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Welcome to the first edition of THE OD Advocate for 2025! This quarterly newsletter is packed with valuable insights just for you. We hope you enjoy the content, and as always, we’d love to hear your feedback!

Dr. Nguyen headshot

Welcome Dr. Tran Nguyen

We’re excited to share some wonderful news with you- our family of Austin-area physicians is growing! We are thrilled to welcome a very highly skilled and compassionate doctor to our team, who is dedicated to providing exceptional care and service to our community.

Specializing in Glaucoma procedures, Glaucoma surgery, and Cataracts, Dr. Nguyen joins both our North and South Austin locations. Dr. Tran Nguyen specializes in glaucoma and refractive cataract surgery. She is a board-certified and glaucoma fellowship trained ophthalmologist. She provides comprehensive care, including routine eye exam, and evaluation of cataract, diabetic eye disease and macular degeneration. Dr. Nguyen speaks fluent Vietnamese. Click the link below to read Dr. Nguyen’s full profile.


Meet Your Comanagement Team

At Mann Eye Institute, our Comanagement Team is dedicated to making the referral process as seamless and efficient as possible for you. We understand the importance of collaboration, and our team works tirelessly to ensure that your patients receive the highest level of care while keeping you informed every step of the way.

Physicians Liasons

  • Houston: Tina Redmon, Nicol Illikman, Sarah Rackel
  • Austin: Kristin Rickman

Our Physician Liasons are dedicated to nurturing and maintaining close relationships with you, your staff, and colleagues. They provide consistent communication, resources, and support to ensure your comanagement and/or referral process is seamless and successful while reinforcing your patients receive exceptional care every step of the way.

Comanagement Coordinators

  • Houston: Grace Lau, Mariana Rodriguez, Chriss Ballena
  • Austin: Paige Tingley

Our Comanagement Coordinators pride themselves on scheduling your patients in a timely manner and answering their questions in an informative and empathetic way. They are deeply committed to patient care and consistently work to deliver an outstanding experience for every patient.


Chart Notes – The Key to Referral Success!

Sending patients’ chart notes with their referral provides our surgeons key information about your patients, while ensuring a seamless experience for your patients.

You sent the referral and forgot to include the chart note?
Just efax or email it to the team!
We will connext the notes to your patient chart!

712-580-2507 efax / refer@manneye.com – HOUSTON
512-564-8242 efax / refertx@manneye.com – AUSTIN


Reasons WHY We Love the Portal!

Streamlined Referral Portal Benefits:

  • Real-time scheduling
  • Send eReferrals anytime
  • Patients are linked to you right away
  • Full access to patient chart notes