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Gainesville Eye Associates founder retires after 35 years
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Dr. Stephen Farkas, right, and guests listen to speakers during a Thursday retirement ceremony for Farkas. He is retiring from Gainesville Eye Associates, which he founded, after 35 years. - photo by David Barnes
In 1982, set to begin his career as an ophthalmologist, Dr. Stephen Farkas heard from a cousin that the Gainesville area was a “great place to raise a family.” Four inches of snow blanketed Gainesville when he arrived in town, fresh out of residency at the Medical College of Georgia, to check the area out for himself. Farkas decided to stay, founding Gainesville Eye Associates.