Newsom Eye & Laser announces that construction has begun on a state-of-the-art, 4,600-square-foot eye surgery center located in Carrollwood at 13904 N. Dale Mabry Hwy.

The surgical facility will include several “FDA research ready” operating rooms where cataract, bladeless LASIK, glaucoma and cosmetic procedures will be performed.  The rooms have been designed to comply with the strict standards required for FDA research studies.

The center is part of a $7.5 million expansion of an existing medical facility.  Construction is expected to be completed by spring of 2010.

“Despite the economy we’ve still been able to grow and add to our practice.  Once our new center is complete, we will be able to bring in some of the newest FDA research to the Tampa Bay area,” said Dr. T. Hunter Newsom, owner of Newsom Eye & Laser Center.  “We feel this size of investment is needed to provide a facility capable of the research and exceptional patient care that has brought patients from across the country to seek our surgical expertise.  Located only eight miles north of Tampa International Airport, this expanded facility provides more services than our other locations and allows easier access for patients traveling long distances.”

Newsom, founder and medical director of Newsom Eye & Laser Center, expanded his practice into Tampa earlier this year.   Newsom Eye & Laser has offices and a research based surgical center in Sebring and Avon Park, Fl.  Newsom graduated from the University of Florida with honors in research and was the first surgeon in the world to implant the Aphakic Artisan Intraocular Lens in a patient with megalocornea.  He has been recognized by the American College of Eye surgeons for “Surgical Excellence” and is a Lifetime Visiting Professor at the top ranked University of Iowa.

Newsom Eye is located at 13904 N. Dale Mabry Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33618.  For more information, call 813-908-2020 or visit www.NewsomEye.com.