ORLANDO, Fla. and CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago Pacific Founders ("CPF"), an investment adviser that manages private equity funds, focused exclusively in value-based care innovation, healthcare services, and AI and tech enabled healthcare services with offices in Chicago and San Francisco, is pleased to announce that it, along with Magruder Eye Institute ("MEI") and Robson Eye Institute ("REI"; together with MEI, the "Practices"), has formed Ascend Vision Partners ("AVP" or the "Company"). As a result of the partnership, AVP becomes the administrative services provider to the Practices and Lakeside Surgery Center. Founded in 1973, Magruder Eye Institute is a premier comprehensive ophthalmology provider in Central Florida with a longstanding reputation for providing clinically-excellent care to a diverse collection of patients within its communities. MEI recently launched Robson Eye Institute to expand its reach to patients in the Tampa / St. Petersburg / Clearwater area, bringing its total combined clinical / surgical locations and providers to eight and twelve, respectively. The Practices' Partners, including John Beneke, M.D., Donald Centner, M.D., Michael Graham, M.D., John Lehr, M.D., and Michael Pohlod, M.D., will retain ownership through AVP, enabling the Practices to remain physician-owned and continuing to provide care through their patient-centric model