Eyesight Ophthalmic Services marks retirement of longtime ophthalmologist Lucian Szmyd, Jr

Eyesight Ophthalmic Services says Lucian Szmyd, Jr., MD will see his final patients at the end of June as the practice opens a newly relocated Exeter office. The retirement closes nearly 40 years of service in which Szmyd helped shape eye care across the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and Southern Maine. Why it matters: - Lucian Szmyd, Jr., MD’s retirement ends nearly four decades of care for patients across the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and Southern Maine. - Eyesight Ophthalmic Services says the transition matters because the practice is moving patients into a new Exeter office while trying to keep care uninterrupted. - The change affects generations of Exeter-area families who relied on Szmyd for routine eye care and cataract surgery. What happened: - Eyesight Ophthalmic Services announced the retirement of Lucian Szmyd, Jr., MD. - Szmyd will see his final patients at the end of June. - The retirement comes just after the practice opens its newly relocated Exeter office at 75 Portsmouth Avenue. - Szmyd joined Eyesight Ophthalmic Services in 1986. - He served as the practice’s primary ophthalmologist in Exeter for many years. The details: - Szmyd is a board-certified ophthalmologist and a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. - His academic path included a Bachelor of Science from Washington State University, a Master of Science in Epidemiology from Harvard University’s School of Public Health, and a medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine. - He completed his internship at University Hospital in San Diego. - He completed his ophthalmology residency at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. - He completed a fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. - He also served there as a Clinical Instructor in Ophthalmology. - Szmyd has been active in the New England Ophthalmological Society and the New Hampshire Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. - New Hampshire Magazine recognized him as a Top Doctor. - He is a longtime resident of Rye, New Hampshire. - Szmyd plans to spend retirement with his wife and two sons. - He expects to spend more time skiing, golfing, tennis, boating and reading. - Eyesight Ophthalmic Services said it will hold internal celebrations to honor his service, mentorship of younger physicians and impact on patients and colleagues. Between the lines: - Managing Partner N. Timothy Peters, MD said Szmyd was a cornerstone of the practice and of eye care on the Seacoast for nearly 40 years. - The practice is framing the retirement as both a personnel change and a continuity test for a long-serving local care network. - The relocation of the Exeter office suggests Eyesight Ophthalmic Services is pairing the leadership transition with a physical move. What’s next: - Eyesight Ophthalmic Services says its team of ophthalmologists and optometrists will continue serving patients across all five Seacoast-area locations. - Patients with questions about transitioning care can call the Exeter office at 603-778-1133 or visit the practice website . - The practice will continue the retirement recognition internally while Szmyd begins retirement after the end of June. The bottom line: - Eyesight Ophthalmic Services is losing one of its longest-serving physicians, but the practice says patients will still have access to care across its Seacoast network.