John P. Frangie, M.D. is a board certified ophthalmologist specializing in Cornea and Refractive Surgery. He received his medical degree from the University of Kansas and served his ophthalmology residency at the Boston University School of Medicine. Following residency training, Dr. Frangie performed a fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, where he participated in research with the Excimer laser and laser vision correction.

Following completion of his Cornea and Keratorefractive Surgery Fellowship, Dr. Frangie returned to the Boston University School of Medicine as Director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Services. While at B.U,, Dr. Frangie trained resident and fellow surgeons, in addition to publishing numerous articles and chapters on corneal disease and surgery.

Dr. Frangie returned to Western Massachusetts to be closer to his family in 1998. At that time he established Pioneer Valley Optathalmic Consultants, P.C. with offices in Greenfield and Amherst. Shortly after in 2003 Dr. Frangie established NorthEast Laser Center in West Springfield. It was the first center in the area exclusively for laser vision correction, and the first center to offer Intralase, all laser surgery.