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Dr. Stewart Ginsberg
Dr. Ginsberg is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and the New England College of Optometry. He is one of the cofounders of Natick Eye Associates which was established in 1988. Dr. Ginsberg is a past member of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Optometry. His areas of special interest are Lasik co-management and specialty contact lens fitting.
He lives in Framingham with his wife and two teenage sons. |
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Dr. Andrew Zodikoff
Dr. Zodikoff is a primary care optometrist and founding partner of Natick Eye Associates. Along with Dr. Ginsberg, he started the practice in 1988. Dr. Zodikoff enjoys caring for patients with varied visual needs, from children's getting their first pair of glasses to disease treatment. He also manages diabetes and contact lens related complications. He serves on the optometric advisory board of TLC (The Laser Center) of Waltham, and participates in the co-management of Lasik and PRK surgery patients.
Dr. Zodikoff graduated from Boston University and the New England College of Optometry.
He resides in Ashland with his wife, Dr. Stacy Lyons, their children Alex and Molly, and their dog Toby, who keeps him company hiking and kayaking. |
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Dr. James Hahn
Dr. Hahn has worked part-time at Natick Eye Associates, at all locations, since 1997. Prior to this, he received his undergraduate degree at Franklin & Marshall College. He then went to Brown University and received his Ph.D. studying perception and psychophysics with an emphasis on color vision perception. While training for academia, he decided he wanted a more clinical career and then obtained his O.D. from the New England College of Optometry. Dr. Hahn then completed his residency at the Brockton and West Roxbury VA Hospitals.
Dr. Hahn and his partner Stephen have been legally married in Massachusetts since May 2004. They have four parrots, all of which were adopted from Foster Parrots, a local shelter for unwanted, abandoned, or neglected parrots. They have been very active with fundraising and volunteering at Foster Parrots and are thrilled to see that Foster Parrots has been able to open a larger sanctuary facility in Hopkington, Rhode Island. They have also been very active in gay and lesbian causes.
In addition to his family, Dr. Hahn enjoys running, working on his house, and NY Times crossword puzzles. |
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Dr. Anni Sharma
Dr. Sharma joined Natick Eye Associates in 2001, and usually works at the Burlington and Natick offices. She began her education at the State University of New York at Binghamton with a B.S. in Biology. She received her O.D. from The New England College of Optometry in 1999. Her internships included East Boston Community Health Center, Veteran's Affairs Hospital in Montrose, NY, and the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington, MA. After graduation, Dr. Sharma began working as a staff optometrist at The Lahey Clinic until 2001.
When not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, and pet beagle. She also enjoys traveling, biking, and reading. |
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Dr. Roya Esbah Vatan
Roya Esbah Vatan received her O.D. from the New England School of Optometry in Boston, Massachusetts. She continued her training at Ocular Research of Boston (ORB) performing specialized contact lens fitting for keratoconic patients and researching dry eye complications*.
Having extended experience in family eye care, Dr. Vatan has cared for patients as an optometrist in the Boston area since 1991.
Away from work she enjoys life with her husband, daughter and son.
"Effect of Periocular Humidity on the Tear Film Lipid Layer", Donald R. Korb, O.D., Jack V. Greiner, MD, Ph.D, Thomas Glonk, Ph.D, Roya Esbah, O.D., Victor M. Finnemore, O.D., and Amy C. Whalen, B.A. , Cornea Vol. 15. No. 2 1996 |
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Dr. Maryam Fattahy
Dr. Fattahy joined the practice in 2006. She grew up in Tehran, Iran, as well as Toronto, Canada. She attended the University of Toronto and received her B.S. in Human Biology, Toxicology, in 1992. She then moved to Boston and attended the New England College of Optometry and received her O.D. in 1997, with honors and membership in optometry's honor society, Beta Sigma Kappa. Following graduation, she worked at another optometry office from 1997-2006. To the practice she adds her ability to speak French and Farsi.
Dr. Fattahy lives in Hopkinton with her husband and three sons. She enjoys playing the guitar and writing. Her honors include being a published author for Optometric Management magazine, and has also had works of photography published in the National library of photography, annual edition. |
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Dr. Maria Pitcher
Dr. Pitcher joined the practice in 2007. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area where she attended college at Stanford University. She graduated in 1998 with a B.S. in Biology and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa. She moved to the Boston area and earned an M.S. in Cellular Biology from Harvard University in 2004. She graduated from the New England College of Optometry in 2007 where she received several awards for academic excellence, including the Foster Namias Scholarship, Beider Scholarship, and Beta Sigma Kappa.
She lives locally and divides her time between the Natick and Burlington offices. |
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Cheryl Murphy
Cheri Murphy has been with Natick Eye Associates since 1988. She began as a full-time Optometric Technician, and as the practice grew her responsibilities became more administrative. Now her job entails managing and training the office staff, credentialing the doctors with the various insurance companies, insurance claims, and patients' accounts management.
Cheri is married to William and resides in Natick. She has four children, and is a member of the Saint Patrick's Community and the Friends of Natick Football. She enjoys golfing and visiting Cape Cod. |
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