Grossnickle Eye Center serves patients through it's Indiana offices in Warsaw and Mishawaka as well as through clinics in Plymouth and Rochester. Since our founding, the medical staff has grown to four ophthalmologists and three optometrists. While the practice now serves thousands of patients, our focus at Grossnickle Eye Center has not changed. We continue to strive to provide the highest level of care for each patient.

Dr. Paul Grossnickle, O.D. founded the Grossnickle Eye Center 1957 after serving two tours of duty in the US Navy. The optometry practice grew rapidly and by the mid-1960s, the center had moved to its current location near Kosciusko Community Hospital. Dr. Paul Grossnickle retired in 2005.

When Steven Grossnickle, M.D. completed his residency at the prestigious Case Western Reserve School in 1978, he returned to his hometown of Warsaw to practice medicine. Paul referred his cataract and corneal transplant patients to the practice, which saved them from having to travel to Indianapolis, Fort Wayne or South Bend for care.

The practice soon needed an additional ophthalmologist and luckily Dr. Paul had another son in medical school. After completing his residency in ophthalmology (also at Case Western Reserve School), Bruce Grossnickle, M.D., returned to Warsaw in 1982 to join the family practice.

In 1987, the Grossnickle Eye Center decided to take part in the growing trend of offering an on-site surgery center. The expansion project added an ambulatory surgery center specifically designed for eye surgery. The center now performs thousands of cataract, refractive and glaucoma surgeries each year.

In 1998 the practice had grown to include a new office in the  Edison Lakes office complex. The practice now offers the area a convenient location for patients needing cataract surgery Refractive Vision Correction including, LASIK vision correction, multifocal lenses, corneal transplants, glaucoma treatment as well as vision problems related to diabetes.

Over the years, the practice’s growth brought new doctors in to serve Northern Indiana patients. Ophthalmologist Christopher D. Knight, M.D. joined the practice in 1997. In 2002 Dr. David F. Ryser, M.D., joined the practice bringing a special focus to pediatric eye disease.

In addition, Grossnickle Eye Center employs three optometric consultants, Jon E. Mark, O.D., Dennis R. Miller, O.D. and Kevin Hickman, O.D. The practice also employs a dedicated staff of clinical employees including nurses, administrators and technicians.

Today, Grossnickle Eye Center performs more surgeries than any other practice in Northern Indiana. Although there’s a myth that you have to travel to big cities to get better medical care, Grossnickle Eye Center has proven otherwise. One of the finest eye surgery centers can be found right in your own back yard.

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