Airdrie
and Innisfail Eyecare Centres are excited to welcome Optometrists Dr Amy
Forrest and Dr Christy Panylyk to the community.
Dr
Amy Forrest comes to us from Taber, AB
where she has served that community since 2003.
She studied Optometry at the University
of Waterloo and during her final
year of study, Dr. Forrest participated in clinical externships in Regina,
Saskatchewan, and in Fort
Myers, Florida. In 2012,
Amy and her family moved to Airdrie, Alberta.
She is enjoying the transition and meeting
new patients at the Airdrie and Innisfail
Eyecare Centers.
For
the last two years, Dr Forrest has been the Director of Conferences and Special
Events for the Alberta Association of Optometrists. Outside of the office, Amy
enjoys spending time with her husband, 1 year old son, and their two dogs.
Dr
Christy Panylyk was raised in rural Alberta
and moved to Calgary in 2003. She
majored in Biological Sciences with 2 years at Dalhousie
University and 1 year at the University
of Calgary before being accepted
into the University of Waterloo,
School of Optometry.
Dr Panylyk graduated with honours in June 2012.
While at Dalhousie University, she assisted with a glaucoma research
project. In her final year of school Christy spent time interning with a
Cataract and Refractive Ophthalmologist in Maryland; she also interned with Optometrists in
both New Zealand and Calgary. Christy has a passion for volunteering and
recently returned from an eye care mission trip in Ecuador with VOSH International; she has the
intentions of participating in other eye care mission trips in the near future.
In her spare time Christy enjoys being in the mountains, traveling and spending
time out at the lake with her family and friends. She is looking forward to
beginning her career with the Airdrie and Innisfail Eyecare Centre.
Both Optometrists are accepting new
patients and appointments can be arranged by calling (403) 912-0999.
The Optometrists at Airdrie and Innisfail Eyecare Centres
would like introduce you to Eye See... Eye Learn and Fribbit. 25% of grade school children have vision problems
that limit their potential and up to 60% of children with learning difficulties
have undetected vision problems. The EyeSee… Eye Learn program sends out information in the fall to patents with
children in Kindergarten, recommending that they have their eyes checked by an
Optometrist. Routine eye exams are covered up to their 19th
birthday and all medically necessary visits are covered for all ages. Should the child in Kindergarten require
glasses, several industry partners have made it possible to provide a pair of
glasses at no charge.
