Our Doctors
Ophthalmologists
are medical doctors who specialize in all
aspects of eye health. They provide primary eye
care services including eye exams and prescribe
medications and perform surgical procedures,
such as laser surgery and lens replacement.
Using both surgical and non-invasive techniques,
ophthalmologists diagnose and manage eye
diseases, conditions, disorders, and treat and
repair eye injuries.
CLAIRE B. PRICE, M.D.
Fort Smith - 7901 Dallas St
Dr.
Price, an ophthalmologist, received her
undergraduate degree from Northeast Louisiana
University in Monroe and her medical degree from
the University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine
in Little Rock, where she was a member of the
Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. She completed
an internship and an ophthalmology residency at
the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
During her training, she received numerous
awards including the Raymond and Mary Morris
Annual Ophthalmology Resident Award, Outstanding
Neuroscience Student, and the Horace Margin
Microanatomy Award.
She has been in practice since 1994. She is a
fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology,
served as Secretary of the Sebastian County
Medical Society, and clinical instructor in the
Department of Ophthalmology at the AHEC in Fort
Smith. She has also served as Chief of Staff at
Sparks Regional Medical Center, and was the past
President of the Arkansas Ophthalmological
Society.
She and her husband have two children who are
involved in soccer, basketball, and theatre. She
is actively involved in the First United
Methodist Church and Parent Teacher
Organizations. She greatly enjoys traveling and
participating in her children’s activities.
BLAKE N. GEREN, M.D.
Fort Smith - 7901 Dallas St
Dr.
Geren is a native of Harrison, AR, and he
received his medical degree from the University
of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) campus in
Little Rock, AR. After completing an internal
medicine hospital internship at UAMS in Little
Rock, he completed his ophthalmology residency
at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)
Eye Foundation.
Dr. Geren is Board Certified by the American
Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of the
American Medical Association, American Academy
of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgeons, and the Arkansas
Ophthalmological Society.
He sees general ophthalmology patients with a
focus on cataract surgery, diabetic retinopathy,
glaucoma, macular degeneration, and disorders of
the eyelids.
Dr. Geren has had the privilege of
participating in missionary eye care, and he
looks forward to pursuing this in the future. In
his free time, he enjoys fishing, golf,
traveling, and spending time with friends and
family.
Credentials:
All states require ophthalmologists to be
licensed. Ophthalmologists must have a college
degree (or minimum of three years of college),
four years of medical school, a one-year
internship, and at least three years of an
ophthalmology residency (hospital-based
training). They must then pass a licensing
examination. As medical doctors,
ophthalmologists are regulated by state medical
boards.
