Latest News The Mackool Eye Institute Joins Spectrum Vision Partners as Management Group Announces Second Partnership Deal This Week By Staff Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:21 AM GARDEN CITY, N.Y.—Spectrum Vision Partners (SVP), a leading management services organization, announced that it has entered into an agreement with The Mackool Eye Institute and Laser Center (MEI). Since 1978, Mackool Eye Institute has been a leader in cataract, glaucoma and cornea procedures, providing comprehensive eyecare and surgical services to patients from New York, the surrounding states and “from around the world [at its offices] in Astoria, N.Y.,” the announcement noted. The terms of the transaction with SVP, a private equity-backed management services organization, were not disclosed.Mackool Eye Institute is Spectrum’s 19th affiliation since 2017. The management services group announced a separate deal with Pennsylvania-based Associates in Ophthalmology earlier this week, as VMAIL reported. The latest SVP agreement calls for the Mackool doctors Richard J. Mackool, MD, and R.J. Mackool, MD, to join SVP’s supported practice in New York, OCLI Vision. OCLI Vision also welcomes Drs. Vivian Monsanto and Marc Sirota of Mackool Eye to the team, according to the announcement. SVP serves many of the top ophthalmology groups and ambulatory eye surgery centers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. “Spectrum Vision Partners is thrilled to announce the addition of Drs. Richard and R.J. Mackool and their entire Mackool Eye Institute team to our growing company,” SVP chief executive officer Tom Burke said. “The level of expertise and experience displayed by the surgeons at Mackool Eye Institute is inspiring and humbling. We could not be more excited to work alongside them, learn from them and collaborate on new technology and innovations to improve patient care.” Richard J. Mackool is the founder and director of the Mackool Eye Institute, which was the first eyecare center in New York to provide eye surgery and laser treatment without the need for hospitalization. He is an internationally recognized expert on eye microsurgery and has maintained his practice in ophthalmology since 1973. An inventor of computerized microsurgical instruments and techniques for cataract removal, nearsightedness, and astigmatism, Dr. Mackool has published many scientific papers and textbooks and has been granted more than 100 patents. He has lectured throughout the U.S. and abroad, and eye surgeons from every continent have traveled to New York to attend courses conducted by Dr. Mackool. Dr. R.J. Mackool is the assistant director of the Mackool Eye Institute. He has extensive experience in cataract, implant, glaucoma, and corneal surgery. Additionally, he completed training in general surgery, plastic surgery, and craniofacial surgery prior to ophthalmology training at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. “We are looking forward to joining the outstanding Spectrum-supported practices and the OCLI Vision team,” noted R. J. Mackool. “Over the years, we have dedicated our practice to providing the highest level of care to our patients. In joining Spectrum Vision Partners, we expect to further enhance the care and innovations we provide.” The Bloom Organization, specialists in health care mergers and acquisitions, assisted in the transaction with The Mackool Eye Institute and Laser Center.