Dr. Todd Lang, OD

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Get to know Optometrist Dr. Todd Lang, who serves patients in Florida.

Dr. Lang is a board-certified optometric physician who specializes in diagnosing, treating, and managing eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and more. 

With over 30 years of clinical practice experience, he has been serving the Punta Gorda area since 1991, when he opened his private practice, formerly known as Bayside Eye Center. Bayside Eye Center became a trusted fixture in the Punta Gorda community and, in 2020, Dr. Lang partnered with Center For Sight to offer his patients even greater access to the finest cataract, LASIK, glaucoma, cornea, retina, and oculo-plastics specialists in Southwest Florida.

Having built his practice upon a firm commitment to providing world-class eye care, Dr. Lang performs pre-operative testing and post-operative care for cataract surgery, corneal transplant, and laser vision correction patients at the Port Charlotte office. 

As the only optometrist who is board-certified in lifestyle medicine by the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine in the United States, Dr. Lang has attained a high level of education on how proper nutrition, physical activity, and stress management can be used as a tool to combat chronic disease. His unique expertise aids him in achieving his goal of helping his patients see better, live better, and live longer.

In addition, Dr. Lang is LASIK-certified in co-management, a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry, as well as a member of both the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the American Optometric Association.

Optometry is a health care profession that involves examining the eyes and applicable visual systems for defects or abnormalities, as well as diagnosing and managing eye disease. Optometrists are healthcare professionals who provide primary eye care through comprehensive eye examinations to detect and treat various visual abnormalities and eye diseases. Being a regulated profession, an optometrist’s scope of practice may differ depending on the location. Thus, disorders or diseases detected outside the treatment scope of optometry (i.e. those requiring certain surgical interventions) are referred out to relevant medical professionals for proper care, more commonly to ophthalmologists who are physicians that specialize in the tertiary medical and surgical care of the eye. Optometrists typically work closely together with other eye care professionals, such as ophthalmologists and opticians, to deliver quality and efficient eye care to the general public.

Voted “Best Optometrist – Eye Doctor” for eight out of 10 years by the Charlotte Sun Readers Choice Awards, Dr. Lang’s commitment to top-quality eye care and building respectful relationships with his patients is the foundation of everything he does.

In his free time, he enjoys endurance fitness, having completed the New York City Marathon twice, the inaugural Disney (FL) Marathon, as well as the Portland (OR) Marathon. More recently, he developed an interest in biking and has completed the Horrible Hundred mile event in Clermont, Florida twice. He also enjoys reading, singing, and snow skiing. 

Above all else, Dr. Lang loves spending time with his wife of three decades and their daughter. They especially enjoy celebrating that their birthdays are on the same day!

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