Pediatric Eye Specialists

What Pediatric Eye Specialists does

Pediatric Eye Specialists is a physician-owned pediatric ophthalmology and optometry practice operating across four North Texas locations in Fort Worth, Keller, Mansfield, and Prosper. The practice is staffed by four board-certified pediatric ophthalmologists (Drs. Eric A. Packwood, Alan A. Norman, Michael G. Hunt, and David F. Skanchy) and three pediatric optometrists (Drs. Alicia Derry, Emily Horn, and Trey Paschal), with the medical leadership holding named director positions at Cook Children's Medical Center. Services span the full pediatric eye care continuum, from routine vision screenings and glasses prescriptions (via the in-house Special Eyes Optical shop) to complex medical and surgical management of conditions including strabismus, amblyopia, pediatric glaucoma, congenital cataracts, retinopathy of prematurity, blocked tear ducts, and pediatric cortical visual impairment, with select adult strabismus services offered through a separate alignmyeyes.com site.

The practice's diagnostic technology stack is described as the most comprehensive pediatric diagnostic suite in North Texas, including optical coherence tomography (OCT) for optic nerve and retinal imaging, gonioscopy for glaucoma evaluation, and fluorescein dye testing for corneal abrasions, alongside routine pediatric ophthalmologic examination tools. The affiliated Child Vision Center non-profit foundation supports access to care for Medicaid and underserved families. Technology integrations are limited to operational tooling — Google Analytics for website tracking and Phreesia plus Promptlytech for online appointment scheduling — with no AI/ML systems, no public API, and no mobile application.

Revenue is generated through professional medical services billed to medical and vision insurance plus self-pay (typical self-pay visit fees of approximately $150-$350+), supplemented by retail hardware sales through Special Eyes Optical. The go-to-market is sales-led via direct in-person practice, with patient acquisition driven by referrals from primary care physicians and other specialists, word-of-mouth, and a content/SEO-driven website with social media presence on Facebook and Instagram. The practice is privately held with no disclosed external capital, no parent company, and no publicly disclosed revenue.

Name

Pediatric Eye Specialists

Legal name

Pediatric Eye Specialists

Website

https://pedieyes.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pediatric Eye Specialists is a physician-owned pediatric ophthalmology and optometry practice operating across four North Texas locations (Fort Worth, Keller, Mansfield, Prosper), serving infants through adolescents with comprehensive medical, surgical, and optical eye care services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Ophthalmology Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Offices of Optometrists (62132), Offices of Optometrists (621320), Optical Goods Retailers (45613), Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Ophthalmic Goods (3851)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (HLAKAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Optometry Clinics (Primary Eye Care) (HLAKAKAB), Ophthalmology Clinics (Medical & Surgical Eye Care) (HLAKAKAC), Ocular Imaging & Diagnostic Testing Centers (HLAKAKAN), Comprehensive Eye Exams & Vision Care (HLAKAKAA)

Keywords

• Pediatric ophthalmology
• Children's eye care
• Strabismus treatment
• Pediatric optometry
• Vision examinations

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Medical Eye Care Services: Comprehensive pediatric ophthalmology services including consultations, examinations, diagnostic testing, medical treatments, and surgical procedures. Revenue generated through medical insurance, vision insurance, and self-pay arrangements.
2. Optical Shop (Special Eyes Optical): In-house glasses store providing eyeglasses and optical products directly to patients. Offers convenience for families needing prescriptions filled post-examination.
3. Self-Pay Services: Self-pay patients pay out-of-pocket for services. Typical self-pay fees range from approximately $150–$350+ depending on complexity and if additional testing is needed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pediatric Eye Specialists is a physician-owned pediatric ophthalmology practice providing medical eye evaluations, diagnostic testing, medical treatment, and surgical procedures for infants, children, and adolescents across four North Texas locations. The practice also operates an in-house optical shop (Special Eyes Optical) that fills glasses prescriptions, and offers a patient portal with online appointment booking integrated with the Phreesia scheduling system.

