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RE TINAL DISORDERS ARE AMONG THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND BLINDNESS FOR PEOPLE OVER 55 IN THE UNITED STATES. ONE SUCH DISORDER, AGE£REL ATED MACUL AR DEGENER ATION §ARMD¨, AFFECTS AT LE A ST 35 PERCENT OF ALL PEOPLE OVER 75 © MORE THAN 10 MILLION AMERICANS. A S THE BABY BOOMER GENER ATION AGES, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH AGE£REL ATED E YE DISE A SES IS E XPECTED TO DOUBLE. V I T R EO ‹ R E T IN A L C O N S U LTA NTS, INC. ( V RC) wa s founded in 1981 to pr o v ide t he l a t e s t i n h i g h- qu a l it y retina ca re with close-to-home con- venience for patients in eastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania. The si x-phy sicia n g roup i ncludes Ma rk Gersman, MD; Robert Wenz, MD; Stephen Kaufman, MD; Marc Estafanous, MD; Sophia Pachyda ki, MD; a nd Stephen Conti, MD. All are board-certified in oph- thalmology and are fellowship-trained in diseases and surgery of the retina, macula a nd vitreous. Educated at renowned institutions, including Case Western Reser ve, Columbia , Ha r va rd, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Ohio State and UCLA, VRC physicians employ advanced technologies and pharmaceutica ls to provide the latest in retinal care. CLOSE-TO-HOME CARE V RC 's four pr ima r y locations a re in Canton, Canf ield and Painesville, Ohio, a nd in Hermitage, Pennsylva nia . The physician group a lso helped to establish retina surger y programs with hospita ls a nd outpatient surger y centers in each of these communities. " W hen the practice sta r ted, we were t he on ly r e t i n a pr ov ider s b e t we en Vitreo-Retinal Consultants: Quality Care for 35 years 2 2P H Y S I C I A N S P O T L I G H T Vitreo-Retinal Consultants provides the latest in high- quality retina care with close-to-home convenience for patients in eastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania. The six-physician group includes Stephen Kaufman, MD; Marc Estafanous, MD; Sophia Pachydaki, MD; Robert Wenz, MD; Mark Gersman, MD; and Stephen Conti, MD.