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Testimonials - Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery
 Zach Chadwick is one in a million, and so were the circumstance under which he met his CEI physician. At the age of seven, Zach had been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare, degenerative disease of the retina. So when Zach's mom, Robin, overheard the man sitting in front of her on a flight to Cincinnati say he was an ophthalmologist, she told him about Zach. "It turned out to be Dr. (Adam) Kaufman from CEI, and he was very interested in Zach's condition. He even examined Zach in his office that week," Robin says. Shortly afterward, Zach began to receive care at CEI from Michael R. Petersen, M.D., PhD.
"If my prayers are answered, they'll find a cure for what I have," says Zach, now 14. "Otherwise, there's a pretty good chance I'm going to go blind." "Nobody can give us concrete answers, and that is very difficult," explains Robin. "What I value is that we are connected with doctors who listen to me and respond to what I'm saying."
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