Eye Care for Animals - York Road

07/08/2024

Today we saw Ms. Poppy back for surgery to have Dr. Lisankis remove her dermoids from both her eyes! Here is her before and after pictures! She looks great!!!

07/03/2024

We will be closed tomorrow in observance for the Fourth of July. We are in office today until 1pm taking phone calls and medication pick up. We will be back in office on Friday, July 5th. We hope everyone has a happy and safe Fourth of July! 🎆❤️🤍💙

07/01/2024

This sweet girl is Poppy, we met her today for a consult for the dermoids she has in both of her eyes. A dermoid is an overgrowth of normal skin in the wrong location. In Poppy’s case, this spot has grown hair that is coming into contact with her cornea. We will see her back next Monday to surgically remove her dermoids. She is currently with Long Island Bulldog Rescue. We hope she will be able to be adopted out shortly after having surgery!

06/25/2024

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06/25/2024

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06/20/2024

Happiest of birthdays, Dr. Lisankis! We hope you have enjoyed your day so far! Yes, we filled his office with balloons 😉

06/15/2024

Starting Monday, June 17th Dr. Lisankis will be splitting his time between our office and our Annapolis Defense Highway office as his wife Dr. Rachel Lisankis will be home on maternity leave with their new baby boy! He will be in our office on Monday’s, every other Wednesday’s & Thursday’s to be performing surgery and seeing patients. We will still have staff in office on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s answering the phone, scheduling appointments and taking refill requests. We, of course, will update everyone once baby boy has arrived! Please don’t hesitate to call either office with questions or to schedule appointments to see him!

05/28/2024

Today we saw Velvet back for her 3 month recheck! 😊 We got to officially meet her new owner, who is so sweet and doing everything she can to provide Velvet with a beautiful life. Many may remember Velvet from her time at The Humane Society of Harford County. We saw her back today to check the progress of her eyes and as you may be able to see, she’s doing FANTASTIC!! We are so thrilled with her progress in the short amount of time it’s been since we first met her in December. Dr. Lisankis said her vision has fully restored and we will plan to see her back in about 6 months for another recheck! 🤗 Way to go, Velvet!!

05/27/2024

We will be closed today in honor of Memorial Day. We want to wish everyone a safe and Happy Memorial Day! We will resume normal business hours tomorrow, May 28th.

05/23/2024

We wanted to wish our amazing Practice Leader, Nat, a very happy belated birthday! Nat joined our team in January and has been such an amazing addition to our team. She is currently in Italy for her birthday and hope she had the most amazing trip! We appreciate everything you do for us Nat!

05/22/2024

On Friday, May 24th we will be open from 9am-1pm to take phone calls, make appointments and medication pick up. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

05/17/2024

On Monday, May 20th we will be open from 9am-1pm to take phone calls, make appointments and medication pick up. On Wednesday, May 22 we will be in office from 8:30am-5pm seeing patients. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

05/09/2024

The office with be closing at 4pm today, we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We will be back in office at normal business hours tomorrow, 8:30am-5pm.

04/30/2024

We still have plenty available appointments for ACVO!

MagPie is a diabetic assistance dog who was given a screening eye exam during the 2023 Service Animal Event, by board certified veterinary ophthalmologist, Dr. Brooklynn Lafoon, of Carolina Veterinary Specialists Greensboro. Thank you to MagPie for your dedication and service, and to Dr. Lafoon and the staff of Carolina Veterinary Specialists Greensboro, for your continued support in this event!

Be sure to get your Service Animal registered for this year's event! Registration closes soon!

https://buff.ly/2vdNkeW

04/11/2024

Tomorrow, April 11th, the office will be open between 9am-1pm accepting phone calls and medications pick ups. We will resume normal business hours on Monday, April 15th.

04/04/2024

Our schedule is open for the annual ACVO National Service Animal exams! Please call the clinic to schedule your exam today!

03/05/2024

Velvet’s been adopted!!! We are so happy for her and can’t wait to meet her new family!! 💕

02/18/2024

Velvet is ready for adoption!! We hope she goes to an amazing family that will love her just as much as we do! 💕

Remember Velvet? The 4ish year old American Bulldog mix who came to us with her nose, ears, and eyes superglued shut? Well she's regaining sight in both eyes and ready for her forever home! She's good with other dogs and kids but you'll just need to be cognizant of the fact she can't see fully.

