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Riverbend Eye Care
Riverbend Eye Care is the leading family eye care center of high-quality eye care. We combine modern technology with personal attention to help you see the world more clearly.
Why Choose
Riverbend?
Riverbend Eye Care was founded on the principles of empathy, skill, and precision. Dr. Woodward treats his patients with the utmost respect and care. He provides an eye care home where patients are involved in and understand their treatment.
As a family eye care center, there is room for the whole family at Riverbend Eye Care with pediatric exams and a kid’s nook in the waiting room.
Dr. Woodward has the background and experience to support any patient’s eye care needs. He guides patients in their nutritional health, which contributes to better eye health.
Riverbend Eye Care invests in state-of-the-art technology to deliver efficient and thorough exams. This allows Dr. Woodward to provide early detection and treatment of even complicated ocular diseases.
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Riverbend Eye Care
Dr. Eric Woodward
Optometrist, OD
Dr. Eric Woodward is looking forward to serving his hometown of Paul, Idaho and the surrounding Mini-Cassia area. He is dedicated to helping people obtain optimal vision and eye health using the latest in refractive and diagnostic technology. He brings years of experience providing high quality comprehensive eye exams while tailoring each encounter to the individual patient’s needs.
Dr. Woodward was born and raised in Paul. He and his seven siblings helped on his family’s dairy, and he worked on a nearby farm all through high school. He attended Minico High School with his future wife, Jessica, who grew up in Heyburn. They have two daughters and one son.
Prior to optometry school, he completed his undergraduate studies at the College of Southern Idaho and at Brigham Young University-Idaho, where he was awarded a full-tuition academic scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Exercise Physiology. In 2018, Dr. Woodward graduated from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee. While attending Southern College of Optometry, he was awarded the Mauldin Family Scholarship for clinical excellence, and was an active member of the Optometric Private Practice Club.
Since graduation, he has worked in different practice modalities giving him a wide variety of experiences with patient care. He is an active member of the American Optometric Association and Idaho Optometric Physicians. He feels optometry is his calling in life and loves every aspect of his career. He is thrilled that the opportunity to be a part of Riverbend Eye Care has brought him back to his hometown.
Dr. Woodward enjoys mountains, swimming, wakeboarding, hiking, camping, snowboarding, golfing, and almost anything that involves nature. His favorite pastime is being with his wife and children.
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218 E. Ellis Street, Paul, ID 83347
Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri: 9-5
Closed Wednesdays