Several years ago the doctors at the Waterdown Optometric Clinic (WOC) decided that we wanted to broaden our treatment options for patients with dry eye disease (DED). We were seeing more and more patients with problems related to DED every month and, more alarmingly, we were seeing signs and symptoms in progressively younger patients. Life […]
The end of an era
It is said that the only constant in life is change. 2019 saw the exterior of the Waterdown Optometric Clinic (WOC) undergo a stunning renovation. There were more dramatic changes brewing at the clinic in 2020 even before the Covid-19 crisis hit. Dr. Derrick Thornborrow, who founded the practice almost 40 years ago, officially retired […]
Getting Ready To Welcome You Back To Our Clinic
It has been a long 11 weeks since Waterdown Optometric Clinic had its doors open for routine care. The world has changed a lot since then and so has the way things will be running in our office for the foreseeable future. We have been busy during our time at home refining our protocols to […]
WOC Is Still here for you
The last few weeks have been unprecedented in many ways for all of us, including the staff, doctors and patients at Waterdown Optometric. As most of you probably know on March 16th, 2020, optometry offices across Ontario were ordered by the Ministry of Health to close for all appointments outside of emergency cases. Just like […]