Unifeye Vision Partners Grows in both California and Minnesota

Expansion through one ophthalmic partnership in Coachella County and a new subspecialty retina group in the Twin Cities

DALLAS, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unifeye Vision Partners ("UVP" or "the Company"), a leading network of comprehensive eye care providers, today announced the completion of a strategic partnership with Shaaf Eye Center, based in Rancho Mirage, California. In addition, UVP launches its organically grown retina sub-specialty practice, Minnesota Retina Associates with it's first of two locations seeing patients, starting this week. Together these two practices significantly expand UVP's ability to better serve both the Southern California and Twin Cities markets.

Providing excellence in eye care throughout Coachella Valley since 2004, Shaaf Eye Center is located in Rancho Mirage, just 4 miles from Palm Desert. Led by two board-certified ophthalmologists, Dr. Mehdi Shaaf and Dr. Kevin Prendiville, the practice offers a full range of ophthalmology services including routine eye exams, laser vision correction, cataracts, oculoplastic, surgical retina, glaucoma, cornea, and orbital tumors. Learn more about the team at www.shaafeyecenter.com. Shaaf Eye Center is UVP's 8th practice in the State of California.

Recognizing an increasing demand for medical retina services in the Twin Cities, UVP worked with its partners Minnesota Eye Consultants and Northwest Eye to found a new, third practice in the local market – Minnesota Retina Associates, focused on serving the unmet need for high-quality, board-certified retina subspecialists. Joining the practice's existing Dr. Marni Feldmann at Minnesota Retina Associates will be two new physicians – Dr. Tara Schaab who starts seeing patients this week, and Dr. Mehdi Roozbahani, who starts in September. This week, the practice opens the first of its two locations, with Bloomington opening on July 7th and a second clinic opening in Golden Valley next month.

"As always, we are excited to partner with outstanding ophthalmic practices to grow our UVP community, but even more importantly – we are excited to grow our ability to serve those patients who have been unable to receive high-quality vision care services due to a lack of providers or capacity in their area," said Martin Rash, CEO of Unifeye Vision Partners. "With these two practices, we proudly expand our ability to serve patients and the referring community in Coachella Valley, California and in the Twin Cities of Minnesota."

Unifeye Vision Partners was formed to partner with leading eye care providers in targeted markets throughout the United States. The company provides management and support services to ophthalmology and optometry practices, as well as single-specialty eye surgery centers. UVP extends its operations to a network of 97 providers, 36 clinic locations, and 7 ambulatory surgery centers.
For additional information on UVP, visit the Company's website at www.uvpeye.com.

Waud Capital Partners is a leading growth-oriented private equity firm with total capital commitments of approximately $3.6 billion since its founding in 1993. The firm partners with exceptional management teams to build market-leading companies within two industries: healthcare services and business and technology services. Since its founding, Waud Capital has successfully completed more than 400 investments, including platform companies and follow-on opportunities. For additional information on Waud Capital, visit the firm's website at www.waudcapital.com.

SOURCE Unifeye Vision Partners Management, LLC

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