Contact Dr. Ivey L. Thornton, MD — Nebraska, Iowa & South Dakota
Dr. Thornton sees patients across Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota through hospital-based and regional partnerships. Each location handles its own scheduling — please contact the center nearest you directly.
Hospital-based care, thoughtfully arranged.
Each partnership exists because excellent eye care should not require a three-hour drive. Listed below with addresses and scheduling notes.
Nebraska Medicine
Truhlsen Eye Institute — primary academic home. Cataract surgery, LASIK, comprehensive ophthalmology, and Village Pointe Health Center.
Omaha, NE 68105
Dunes Eye Consultants
Dedicated refractive surgery center. Advanced LASIK, PRK, and Contoura Vision for the tri-state area.
Dakota Dunes, SD 57049
Burgess Health Center
Community-focused health system in western Iowa. Cataract and LASIK consultations.
Onawa, IA 51040
Myrtue Medical Center
Regional medical center serving southwestern Iowa. Visiting ophthalmologist for neuro-ophthalmology, advanced dry eye, cataract, cornea, and glaucoma care.
Harlan, IA 51537
Avera Hospital
Avera Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital — visiting ophthalmologist for the northwest Iowa community.
Rock Rapids, IA 51246
Referral information.
Optometrists & primary care physicians
Dr. Thornton accepts referrals for eye disease evaluation, surgical consultation, and complex cases across all five practice locations.
Please contact the medical center nearest the patient’s residence for referral guidelines, documentation requirements, and scheduling coordination. Each partnership manages its own intake workflow, which allows the fastest turnaround for your patient.
For neuro-ophthalmology referrals — which often involve unusual or previously undiagnosed conditions — the Truhlsen Eye Institute at Nebraska Medicine is the primary referral pathway.
Access to excellent eye care shouldn’t depend on geography. That’s why I built this schedule — so a patient in Omaha, or Harlan, or Onawa doesn’t have to drive to Omaha to be seen by a fellowship-trained surgeon.