If you've been following her journey and would like to adopt, fill out the questionnaire here:

https://www.harfordshelter.org/news-events/2023/05/adoption-questionnaire

02/15/2024

01/31/2024

01/25/2024

Velvet update!! Her eyes look so much better in this video! We see her again Tuesday afternoon, hopefully with good news! 🤞🏼💕

01/09/2024

We saw our girl, Velvet, for a recheck today! Her left eye has improved so much since seeing her on Friday! We will see her back next week for another recheck and another update, hopefully! 🤞🏼

01/06/2024

We are so happy we were able to get Velvet in so soon today! She was the sweetest girl, given what she’s been through. Our technician, Erin, is pictured here performing diagnostic testing to help Dr. Lisankis determine further what is going on with Velvet. Velvet is suffering from ulcers in both eyes secondary to chemical burns, with the correct medications on board, she should be back to her normal self in no time!

12/25/2023

We want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas to you and your families from us and our families! 🎄🎅🏼 We hope Santa spoiled everyone and their fur babies! 🐶🐱 Have a happy and safe holiday season!
Your friends at Eye Care for Animals - York, Rd

10/19/2023

Meet Crystal and her dog R***r, she is the newest addition to our Eye Care for Animals Team. She just got here from Texas and has about 9 years of veterinary medicine experience under her belt. She comes from general practice and most recently neurology.
Crystal has 2 dogs, and is currently in school working on a degree in Business Administration. She enjoys learning new things on a daily basis and meeting all of our patients. Crystal has learned so much so far in the short time with Eye Care for Animals! You are so appreciated, Crystal! ❤️🥰

10/17/2023

This is our technician, Erin, she is holding one of our patients Hazel! Erin has been working in Veterinary Medicine for 9 years and working with Eye Care for Animals for 3 of those years. Erin has 4 cats of her own and a dog that currently resides in Florida with her parents. Coming from general practice, Erin has learned so much about ophthalmology in the short 3 years she has been with Eye Care for Animals. She enjoys working with all of our patients and teaching new hires so much about ophthalmology! Thank you, Erin for all that you do for our patients! You are so appreciated! 🥰🐶❤️

10/16/2023

Happy Vet Tech week to all the amazing veterinary technicians! Not only for Eye Care for Animals, but clinics all over! We will be highlighting our 2 awesome vet techs here at the York Rd office this week, Erin & Crystal! They are both so hard working and deserve the spot light! You both are so much appreciated for everything you do for our office! 🥰❤️

09/26/2023

This is our little buddy Fenway! Fenway is an 8 month old Golden Doodle who was so excited to have his picture taken that it may have worn him out! Fenway came to us a few weeks back for an uncomfortable ulcer he had in his right eye! After further examination, Dr. Lisankis discovered that Fenway had an ectopic cilia. An ectopic cilia is an abnormal hair that grows through the underlining surface of the eyelid. Every time Fenway would blink, the adnormal hair would rub against his cornea causing him to be very uncomfortable! We saw Fenway back about a week later to surgically remove and the freeze the hair follicle so the hair wouldn’t grow back! Today, we saw Fenway back for his 2 week recheck following surgery. He is healing well and can now go back to his crazy puppy self with no problems!

09/18/2023

Congratulations to Dr. Anthony Lisankis for finishing his residency and passing his board exams! 🎉 He is now a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (DACVO) practicing full-time here at our York Rd location to help better serve the Northern Baltimore/ Pennsylvania and surrounding areas!

In February, he and his wife, Dr. Rachel Lisankis, whom practices at our Defense Highway location, had the opportunity to examine a Siberian Tiger named Miracle at Plumpton Park Zoo. Miracle was previously diagnosed with glaucoma in the right eye. Both Drs. Anthony and Rachel Lisankis were able to better examine Miracle after she was sedated. It was later determined the best course of treatment was to remove her right eye, she is now living a happy healthy life at the zoo pain free!