Joseph M. Donaldson, MD

"Dr. Joseph Donaldson is a board certified ophthalmologist who manages and treats patients with a variety of ocular conditions including diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, dry eye syndrome, cataracts and glaucoma.

A native of Utah, Dr. Donaldson received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Provo where he studied English literature and Japanese. He then earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. After finishing an internship at Ochsner Hospital in Louisiana he completed the LSU/Ochsner Ophthalmology Residency Program. During his training Dr. Donaldson received special recognition for his teaching and outstanding patient care. Dr. Donaldson is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology."

"Southwestern Eye Center was established in 1982 in Mesa, Arizona, by Dr. Lothaire Bluth. For more than 35 years, the practice has grown and continues to offer world-class technology and down-to-earth values.

Dr. Bluth pioneered the concept of bringing the doctor to the patient and bringing comprehensive eye care to rural and underserved areas throughout Arizona. On a given morning, three to four airplanes take Southwestern Eye Center ophthalmologists and their crews to outlying offices and ambulatory surgery centers where operations for cataracts, retinal disease, glaucoma, and oculoplastics are performed on those who are unable to travel to or afford care in larger metropolitan centers. Offering outpatient surgical procedures locally allows patients to receive superior and more convenient care at a fraction of the cost the same procedures required in a metropolitan or hospital setting.

More recently, Southwestern Eye Center partnered with Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center as a founding practice in the American Vision Partners network. We will continue to operate all of our centers with the same level of quality you expect, and you will work with the same doctors and staff you have always trusted for your ophthalmology needs."