Professional Optometry Serving the Vision and Eyecare Needs of Durham, NC for Over 30 Years. Durham's Award Winning Eye Care Professionals! Academy Eye Associates: Welcome to Academy Road Office! Academy Eye Associates, an independent private practice in optometry, located in Durham, North Carolina, is committed to providing you and your family with the most complete and thorough eye care possible. We pride ourselves on our modern offices and warm caring atmosphere. We provide professional optometric eye care, including eye exams, eyeglasses, contact lenses, consultation for LASIK and other refractive surgery, and specialty vision care for young children and the visually impaired. Using state of the art equipment and highly trained professional staff, we offer the highest level of vision and eye care services available in the Triangle. We enjoy referrals for our specialty care from the entire region and have many patients who visit us from as far away as the West Coast, Europe and beyond.

Dr. Brian S. Coan is double board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, the American Board of Surgery and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Coan received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. As an undergrad, Dr. Coan earned a selective place working alongside the world-renowned Dr. Robert Langer, founder of the largest biomedical engineering laboratory in the world. During this time Dr. Coan learned firsthand the innovations in tissue engineering, biotechnology and drug delivery systems. He completed medical school at the University of Chicago-Pritzker, a General Surgery residency and then went on to complete a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency at the prestigious Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, where he served his final year as Chief Resident. With training from prestigious institutions including M.I.T. and Duke University, he currently serves as Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Author, Lecturer and Clinical Adjunct Faculty at both Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine in the respective Divisions of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Coan’s reputation for innovation and surgical excellence led him to perform the first bilateral tram breast reconstruction at the Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, NC. Dr. Coan is featured frequently on various media outlets, including NBC-17, ABC-11, Durham Magazine and on the cover of Alamance Woman Magazine. He has also been named Best Plastic Surgeon in Durham voted by Durham Magazine voters for 2011, as well as one of North Carolina’s Top Surgeon’s by Patient’s Choice. As an award-winning plastic surgeon and founder of CARE Plastic Surgery, Dr. Coan offers science-based surgical, non-surgical and laser procedures for cosmetic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. To schedule a consultation with Dr. Coan in the Durham, Chapel Hill or Mebane offices, call CARE at (919) 484-4884. CARE Plastic Surgery is located a short distance from Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Burlington, Fayetteville and Greensboro.