Amit Sangave, MD

"Amit A. Sangave, MD is a caring and patient-oriented physician and surgeon who specializes in the management of retinal diseases. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is fellowship-trained in vitreoretinal surgery. Dr. Sangave specializes in management of diabetic eye disease, age-related macular degeneration, retinal tears, and detachment as well as a host of other retinal diseases. Procedures he performs include intravitreal injections, retinal lasers, and vitrectomy for vitreous hemorrhage, retinal detachment, epiretinal membrane, and macular hole.

Dr. Sangave was born and brought up in upstate New York, and completed both medical school and residency at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He then went on to finish a two-year fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit Michigan. He is currently a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Retina Specialists. He prides himself on ethical patient care, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work as part of a team.

Since early in his career, research has been an important focus for Dr. Sangave. He has been part of scientific pursuits at multiple institutions including the prestigious National Eye Institute. He has published several book chapters and journal articles in peer-reviewed journals. A drive to stay at the cutting edge fosters his ongoing participation in clinical trials and research."

"Southwestern Eye Center was established in 1982 in Mesa, Arizona, by Dr. Lothaire Bluth. For more than 35 years, the practice has grown and continues to offer world-class technology and down-to-earth values.

Dr. Bluth pioneered the concept of bringing the doctor to the patient and bringing comprehensive eye care to rural and underserved areas throughout Arizona. On a given morning, three to four airplanes take Southwestern Eye Center ophthalmologists and their crews to outlying offices and ambulatory surgery centers where operations for cataracts, retinal disease, glaucoma, and oculoplastics are performed on those who are unable to travel to or afford care in larger metropolitan centers. Offering outpatient surgical procedures locally allows patients to receive superior and more convenient care at a fraction of the cost the same procedures required in a metropolitan or hospital setting.

More recently, Southwestern Eye Center partnered with Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center as a founding practice in the American Vision Partners network. We will continue to operate all of our centers with the same level of quality you expect, and you will work with the same doctors and staff you have always trusted for your ophthalmology needs."