Ocala eye doctor Michael Lange, optometrist, continues to expand quality eye care throughout Marion County and the entire state of Florida

Dr. Michael Lange, Ocala eye doctor, had a dream of developing an eye care center that would provide the highest quality eye care and nutrition for patients of all ages and all walks of life. His dream of providing the best Ocala eye care is now becoming a reality.

Michael Lange, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, received two undergraduate degrees in psychology and physiological optics before graduating from optometry school in Pennsylvania in 1992. While working in New Orleans, right out of school, gaining valuable experience at the Eye Surgery Center of Louisiana and at St. Charles Vision he did a demographic study of the country to determine where an optometrist would be most needed. His study determined that one of the fastest growing retired populations in the entire country in 1990 was a city in Marion County, Florida, called Ocala. Michael Lange, optometrist from New Orleans decided to leave his home town, family and friends and move to Ocala on March 15, 1993. This was a gamble that paid off for Michael Lange, Ocala eye doctor.

The Ocala eye doctor builds his reputation

Dr. Michael Lange moved to Ocala by himself and started Lange Eye Care and Associates in March, 1993. Dr. Lange states, “I was in the right place at the right time.” Dr. Lange fell in love with Ocala, Florida, and the surrounding areas. He said the landscape in Ocala, Florida, was not typical of Florida with its rolling hills and huge grand daddy oaks. The large grand daddy oak trees with the Spanish moss reminded him of the trees along St. Charles Avenue and Audubon and City Park in New Orleans. Dr. Lange was asked to host his own talk show called “Ask The Doctor” on a local AM radio station shortly after starting his first eye care center in Ocala. This talk show became quite popular and he began hosting this popular talk show on multiple radio stations in Ocala and Gainesville. The show focused on eye care and nutrition and was a live call-in show broadcast for one hour strategically placed during drive times in the morning, at noon and in the evening. Dr Lange’s eye care philosophy and smooth way of handling each caller on his radio show became a huge hit and sparked the beginning of his aggressive growth and expansion. Dr. Lange quickly became known as Michael Lange, the “Ocala Eye Doctor” that everyone wanted to see. Dr Lange’s reputation as the eye doctor that truly cares quickly spread and patients would drive from hundreds of miles around to see Dr. Michael Lange in Ocala, Florida. Dr Lange quickly expanded to Gainesville, Florida, and opened the second location of Lange Eye care in 1994. Dr. Lange quickly outgrew both of his locations in Ocala and Gainesville and in 1998 purchased a 15,000 square foot building on State Road 200 across from the Paddock Mall that became the headquarters for Lange Eye Care. He also moved his Gainesville office away from the mall and put it next to Target on Archer Road in a 7,000 square foot space. He then started to expand around his home office in Ocala, Florida, and opened offices in Williston, Inverness, Summerfield, West Ocala, The Villages and Clearwater.

The Lange Eye Institute

The Lange Eye Institute was built in the Villages in 2006 and is the flagship or crown jewel of the Lange Eye Care expansion. Dr. Michael Lange the Ocala eye doctor pulled from his New Orleans culture and decided to build a state-of-the-art eye care center that was modeled after an old plantation on the Mississippi river. The Lange Eye Institute is close to 30,000 square feet and is the largest eye care center of its type in the area. The Lange Eye institute in The Villages has specialty suites built for all aspects of eye care including pediatric, medical, surgical, nutritional and optical eye care. The Lange Eye Institute is home to many nutritional absorption studies developed by Dr. Michael Lange. Dr. Lange utilizes an in-house blood lab upstairs in The Lange Eye Institute to check absorption of specific nutrient combinations he has developed to aid in decreasing free radical damage in the eyes and body. Dr. Michael Lange of Ocala became a certified nutrition specialist in 2008 through The American College of Nutrition. Dr. Lange states, “This gives more credibility to what we are doing with the development of supplements for the eyes and entire body.” Dr. Lange started Fortifeye Vitamin Company in 2004 because he was not happy with the over the counter supplements that were available for his patients. Dr. Lange travels the world now in search of new ways of helping his patients through the right combinations of nutrition. Fortifeye Vitamins, as of 2011, has grown to a global company with seven specific nutritional supplements that target the eye and entire body. Doctors from all over the world are recommending Fortifeye Vitamins to their patients.

Popular radio talk show host

In January 2010, Dr. Lange’s popular talk show “Ask The Doctor”, went syndicated daily from 9-10 Monday through Saturday. It can now be heard in Florida on multiple radio networks and throughout the world via the Internet.

