Pasadena-Based Acuity Eye Group Acquires Escondido Surgery Center

Acuity Eye Group of Pasadena has acquired Escondido-based Premiere Surgery Center, allowing the local company to provide more eye care options.

“The addition of Premiere Surgery Center expands the level of care we can offer our patients in our integrated environment, making treatment more accessible to them, and ensuring all eye conditions can be managed by a team of doctors working together.” Dr. Tom Chang, managing partner of Acuity Eye Group, said in a news release.

The surgery center has two operating rooms. Services include cataract, glaucoma, oculoplastics, and retina care, the release said. 

Dr. Kemp Massengill, founding surgeon of Premiere, said the Escondido center has performed more than 43,000 successful surgeries.