0822_PrincetonEyeGroup_Dr Felton profile - FINAL_Layout 1 9 / 7 / 22 4 : 26 PM Page 2 caust , to this country . “ My sister , who was born here , became a pediatrician , and I became an ophthalmolo - gist , ” he continues . “ We went to school , we learned , we sur - vived , and we managed to make a life for ourselves , and it’s all because of America . Everybody believed in America , and it really came true . ” Dr . Felton is still surprised at how his career unfolded and the impact that Princeton Eye Group has had for the past 40 - plus years . “ When I started the practice , things were slow , ” he says . “ I still have my appointment book from my first day and I had three appointments , all friends of mine . Now we have three locations plus a surgical center , and we’re very busy . It grew far beyond my expectations . ” Along the way , Dr . Felton embraced the advances in oph - thalmology . He was the first doctor in central New Jersey to use intraocular implants during cataract surgery , and later the practice was among the first in the area to offer radial kerato - tomy , a refractive surgical procedure used to started sharing his story more frequently . WHEN I STARTED correct nearsightedness . The practice even Although he still gets choked up speaking purchased a YAG laser to assist with cataract about his experiences during the Holocaust , THE PRACTICE , THINGS surgery before it was approved for reim - he continues to share . His mother never liked bursement by Medicare . talking about it until later in her life , when WERE SLOW . … “ We were at the forefront and provided she gathered her memories for a manuscript . services that were beneficial , regardless of I Shall Lead You Through the Nights : The NOW WE HAVE THREE what the reimbursement was , ” Dr . Felton Holocaust Memoir of Eva Feldsztein LOCATIONS PLUS A says . “ I had an interest in research and basic Wasserman , was published in 2013 with the science , and I wanted to provide the most help of Dr . Felton and his sister . SURGICAL CENTER , comprehensive and up - to - date care that I “ Holocaust education is something that’s could . ” important because [ some ] people are denying AND WE’RE VERY BUSY . Dr . Felton is confident that Dr . Wong and that there ever was a Holocaust , ” Dr . Felton a team that now includes 10 ophthalmolo - says . “ I have tremendous sympathy for what’s IT GREW FAR BEYOND gists and four optometrists , will continue to going on in Ukraine because people are MY EXPECTATIONS . ” provide high - quality care for the communities trying to live their lives in a normal fashion they serve . He plans on spending retirement and they’re getting killed for no reason . That’s ? DR . STEPHEN FELTON , with his wife , children , and grandchildren , exactly what happened during the Holocaust FOUNDER OF PRINCETON and pursuing hobbies such as golf , bridge , in Poland and elsewhere . It’s important for and travel . future generations to realize this can happen , EYE GROUP He has made three trips back to Poland , and if there’s something we can do to prevent including one in which the Mataczes were it , we should . ” honored by the Yad Vashem , Jerusalem’s As for the end of his ophthalmology World Holocaust Remembrance Center , for career , Dr . Felton has mixed emotions . While their brave protection of Dr . Felton and his he looks forward to retirement , his thoughts For more information on mother . On another trip with a group of can - will remain with his patients , some of whom tors , he visited Auschwitz , where his father he has been seeing for 40 years . D Princeton Eye and brother were killed , and took rocks from “ It’s like they’re part of my family and I’m a crematorium at Birkenau , which he later part of theirs , ” he says . “ It’s sad to say goodbye . Group , placed at his mother’s grave in Israel . Ophthalmology is that kind of a practice : Some including details about “ That whole trip was extremely mean - patients are seen on a regular basis because ingful , ” he says . “ My son , and my daughters they have a condition such as glaucoma , and its locations in Princeton , have all been there too ; they’ve all had some some just come in for regular eye exams Somerset , and Monroe , personal involvement in my history , so that’s because it’s a good thing to do , to make sure New Jersey , visit very special . ” nothing is going on . I’ve seen patients for a princetoneyegroup.com . ? It was around that time when Dr . Felton long time , and I will miss them . ” SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 13 ISSUE 12 | 19
