OCLI Manhasset holds grand opening with ribbon cutting ceremony

Harrison Marder

The Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday Oct. 21 at their new Manhasset location. 

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Town of North Hempstead Clerk Wayne Wink and Town of  North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman all attended the ceremony, along with several members of the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce.

“The grand opening was fantastic,” OCLI CEO Tom Burke said. “It was worth the wait.”

Burke said that the office located at 1355 Northern Boulevard was open for a year prior to the ceremony, but since the office opened in the winter, it was difficult to get the individuals necessary for the grand opening ceremony together at the same time.

Dr. Robert Broderick, an OCLI partner and Manhasset resident, said that the grand opening ceremony allowed OCLI to send a message to the community. 

“We wanted to let the community be aware of the fact that we are here and that we have a new office,” Broderick said. “We are now fully open for business. This is where we are.”

Broderick said that Manhasset was chosen for a new OCLI office because OCLI wanted to establish “more of North Shore presence [on Long Island.]”

“[We] looked at Great Neck [as a potential location],” Broderick said. “Manhasset logistically seemed like a good fit for another OCLI office.”

Having previously worked at Manhasset Ophthalmology since 1983, Broderick said he has collected over 50,000 patient charts over the past 32 years. 

“Manhasset is very family oriented and the people are very loyal” he said. “If someone is a professional who is well respected in the community, [residents] will use [that] doctor who lives here.”

 OCLI’s Manhasset office has some major improvements from Manhasset Ophthalmology, Burke said.

The new 3,700 square foot office, Broderick said, was designed from “a patient’s perspective,” from the parking, to the layout of the office itself.

“We try to make [patients] feel like they are a guest in someone’s home,” Broderick said. 

Making parking more convenient was a major concern when opening up the new location.

Burke said that many of the patients who come in are elderly, so they designed the new office to “be much more convenient from [a] parking perspective.”

The new office is equipped with eight exams rooms, all new furnishings and additional seating areas. 

They have also added more specialists, including oculoplastic and glaucoma surgeons, in addition to extending the office’s hours. 

“[It gives us the] availability for more doctors present each day, [and to have longer] evening and Saturday hours,” Burke said. 

Burke also said that the office is a “multi-speciality practice” because they offer medical and surgical retina services. 

“Most eye doctor offices don’t have those specialities,” Burke said. 

So far, Burke said that the new office has been “well received” by the Manhasset community.

“[We are] glad that we were able to stay in Manhasset to provide a larger and better facility within the Manhasset community,” he said. “[We want] to provide service to the patients we’ve been seeing for years.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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