Vision and Mission

To be the market leader and most trusted provider of ophthalmic products and services. To achieve this through consistent delivery of outstanding customized services, preferred technologies and breakthrough products that significantly impact the ability of physicians and facilities to improve and restore the vision of patients.

Values

Sightpath employees value our customers and the patients they serve. Our access services reflect our core belief that eye care providers deserve the opportunity to access affordable, state-of-the-art technologies and highly qualified certified technicians regardless of location, and that patients deserve top-notch eye care, regardless of where they live. We take seriously our role in making stellar eye care available in towns, cities and facilities where traditional purchasing options are not feasible or desirable.

CATARACT AND GLAUCOMA SERVICES

REFRACTIVE SERVICES

Jim Tiffany

President and CEO, TLCVision

Jim’s career at Sightpath began when he joined in 2000 as Vice President and General Manager. He has been responsible for leading the business and management team through tremendous growth in both cataract and refractive segments as a wholly-owned subsidiary of TLCVision Corporation. In 2003, Jim was promoted to Sightpath President. Under Jim’s leadership, Sightpath has become the largest cataract outsourcing company in the United States. The number of procedures performed each year has nearly tripled since his tenure began and continues to rise with acquisitions and the implementation of new growth strategies. In April 2009, Jim assumed responsibilities as President and Chief Operating Officer of TLCVision Corporation and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in May, 2010. In addition, Jim remains President of Sightpath Medical.

Jim received his B.A. from Arizona State University in 1979 and his M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1993. He has held various management positions during his 28 years in the ophthalmic industry at companies such as Bausch & Lomb, Storz and LVCI. Jim enjoys hunting and fishing in his spare time. He and his fabulous wife, Marianne, live in Chanhassen, Minnesota. They have two children, Ryan, who is in college and plans to attend law school beginning in 2011, and Liz who is a child psychologist.
 

JIM FEINSTEIN
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Jim’s career at TLCVision began with TLC Laser Eye Centers in 2003 as Regional Marketing Director and was promoted to Director of Business Development in 2004. In 2005, he was elevated to Regional Vice President, responsible for sales, marketing and operations for the Midwestern region. In 2008, he was promoted to Vice President, Western Zone, which included P&L responsibilities for the refractive business in the U.S. and Canada. Jim is currently responsible for the sales and marketing functions for TLC Laser Eye Centers and Sightpath Medical.

Jim began his career in ophthalmology in 1993 with the Illinois Cornea Center. From 1994-2002, he progressed through a variety of marketing and management roles within the private ophthalmology practice environment. Prior to joining TLCVision, he provided practice management and marketing consulting services to LaserVision Centers, Inc. and the ophthalmology industry.

Jim has been a member of the Illinois Eye Bank’s Advisory Council since 1996. In 2007, he was recognized by the Midwest Organ & Donor Board as one of 30 influential people in ophthalmology. Jim graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelors of Arts degree in English. He resides in Plymouth, Minnesota with his wife and two daughters.
 

Dick Minors

Director of Independent Sales and Contracts

Dick Minors started his Sightpath Medical career in January, 2001. He held the positions of Director of Sales and Vice President of Sales during his first seven years, helping to lead the sales team to record growth and territory expansion in, primarily, the cataract services business. Recently, with Sightpath expanding to include the Fixed and RORO LASIK business, Dick has now assumed the Director of Independent Sales and Contracts position, overseeing the Independent Access Sales Consultant group responsible for growing the Cataract and Refractive Access service business for Sightpath Medical. He also oversees the contract department for the Access Services Group and Sightpath Medical customers.


Dick graduated from Drake University with a B.A. in Journalism. While there, Dick was the advertising manager for the Drake yearbook, and played varsity baseball. He held various sales management positions in his 25 years prior to Sightpath with Baxter Labs, Bausch & Lomb's Storz Instrument Company and Boston Scientific. Dick and his wife, Lee, have been happily married for 41 years, have three incredible, adult daughters and seven very active grandchildren.
 

Tony Bowar

Vice President of Finance

Tony and his staff of 13 are responsible for all financial aspects of Sightpath and the cataract and refractive access division of TLCVision, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, inventory, and financial statement and budget preparation. Having started with Sightpath in 1997, Tony has been instrumental in the transition from a small, privately-held mobile cataract company to a multi-million dollar publicly-held division of TLCVision Corporation, and a move back to a privately held company. Tony has served the company in the roles of Controller, Director of Finance and now Vice President of Finance for Sightpath Medical.

Tony holds a B.A. in Accounting from St. John’s University, where he also played baseball, and a M.B.A. from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Tony is an avid sports fan and continues to work at his goal of seeing a game in each major league baseball stadium. He resides in Burnsville, Minnesota with his wife, Kristina, and two children, Kyra and Kade.
 

Dan Robins

Vice President of Operations

Dan joined Sightpath in December of 1998 first as a Laser Engineer with LaserVision and later holding the positions of Senior Engineer; North East Operations Manager; Manager of Recruitment, Staff Development and Research; Director of Senior Engineering and Research; and National Director of Access Operations. He moved into his current position as Vice President of Operations in January of 2006 where he was responsible for all day-to-day operations of the mobile refractive program at TLCVision.

Dan is now responsible for all mobile refractive and mobile cataract operations for Sightpath Medical. He manages seven Operations Directors who, in turn, oversee 60 Surgical Technicians, 39 Mobile Laser Engineers, 22 LASIK Technicians, 11 internal support staff and inventory, nine Senior Operations Specialists and six SLT technicians.

Dan began his career in operations and logistics while serving in the United States Army as an Avenger Missile System Technician from 1989-1997. He holds an AAS in Laser Electro-Optics and is finishing his B.A. in Business Management from Missouri Baptist. He resides in Farmington, Minnesota with his wife, Sandra, and two sons, David and Matthew.
 

Tom Ferguson

National Director of Sales

Tom joined Sightpath in June of 2000 after he and his business partner, Chad Lockfield, sold their business, Southeast Medical Distributors, Inc. to LaserVision. He was an independent sales representative until 2005 when he assumed a position of Western Regional Business Director. He's also held the position of Director of Sales for the Western region, managing Access Sales Consultants in the West and Midwest United States. Currently, Tom is the National Director of Sales.

Tom received his B.S. degree from Northeast Louisiana University in 1975. His past experience was with Allergan Pharmaceuticals and Advanced Medical Optics. He has two stepsons and six grandchildren. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing, fishing and hiking.

Richard L. Lindstrom, M.D.

Medical Director

"Sightpath's highly skilled surgical technicians provide significant value to the quality of care."

Richard L. Lindstrom, M.D. is a recognized leader in corneal, cataract, refractive, and laser surgery. He holds 36 patents in ophthalmology, including intraocular lens implant technology, corneal preservation, irrigation solutions, viscoelastic solutions, intracorneal lenses, and associated instruments.

Dr. Lindstrom is founder and attending surgeon at Minnesota Eye Consultants, P.A. He has co-edited six books on ophthalmology and has published over 300 articles in refereed journals, over 50 chapters in ophthalmology-related books and given 30 named lectures. He is an internationally recognized speaker and active on multiple editorial boards.

Dr. Lindstrom received the first lifetime achievement award of the International Society of Refractive Surgery, where he has served as program chair, president-elect and president. He has also served as president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, The International Intraocular Implant Club and the International Refractive Surgery Club. He is a pioneer in the ophthalmic field and an asset to Sightpath.