Laxmi Devisetty, M.D., and Joan Lippincott with patient Richard Turner at the Kellogg Eye Center in Grand Blanc.
Michigan Medicine and Kelloggʼs Commitment to Provide Care in Communities As COVID-19 was spreading across Southeast Michigan in
effect on this community. We wanted to ensure that our
March 2020, faculty at the Kellogg Eye Center realized the
patients continued to have access to urgent and emergent
potential dangers of limited access to critical eye care for
care during this time.”
In keeping with the Kellogg Eye
Center’s mission to provide access to essential eye care to all patients, Michigan Medicine and Kellogg made the decision to continue services at our community office in the Grand Blanc/Flint, Michigan, area.
“The services we provide
are key to helping patients maintain their vision,” says
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Areas of Grand Blanc and Flint are traditionally underserved and experience health disparities, says Dr. Mian. “We are committed to providing patients the best opportunities “Many of these patients need care
NEED CARE ON A REGULAR BASIS
on a regular basis for eye challenges —
FOR EYE CHALLENGES — AND SOME
that will worsen without the neces-
and some have devastating conditions
HAVE DEVASTATING CONDITIONS THAT
sary treatment,” says ophthalmolo-
WILL WORSEN WITHOUT THE
want to make sure people are seen
cornea specialist Shahzad Mian, M.D. “During the height of
NECESSARY TREATMENT.
COVID-19, we closed most com-
— Laxmi Devisetty, M.D.
munity office locations and continued urgent and emergent care at the Kellogg Eye Center in Ann Arbor in line with CDC, AAO and state recommendations and requirements. Our patients
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to maintain their vision.”
MANY OF THESE PATIENTS
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patients in vulnerable populations.
gist Laxmi Devisetty, M.D. “We on time and that they don’t delay their eye care.” Looking toward the future, the goal is to expand the Grand Blanc/Flint office location to provide even greater care
in the community.
“We know our patients are maintaining their
in the Grand Blanc and Flint area are farther away from
vision in partnership with our community colleagues, and we
Ann Arbor than other clinics and often not able to make the
plan to continue to be in the communities where our patients
commute. Shutting services down would have had a dramatic
live,” says Dr. Mian.
