After 46 years of community service, I retired on September 30, 2024. It has been a pleasure to work with the other physicians and medical facilities in our area. Most of all, it has been my privilege to serve the people of Montgomery, Floyd, Giles, Radford, and Roanoke county as well as many patients from West Virginia and beyond. 

I can no longer respond to medication refill requests. You must call your pharmacy to have the request sent to your new eye doctor, who can request the records as outlined below. 

Copies of my patient records will be available for release to other physicians from the office of Eye Care and Surgery in Blacksburg, listed below, after November 1, 2024. All medical records are confidential and protected by federal privacy and security regulations. With your written authorization, a copy of all or part of your medical record can be released to you or transmitted to another eye doctor. 

In most cases, your new doctor will only need a copy of the most recent visit notes, which you can request Monday through Wednesday 9-5, and pick up at no charge the next day. Call the records custodian below and request them personally (NOT by voice message) at least one day in advance. 

Records will be released in person only to the patient, as verified by a government issued Picture ID (such as a Passport or Drivers License) or to the patient’s Legal Guardian or holder of Power of Attorney with proper ID and official documentation. 

If only a summary of the records is to be mailed to the address on file, a written request is all that is needed. However, any change of address must be verified in person with proper ID. 

For patients requesting that all records be transmitted, your new doctor must send the request with your signed authorization attached. The cost will then be calculated and you will be billed for the transfer fee, which will include a $20 search fee, plus $0.50 per page copying charge, due prior to release of the record. 

Assisting with your eye care needs has truly been a privilege and a pleasure. Please know that I have greatly valued our friendship and wish you and your family the very best of health. 

Sincerely, 
Daniel B. Drysdale, MD.