Eyecare services at COVE, in New Albany.
COVE is one New Albany office, not a chain, so you see the same familiar team of doctors for everything below: eye exams, specialty contact lenses, myopia and ortho-k care for kids, and glasses finished in our own lab. Pick where you want to start.
Not sure which one fits? Call us at (614) 933-0575 and we'll point you the right way, or schedule an exam online.
Each area below opens into its own part of the site, each with its own color and focus.
Everyday and specialty contacts.
From daily disposables to scleral lenses for keratoconus and other hard-to-fit eyes, including custom sclerals Dr. Karres designs himself on the WAVE platform.
Slowing a child's nearsightedness.
Ortho-k lenses worn overnight, myopia control contact lenses and spectacle lenses, and the pediatric exams behind the plan.
Precision eyewear, our own lab.
Single-vision, progressives, computer lenses, sunwear, and kids' frames, cut and finished in-house, often the same day for straightforward prescriptions.
Routine care and medical eyecare.
Routine and pediatric eye exams, contact lens exams, and care for conditions like diabetic eye disease and macular degeneration.
One office, three doctors, real depth.
COVE is a single New Albany practice, locally owned by Dr. Matthew Karres since 2018. Everything on this page is delivered by the same small team, and that changes what the office can do well. Four things in particular.
The same faces, visit after visit.
You see the same three doctors, not whoever the schedule assigns that day. That continuity is the whole point of a practice this size: your doctor remembers your history, your prescription, and what worked last time. Family-centered care, the way a small office can actually do it.
Fitting you'd otherwise drive to a university clinic for.
Dr. Karres spent time as a research optometrist at the OSU College of Optometry, studying contact lens solutions and atropine for myopia management. Today he personally designs every WAVE scleral lens rather than fitting from a stock catalog. Keratoconus, irregular corneas, and hard-to-fit eyes are exactly the cases this office was built to handle.
Finished here, often the same day.
Our in-house lens lab cuts and finishes many glasses on site, work a lot of practices send out to a lab you'll never see. For straightforward prescriptions with lenses in stock, you can often walk out wearing your new glasses the same visit.
A place parents can bring small children.
Parents often aren't sure where to take a young child for an eye exam. COVE is that place. Our doctors see kids routinely, from a child's very first eye exam through the school years and into adulthood, so one office can care for everyone under your roof.
That includes infant and toddler visits, exams for kids who are hard to keep still, and myopia care for children whose nearsightedness is progressing. It's the same family-centered care, at every age.
We accept VSP and EyeMed for vision benefits, plus major medical plans including Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare, and Medical Mutual. If you're uninsured, ask about COVE Plus, our flat-rate program for exams and contact lens services.
Local doctors. Family-centered care. Advanced contact lens solutions. Better glasses, made with precision.
That's the whole idea behind every service on this page.
Schedule your exam.
Schedule online or call (614) 933-0575. New patients are always welcome at our New Albany office.
Related: patient center · meet the team · contact and office hours · COVE Plus flat pricing for uninsured patients