the country with the hiring of three new
Directors of Business Development/Ac-
quisitions for Eastern Canada, Ontario and
Western Canada.
“We’re also looking for strategic and fi-
nancial partners to grow even faster,” Dr.
Chaiken said. “The hope is that IRIS will
become 500 locations around the coun-
try or close to 20 percent of the Canadian
marketplace. We’re really excited about
the future.”
And that’s good news for a population that
is going to need ever-expanding vision
care in the years to come, whether in the
form of products, diagnostics or surgery.
Not only is the company committed to a
higher level of excellence, but they’re in-
volved in legislative changes that will allow
optometrists to take a greater role in eye
care. “IRIS will encourage all of our op-
tometrists to be on the front line of those
changes,” Dr. Chaiken said. “We push the
envelope.”
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