If your child needs a stronger prescription year after year, you are not alone, and acting on it is exactly the right instinct. The faster a child's nearsightedness progresses, the higher their lifetime risk of serious eye problems like retinal detachment and glaucoma, which is why slowing it matters. Mudgil Eye Associates offers myopia control for Newtown Square families about 20 minutes away via Route 3 (West Chester Pike), with both FDA-approved MiSight contact lenses and low-dose atropine, guided by a Johns Hopkins fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologist and a residency-trained pediatric optometrist. We are a complete MD-and-OD team, not an optometry-only office, so if anything beyond myopia ever comes up, expert care is already in place.
MiSight is an FDA-approved daily contact lens proven to slow the progression of myopia in children. Your child wears it during the day, and it both corrects vision and helps keep the prescription from climbing as quickly. We are listed on the manufacturer's official provider locator.
Dr. A. Vijay Mudgil completed his pediatric ophthalmology fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins, and our optometrist provides residency-trained pediatric care. Your child's myopia plan is overseen by genuine pediatric eye specialists, not a general optical shop.
For children who are not ready for contact lenses, we also offer low-dose atropine eye drops, a simple nightly drop widely used to help slow myopia progression. We help you choose the approach that fits your child best, and some children do well with a combination.
Unlike a standalone optometry office, we are a complete MD-and-OD practice. A fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologist works alongside our optometrist, so if your child ever needs more than myopia control, surgical-level expertise is already part of their care.
Newtown Square families often tell us they like knowing exactly who is caring for their child and what each visit will involve. At Mudgil Eye Associates, myopia control is delivered by a team that pairs a medical eye physician with optometric expertise, and the process is structured and transparent from the first exam through ongoing follow-up. The West Chester office is a short drive away, and many families come specifically for that combined level of care.
Our model brings together two complementary roles. Dr. A. Vijay Mudgil is a board-certified ophthalmologist with Johns Hopkins/Wilmer fellowship training, an MD who oversees the medical side of eye health and treatment decisions. He works alongside our optometrist, who handles much of the hands-on refraction, contact-lens fitting, and routine monitoring. For a family, this means a child benefits from both medical-physician oversight and the day-to-day attention of optometric care under one roof.
A myopia control evaluation goes beyond a standard vision screening. We measure the child's prescription carefully and establish a baseline so future visits can be compared against it. We assess overall eye health and discuss the child's habits, family history, and lifestyle. From there, the team walks parents through the suitable options and explains the reasoning, so the choice of method is a shared decision rather than a handoff.
If a contact-lens method is chosen, such as MiSight 1 day lenses, which are FDA-approved to slow progression in children around ages 8 to 12, the next step is fitting and teaching. We confirm the lens sits and moves correctly on the eye, then spend time showing the child and parent how to insert, remove, and care for the lenses. If low-dose atropine drops are the plan instead, we explain the bedtime routine and what to expect. Orthokeratology, an overnight option, involves its own fitting process. Each path has a clear, guided start.
Myopia control is not a one-visit treatment. We schedule regular follow-ups to confirm the eyes stay healthy, the chosen method fits and is tolerated well, and the prescription is responding as hoped. The optometric team manages much of this monitoring, with Dr. Mudgil involved on the medical oversight. This continuity matters because slowing progression reduces the lifetime risk associated with high myopia, including retinal detachment, glaucoma, and myopic maculopathy.
Both. Dr. Mudgil provides medical oversight while our optometrist handles much of the fitting and monitoring.
We measure the prescription, establish a baseline, check eye health, and review suitable options together.
It includes assessment plus a teaching session, so plan for more time than a routine glasses visit.
For an actively progressing child, we typically monitor about every six months.
Most Newtown Square families are seen within one to two weeks for an initial myopia evaluation. Call 610-429-3004 or schedule online, and we will help you get ahead of your child's nearsightedness.