About Us
  • Services
    • Comprehensive Eye Exam >
      • Retinal Imaging
    • Contact Lens Exam & Fitting
    • Medical Eye Exams >
      • LASIK & ICL
  • Eyewear
  • Order Contacts
  • Insurance
  • Appointments