We’ve all experienced unprecedented changes in our lives over the last few months, but it may be particularly challenging for adolescents and young people to navigate the abrupt interruptions in their daily lives. The stress and uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, combined with school closures and the cancellation of sports seasons, proms, and other once-in-a-lifetime events, has only exacerbated...

The providers at Saratoga Hospital Medical Group—Eye Care offer routine, comprehensive exams for patients of all ages to diagnose and treat a variety of conditions, including age-related developments like cataracts. More than half of all Americans aged 80 or older have cataracts, or have had surgery to get rid of them. Cataracts occur when the lens behind your eye becomes cloudy, so it feels...

We are now offering our patients the option of scheduling an appointment online. 

Online scheduling is not appropriate for urgent or emergent needs and is for established patients only. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 9-1-1 or visit the nearest emergency department.

If the type of appointment that you need is not available, please call our office to...

Like so much of this year, Thanksgiving is going to look very different than usual, for all of us. It has to, because although we are experiencing different levels of COVID fatigue, cases are rising rapidly across the country. Complacency is a luxury we do not have. That said, it is important to take the time to be thankful, and there are ways to do that safely.

Think about the art of conversation, particularly how we communicate with one another. Often, the typical back-and-forth is characterized by a mixture of hearing someone’s words and watching their mouth as they speak. But that was before COVID-19 necessitated wearing masks in public. It is one of the most effective ways to stop the spread of the virus, but that means we’re all relying solely...