Pacific Optometry Forest Grove Clinic

Our full service Forest Grove clinic welcomes members of the public on an appointment basis for eye/vision examinations. If there are openings in the appointment schedule, we can also accommodate walk-in patients.

If you have an eye/vision emergency, we can help you immediately during our office hours or you can call us at 503 352-2020. After hours you can contact our On-Call doctor at 503 271-1373.

The Forest Grove Vision Center is located near the center of Forest Grove at the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street in Jefferson Hall on the Pacific University Campus.

If you are driving to the clinic, just turn off Pacific onto Cedar and then into the Pacific University parking lot. Patient spaces are located at the West end of the lot. If you are coming on TriMet, there is a stop for the number 57 bus at the Northeast corner of Pacific and Cedar (http://www.trimet.org/).

To make an appointment, just call us at 503 352-2020 during clinic hours. We can also be reached by FAX at 503 352-2261.

If you must change your appointment time, please contact the Vision Center as soon as possible so your appointment can be rescheduled in a timely manner.

The Family Vision Center is open for examinations and care during the following hours:

The EyeWear Center is open from 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday for filling glasses prescriptions and repairs.

We provide complete vision and eye health examinations for glasses and contact lenses. These examinations are designed to completely evaluate your eyes and take about 90 minutes. They include a number of tests to determine how well you can see, how well your eyes work together, and the overall health of your eyes. Your pupils will be dilated to get a full view inside your eyes to check for diseases like glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration. A glasses prescription is provided at the end of the examination. Our goal is to provide the highest quality examination to find eye problems so treatment can be started either to improve vision, improve comfort while seeing, or to prevent vision loss. If a problem is found that does not require surgery, a direct referral to one of our specialty clinics is available.

Complementary vision screenings for new patients.
Complete eye glasses ordering and repairs.
Pediatric and infant vision care.
Testing and treatment for eye problems and diseases including allergies, red eyes, foreign body removal, infections, glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetic retinopathy.
Fitting of specialty and complex contact lenses.
Completion of DMV, school, pilot's, and other vision care forms.
Color vision evaluations for pilots and special occupations.
Evaluation and treatment for reading and learning, computer vision, eye alignment, and ocular coordination problems.
School, industrial and other off-site screening and vision evaluation programs.

We accept most vision and medical insurance plans including the following:

Medicare

Providence Blue Cross / Blue Shield (depending on plan)

Oregon Health Plan / Care Oregon Plan (Plus and Standard)

For patients in financial need who are not covered by an insurance plan, we offer a variety of reduced fee and other payment options. Fees for services not included in the complete examination such as glasses, contact lenses, or special treatments are extra. Prices for contact lenses and additional services can be obtained by calling our staff at the clinic numbers above.

After an initial examination in the primary care clinic, patients who need glasses can have their prescriptions filled at the EyeWear Center. Those with special needs can be referred to one of our specialty clinics. Patients can also be referred directly to specialty clinics by doctors outside the Pacific University Clinic system.

The Eyewear Center at Pacific University College of Optometry in Forest Grove has over 1300 frames from which to choose. We carry quality frames from Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Kenneth Cole, Ocean Pacific, Izod, and Jessica McClintoch to name just a few. We are also proud to announce that we have recently acquired the new Georgio Armani and Emporio Armani collections.

Because we have a special relationship with most of the major frame manufacturers, if we do not have a particular frame in stock we can usually order it for you. All of our frames carry a one-year manufacturer's warranty.

We not only fill eyewear prescriptions for patients receiving an eye exam here at Pacific, but we will gladly fill your prescription from an outside optometrist or ophthalmologist. We use local laboratories to insure a speedy turn-around time.

We can provide our patients with any lens style or material which is currently available. These include super thin lenses, anti-reflection coatings, and Transitions® lenses that lighten and darken according to lighting conditions.

For the baby boomers whose arms might have gotten a bit too short, we carry progressive lenses such as Essilor's Varilux® lens and Hoya's ECP® line of progressives. Most lenses have a one-year warranty against scratching.

Lowell and Marcy, our opticians in Forest Grove, have over 50 years of combined optical experience and are ABO certified. We can perform many repairs such as nose pad and temple tip replacement, and frame straightening. If we do not have the necessary parts available for your glasses, we can usually obtain them easily and quickly.

Vision therapy is a program of individualized treatment that is prescribed to enhance visual abilities. It is frequently recommend for conditions such as crossed-eyes (strabismus), lazy eye (amblyopia), visually-related learning difficulties, visual consequences of head injury, visual discomfort (resulting from common everyday activities such as sustained reading or computer use), and other visual disorders that interfere with how we see, learn, or plays sports.

A complete Vision Therapy Evaluation is the first step for determining how effectively the eyes are gathering information, how efficiently that information is processed, and how well it is interpreted. Results of this evaluation identify strategies for helping the person, where vision theory will be beneficial, how many treatment sessions may be required, and the likelihood of therapy success.

Therapy is based upon principles of biofeedback and may include lenses, prisms, and other specialized instruments to enable individuals to gain mastery of specific visual skills and perceptual abilities. Treatment of specific visual skills may include focusing, eye coordination, eye movements, etc., but the goal of vision therapy is better visual performance and more effective information gathering, processing, and awareness.

We provide eye care to infants and children 6 years of age and younger in our pediatric clinic. Younger children require special methods for determining how well the eyes can see, how well they work together, and the overall health of the eyes. Our goal is to catch eye problems early so they can be treated before the child starts school. This is to prevent the child from falling behind in their studies. The American Optometric Association recommends that infants receive their first vision examination at six months.

As part of our commitment to community service, the Vision Centers provide free vision screenings for anyone age six months or older. Screenings provide important information about visual clarity, eye health, and eye coordination. They do not take the place of a complete vision examination. Screenings take about 20 minutes to complete and do not cause discomfort. Appointments are required.

We provide eye care to all ages wishing to wear contact lenses. We can do 'cosmetic fits' which are for those who want to wear contact lenses in place of their glasses or to change their eye color. We can also do 'medically-indicated fits' which are for those who need to wear contact lenses because they are unable to see well with glasses or have a disfigured or diseased eye. We can prescribe daily wear contact lenses, extended wear contact lenses, soft contact lenses, rigid gas permeable (hard) contact lenses, bifocal contact lenses, and colored contact lenses. We also provide opportunities for qualified individuals to participate in research studies that evaluate new products and fitting techniques. Our goal is to fit a contact lens that allows you to see well, feel comfortable, and to be healthy.

We provide eye care to the legally blind and those who have poor vision that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. The low vision evaluation will include an evaluation of your daily living needs. Our goal is to provide a better quality of life through the use of specialized devices and techniques.

We provide eye care to all ages in need of on-going eye care for diseases such as eye infections, glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and diabetic eye disease. An appropriate referral to an eye or medical specialist is available when needed. Pre- and post-operative care for surgical procedures such as cataract removal and laser vision correction is also available. Our goal is to treat eye disease to prevent vision loss.

We can provide specialized training for amateur and professional athletes to enhance coordination and performance in a number of sports.

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