Lange Eye Care Optical Gallery and Lasik Center

Michael Lange, optometrist with Lange Eye Care, based out of Ocala, Florida, decided in 2008 to expand into the Clearwater market and opened Lange Eye Care on Drew Street and US 19 in Campus Walk Plaza. By 2010 he had outgrown that location. He moved the Clearwater eye care center up the street to Sunset Plaza and opened Lange Eye Care Optical Gallery and Lasik Center in April 2010. Dr. Michael Lange OD, CNS built his own radio studio inside the new Clearwater eye care center and now broadcasts live on Mondays and Tuesdays from Lange Eye Care in Clearwater. On the remainder of his six-day schedule he broadcasts from a studio he has in his home in Ocala, Florida.

Michael Lange, Ocala eye doctor, is living his dream

The Ocala eye doctor, Dr. Michael Lange OD CNS, has expanded Lange Eye Care to nine locations and three Lasik surgery centers. He has close to 20 optometrists and ophthalmologists on staff, with a specialist in almost every aspect of eye care. Michael Lange, Ocala optometrist is living his dream of providing the highest level of eye care to all ages and walks of life throughout Florida. His dream started in Ocala, Florida, and is continuing to grow throughout the state. Dr. Lange’s daily radio show “Ask The Doctor” and his vitamin company Fortifeye Vitamins is reaching millions of people throughout the world and empowering them to live a healthier life.

Nutrition for the eyes and whole body at Lange Sun and Nutrition Center

Dr. Lange discusses specific foods and vitamin combinations on his daily talk show that are sometimes difficult to find at a typical grocery store or health food store, so he decided to make it easy for his listeners. Dr. Michael Lange opened the Lange Sun and Nutrition Center in fall of 2010. This is a new concept that is a creative combination of an all-organic coffee and tea bar, a sunglass hut, a vitamin shop and whole foods grocery all under one roof. Very specific types of foods are available including organic green teas and coffees, biodynamic wines and organic wines, a specific selection of organic whole foods and supplements, glass bottled spring water, BPA-free canned wild Alaskan salmon and low mercury tuna are just a few of the items available at the Lange Sun and Nutrition Center. The Lange Sun and Nutrition Center is located at Drew Street and US 19 in Campus Walk Plaza.

Dr Lange splits his time between Ocala and Clearwater and enjoys the differences that both areas have to offer. In his free time Michael Lange enjoys mountain biking in Ocala at Santos Trails Mountain Bike Park and enjoys racing motocross at Hard Rock Motocross Park in Ocala as well. Dr. Lange also enjoys scuba diving in the springs that are near Ocala, and hiking and biking throughout the Ocala national forest. He also enjoys swimming in the gulf and jogging on the beach. Dr Lange, his wife and children enjoy all sorts of water sports on the Gulf including jet skiing, sailing, boating and water skiing.

Ocala eye doctor, researcher, lecturer, Chairman of the board

Michael Lange OD CNS is also a frequent lecturer and writes articles for a variety of eye care magazines. He is also a clinical investigator and on the advisory board from many large eye care corporations. Dr. Lange also sits as Chairman of the board of six eye care companies.

Dr. Michael Lange, the Ocala eye doctor, is definitely living his dream and states, “This is just the beginning!”

More information: Dr. Michael P. Lange is a Board Certified Optometric Physician and a Certified Nutrition Specialist who started Lange Eye Care and Associates in Ocala, Florida, in March 1993. Lange Eye Care has grown to nine locations throughout the state of Florida with three Lasik centers. The Lange Eye Institute at The Villages in central Florida is home base for many of the nutritional studies that Fortifeye is involved in. Dr. Lange is one of the first doctors in the industry to utilize intracellular blood tests and blood absorption studies to improve the Fortifeye vitamin line. Dr. Lange travels the world for nutritional research gathering valuable information to continuously improve Fortifeye vitamin formulations. Dr. Lange is still involved in the clinical practice of eyecare. He is a guest lecturer, contributing author to many eyecare magazines, and a daily syndicated talk show host of ‘Ask The Doctor’ which broadcasts every weekday at 9am and Saturdays at 2pm from Tampa Bay on radio stations throughout the country and video streaming all over the world via the Internet.

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More information: Dr. Michael P. Lange is a Board Certified Optometric Physician and a Certified Nutrition Specialist who started Lange Eye Care and Associates in Ocala, Florida, in March 1993. Lange Eye Care has grown to nine locations throughout the state of Florida with three Lasik centers. The Lange Eye Institute at The Villages in central Florida is home base for many of the nutritional studies that Fortifeye is involved in. Dr. Lange is one of the first doctors in the industry to utilize intracellular blood tests and blood absorption studies to improve the Fortifeye vitamin line. Dr. Lange travels the world for nutritional research gathering valuable information to continuously improve Fortifeye vitamin formulations. Dr. Lange is still involved in the clinical practice of eyecare. He is a guest lecturer, contributing author to many eyecare magazines, and a daily syndicated talk show host of ‘Ask The Doctor’ which broadcasts every weekday at 9am and Saturdays at 2pm from Tampa Bay on radio stations throughout the country and video streaming all over the world via the Internet.

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