Fall River, Massachusetts, June 12, 2006…Stephen F. Sullivan, MD of Eye Health Vision Centers today announced the opening of the practice’s fifth and newest office in at the Flint Village Plaza located at 933 Pleasant Street in the City of Fall River. Eye Health is located directly in between Hollywood Video and Rite Aid Pharmacy.

“For years, Fall River based patients of our practice have had to travel to our Dartmouth or Taunton offices for Eye Care. Now these patients will not have to be inconvenienced by having to travel to another city for their Eye Care and eye wear needs” stated Dr. Sullivan. Patient appointments are now being accepted by dialing 508-673-2020.

Two Portuguese-speaking Eye Doctors, Lisa A. Marques, OD and Andrea Faustino-Odle, OD are available for appointments at this new Fall River office as of June 12, 2006.

Dr. Lisa A. Marquesgraduated from Stonehill College and The New England College of Optometry. Dr. Marques has been with Eye Health Vision Centers since 1994, practicing in Eye Health's Fall River and Taunton offices and specializing in general eye care and contact lenses. She has also had her own practice in Fall River since 1993 and has most recently practiced at 3950 North Main Street. She is a member of the American Optometric Association and the Massachusetts Society of Optometrists.

Dr. Andrea Faustino-Odle graduated from Providence College and the Ohio State University  College of Optometry. She has been  with Eye Health Vision Centers since 2002 and she specializes in general  eye care and medical optometry and  practices in Eye Health's Dartmouth, Fall River and Fairhaven offices.  Doctors Faustino and Marques will  be assisted in this office with a  complete Portuguese speaking staff  including medical technicians,  opticians and receptionists.

Eye Health Vision Centers service over 75,000 patient encounters annually at five locations, including its newest office located at the Flint Village Center on Pleasant Street in Fall River, MA. Eye Health’s mission is to continue its preeminent position as the Center Of Eye Care Excellence throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Greater Aquidneck Island, RI area. With 12 Ophthalmologists, 15 Optometrists, 16 Opticians, a staff of 147 employees and an Audiology Division, Eye Health is vertically integrated. The practice provides all products, services and eye care needs from routine eye exams to complex eye surgery and Laser Vision Correction. The practice has its own ambulatory surgery center called Greater N. B. Surgicenter and performs Laser Vision Correction at its headquarters location on Route 6 in N. Dartmouth. Satellite offices are located in Fairhaven, Taunton, Fall River and Middletown, RI. Eye Health’s motto is “Total Eye care by Total Professionals”. It employs Doctors in all Ophthalmic specialties, thereby offering a wide array of products and services including Retina, Cornea, Eye Exams, Contact Lenses, Refractive Surgery, Pediatric Eye care and Hearing Services, Laser Vision Correction, Cataract & Implant Surgery, Glaucoma therapy, Corneal Transplantation, Diabetic, Retinal & Laser Surgery as well as Lids, Lacrimal & Occuloplastics Surgery.