13-Location Eyecare Practice Strikes Deal With Management Firm

CHICAGO & CLEVELAND — Midwest Vision Partners has announced a partnership with Cleveland Eye Clinic.

This partnership represents MVP’s second in Ohio. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

MVP is an eyecare management services organization backed by Alpine Investors. MVP’s partnership with CEC expands its network to 19 locations in Ohio with 33 physicians providing medical and surgical eyecare services.

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Cleveland Eye Clinic is led by Dr. Bill Wiley and Dr. Shamik Bafna and has a network of 20 providers. CEC employs approximately 130 support staff across 13 clinical locations.

Over the last decade, CEC has experienced rapid growth, developing a full-scope service network offering including primary and surgical eyecare, LASIK and optical. Wiley stated, “We are excited to be partnering with Midwest Vision Partners. Their patient and people first approach align well with our values and will allow us to provide great care to more patients in Cleveland.”

MVP CEO Joseph Giles said, “Our partnership with CEC marks an exciting time for our company. We’re thrilled with the momentum in Ohio and thank Dr. Wiley, Dr. Bafna and the rest of the CEC team for their trust and invaluable contribution to what we are building for doctors, staff and patients. CEC has made significant investments in their clinical research department allowing them to provide leading edge technologies in eye care to benefit patients. They have also developed a nationally recognized fellowship program with the goal of educating best-in-class cataract-refractive surgeons.”