420 North 2nd St
Amite, LA 70422
Thomas Eye Care
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Precision Optical
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42373 Pelican Professional Park
Hammond, LA 70403
THE PRACTICE
Thomas Eye Care strives to deliver the utmost care and quality when it comes to your eye health and eye wear needs. We give you an exceptional patient experience by using the most advanced testing and diagnostic equipment available today. This allows us to provide you with thorough preventative care, treatment, and management of eye disease such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, and dry eye syndrome. We combine this technology with the doctors’ expertise to give you the best visual and eye health results for a lifetime.
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Our clinical expertise is supported by our optical boutique, and high quality lens and contact lens products. Brand names and hundreds of frames to choose from provide a wide variety of styles and prices which makes our optical a great choice for your next eyewear purchase. Our dedication to high quality lens choices creates eyewear that not only looks great, but more importantly creates the sharpest, clearest vision available today. Additionally, our doctors are highly trained in fitting contact lenses including specialty lenses and multifocal options. Our contact lens prices rival that of not only our brick and mortar competitors, but also the web sale sites.
Meet the experienced and friendly doctors who make Thomas Eye Care the leading provider of vision care products and services in Amite.
Our Doctors
Charles Thomas, O.D.
Dr. Charles Ed Thomas, O.D. graduated in 1984 from the College of Optometry in Memphis, TN. He has been in practice since then serving the people of Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Livingston and Washington parishes. In 2000, he purchased the Eye Care and Surgery Center location in Amite from Dr. Thomas Hebert. In 2006, he moved into a new facility located at 420 North Second Street. Dr. Thomas is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Louisiana Association of Optometrists and Vision Source. In addition to primary eye care, Dr. Thomas’s special areas of interest lie in treatment and management of ocular disease.
Christopher Thomas, O.D.
Dr. Chris Thomas, O.D., is a native of Hammond, La. He is a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Biological Science Summa Cum Laude. Dr. Thomas received his Doctor of Optometry Magna Cum Laude from Southern College of Optometry (SCO) in Memphis, TN. Dr. Thomas is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Louisiana Association of Optometrists and Vision Source. In addition to primary eye care, Dr. Thomas’s special areas of interest lie in treatment and management of ocular disease and contact lens.
Kathy H Ta, MD
Dr. Kathy Ta earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Cell and Molecular Biology Magna Cum Laude from Tulane University in New Orleans and her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport. She completed an Internship in Internal Medicine at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans and her Residency in Ophthalmology at Louisiana State University Health and Science Center and Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. Dr. Ta furthered her training with Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery at The Foundation for Retinal Research in New Orleans.