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Clinical Trial Research at Wolfe Eye Clinic contributes to FDA Approval of Genentech’s Vabysmo™

In a recent press release, Genentech announced approval of Vabysmo™ (faricimab-svoa), a new advancement in the treatment approach for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). Vabysmo is the only injectable eye medicine approved simultaneously in the U.S. for wet AMD and DME, with flexible dosing regimens based on patient need. Vabysmo represents a…

What Do You Need to Know About Glaucoma?

According to the , more than 3 million people in the United States currently have glaucoma. Experts estimate that half of those individuals do not know they have glaucoma yet. January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, so at Wolfe Eye Clinic, we find this to be an important time to spread the word about this…

Lifetime Vision Center to become Wolfe Family Vision Center

Lifetime Family Vision Center in Grundy Center is set to join the Wolfe Eye Clinic family at the start of 2022, becoming their ninth family vision center location in the state. Lifetime Vision Center opened in 1996 when Dr. Stefanie Rohler purchased it from a retiring optometrist after practicing in the area since 1993. Dr. Rohler and…

Meet Dr. Austin Strohbehn, Retina Specialist

We are pleased to introduce you to Austin L. Strohbehn, M.D. who joined Wolfe Eye Clinic earlier this year and is now seeing patients in our Carroll, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Ottumwa, and Spencer offices. Dr. Strohbehn is a board-certified, fellowship trained retina specialist who specializes in medical and surgical management of retinal diseases. Dr. Strohbehn is originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa. He graduated…

Spencer, Iowa: We’ve Moved

If you haven’t noticed, exciting things have happened recently at Wolfe Eye Clinic in Spencer! Thanks to our loyal optometry and medical partners and some of the best patients around, we’ve grown… and we needed a new space! With double the amount of square feet this space will allow us to be able to serve…

Meet Dr. Connor J Ericksen

Wolfe Eye Clinic is pleased to announce the addition of Connor Ericksen, M.D. joining our Iowa Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery Fellowship team. Dr. Ericksen joined us in July of 2021 and will work alongside our retina doctors for a 24 -month surgical and medical retina fellowship based in our West Des Moines office. Fellowships at Wolfe Eye Clinic provide…

Wolfe Eye Clinic, Now Open in Carroll Iowa

Wolfe Eye Clinic is thrilled to share the exciting news that St. Anthony’s Eye Clinic in Carroll, Iowa, has joined the Wolfe Eye Clinic family. Effective in August of 2021, the addition of Carroll becomes our twelfth main office location allowing us to further pave the way of providing medical and surgical eyecare across Iowa….

Wolfe Eye Clinic Partners with Knoxville Speedway for 2021 Race Season

Wolfe Eye Clinic is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Knoxville Raceway for the 2021 race season. This partnership includes not only the sponsorship of the qualifying night of the 60th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s on Thursday, August 12th, 2021, but also the Wolfe Eye Clinic Start Line at each…

Dr. Anne Langguth Receives 2021 HER Women of Achievement Award

Wolfe Eye Clinic is proud to announce one of our very own ophthalmologists, Dr. Anne Langguth, has been selected as a 2021 HER Women of Achievement honoree. This award recognizes women in business throughout Eastern Iowa who have had a positive impact in their local communities they serve and who have demonstrated incredible leadership throughout the…

April Is National Donate Life Month, Are You An Organ Donor?

Across the country more than 100,000 people are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. Throughout the month of April, supporters around the world take time to celebrate National Donate Life Month focusing on the generosity of those who have saved lives by donating organs and to spread awareness to encourage more Americans to become organ donors. National Donate…

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