At Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute, we dedicate ourselves to providing our patients with the same respect and top-notch services that we would expect to receive when seeking medical assistance for ourselves. When patients come to Florida Eye, they become a part of our family, and we pledge to do our utmost to help care for their vision. Through exams and corrective procedures, patient education, and continued contact, we keep patients healthy, informed, and seeing the world more clearly.
The Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute is an ophthalmologic surgeon’s dream come true. The most current technical equipment enables physicians and staff to offer patients optimum eye care, from everyday eye exams to serious surgical procedures.
Located right within the Institute, the Boynton Beach Ambulatory Surgical Center makes it very convenient for doctors and patients to interact. Outpatient surgical procedures are performed with the most technically advanced equipment available today.
Drs. Randy Katz and Lee Friedman purchased Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute in 2004 from Dr. Jonathan Chua, who established the practice in 1975.
Under the direction of Drs. Katz and Friedman, the mission of the Institute remains the same — to provide an outstanding vision care center to the population of South Florida. The addition of Dr. Barry Schechter as the Institute’s third partner made it possible for the practice to reach out to even more patients, offering a more comprehensive range of eye care solutions.
The practice has grown since its founding, adding another ophthalmologist in 2016, Dr. Jonathan Criss, followed by Dr. Megan Rowlands, Dr. Steven Naids, Dr. Jonathan Lam, and Dr. David A. Seamont. The practice also added two optometrists: Dr. James Walsh in 2021 and Dr. Dena Naaman in 2025.
The practice is managed by Omayra Alvarado, who can be contacted at:
Phone: (561) 737-5500 ext. 302
Fax: (561) 737-7055
Email: [email protected]
Several years ago, Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute partnered with EyeSouth Partners, a Southeast eye care management organization, to ensure high-quality administrative support, clinical quality, and long-term stability and growth of the practice.
With locations in Wellington, Boynton Beach, West Boynton Beach, and Boca Raton (Mitchell Eye) patients can be seen at the location most convenient to them.