Product overview

Pediatric Eye Specialists is a pediatric ophthalmology practice offering a unified suite of eye care services for infants, children, and adolescents across four North Texas locations (Fort Worth, Keller, Mansfield, and Prosper). The core offering is comprehensive pediatric eye care provided by board-certified pediatric ophthalmologists and optometrists, supplemented by the Special Eyes Optical in-house glasses store. Services include medical eye evaluations, surgical treatments for complex conditions (strabismus, glaucoma, congenital cataracts, ROP), routine vision screenings, glasses exams, contact lens consultations, and adult strabismus services. The practice also provides online patient portal access and online appointment scheduling through third-party platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pediatric Eye Care Services

Quantifiable outcome

• More optometrists, doctors, and specialists refer their pediatric eye patients to Pediatric Eye Specialists than any other pediatric eye practice in North Texas

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cook Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliation with Cook Children's Hospital means if a child needs surgery, imaging, or other specialists, they will be treated in one of the nation's leading pediatric hospitals. Dr. Packwood serves as Administrative Director of Ophthalmology at Cook Children's Medical Center, Dr. Hunt as Research and Education Director of Ophthalmology, and Dr. Norman as Medical Director of Ophthalmology.
• Child Vision CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit foundation associated with the practice. Dr. Packwood serves as President of Child Vision Center. The foundation supports the practice's mission to provide access to elite pediatric eye care for Medicaid families and children regardless of socioeconomic status.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• SpecialEyes Optical (in-house): The in-house optical retail arm of Pediatric Eye Specialists, not a separate peer company. Listed as an internal reference point for the integrated optical retail model that bundles frame/lens sales with pediatric eye care — a structural advantage that independent practices typically lack.
• Children's Eye Foundation of AAPOS: National professional and advocacy organization for pediatric ophthalmology that supports pediatric eye care access, screening, and research. Comparable to the Child Vision Center (PES's affiliated non-profit) in mission and structure rather than in clinical operations.

Broad incumbents

• Nemours Children's Health (Ophthalmology): Multi-state pediatric health system with dedicated pediatric ophthalmology programs. Comparable in clinical breadth (strabismus, ROP, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology) and serves as a benchmark for what a pediatric-hospital-employed model looks like at scale.
• Cook Children's Health Care System: Major pediatric hospital system in North Texas where PES partners hold senior ophthalmology leadership roles. The two organizations are deeply intertwined: PES provides the ophthalmology clinical practice while Cook Children's provides surgical infrastructure and inpatient specialty care, making Cook Children's the most directly affiliated peer.
• Wills Eye Hospital (Pediatric Ophthalmology Service): Standalone specialty eye hospital in Philadelphia with a dedicated pediatric ophthalmology service. Comparable as a specialty-only ophthalmology institution but operates in a different geography and at a much larger institutional scale.
• Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (Pediatric Service): Top-ranked U.S. eye hospital with a pediatric ophthalmology program treating the full range of pediatric eye diseases. Comparable in clinical comprehensiveness and brand reputation; differs in being academically and institutionally anchored rather than a private practice.
• Boston Children's Hospital Department of Ophthalmology: One of the leading pediatric ophthalmology programs in the U.S., affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Comparable in treating complex pediatric eye conditions (strabismus, genetic eye disease, ROP) and in research output, but operates at academic-medical-center scale.
• Texas Children's Hospital (Pediatric Ophthalmology): Top-tier pediatric hospital system in Houston with a dedicated pediatric ophthalmology service line. Comparable in clinical scope (complex pediatric conditions, surgical care, research) but operates within a hospital-employed model rather than an independent private practice.

Direct peers

• Children's Eye Care of North Texas: Pediatric ophthalmology and optometry practice operating in the same North Texas/DFW market. Directly competes for the same pediatric eye care referrals, parents, and primary-care physician networks across the same service area.
• Pediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus (Cook Children's): Pediatric ophthalmology service within Cook Children's, staffed by the same physician partners as Pediatric Eye Specialists. While organizationally housed under the hospital, this service is operationally integrated with PES and represents the same clinical line of business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PediatricEyes
• Instagraminstagram.com/pediatric_eye_specialists
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pediatric-eye-specialists-l.l.p.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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