Awards & Recognition

For over 65 years, Boling Vision Center has been recognized by local, statewide, and national organizations for clinical excellence, community leadership, and the standard of care that has made this practice the trusted eye care home of Northern Indiana.

Recognition That Reflects a Standard

At Boling Vision Center, awards are not something we pursue. They are the natural result of doing the same thing, consistently and well, for a very long time: treating every guest with dignity and expertise, investing in the community we serve, and holding ourselves to a standard that goes well beyond what the market requires.

The recognitions listed here span clinical accreditation, community service, employee experience, and industry leadership. Together, they tell the story of a practice that has earned the trust of its community not through marketing but through more than six decades of showing up, doing right, and never settling for good enough.

Clinical Awards & Accreditations

The clinical recognitions Boling Vision Center has earned reflect a standard of surgical safety, technical precision, and patient care quality that has been independently verified and publicly acknowledged at both the regional and national level.

INSIGHT Surgery Center: Joint Commission Certification

INSIGHT Surgery Center, Boling Vision Center's on-site ambulatory surgery center, holds certification from the Joint Commission, the gold standard accrediting body for healthcare facilities in the United States.

Joint Commission certification requires a rigorous, independent evaluation of safety protocols, quality standards, infection control practices, and patient care processes, and it reflects our ongoing commitment to surgical excellence and accountability.

LASIK Provider of Choice: InView Television Program

In 2013, Boling Vision Center was selected as the LASIK Provider of Choice by Larry King Live's InView television program to discuss innovations in eye care. This national recognition reflected the practice's position at the forefront of vision correction technology and patient care in the Michiana region.

Community & Employee Recognition

The awards in this section come from the people and organizations closest to us, the community we serve and the team we have built, and they carry a particular meaning because of it.

Best of Elkhart County: Best Vision Services, 2011 to 2023

Boling Vision Center has been recognized as the Best Vision Services provider in Elkhart County every year from 2011 through 2023, making us the reigning winner since the award's inception. This sustained recognition from the community we serve is among the most meaningful acknowledgments we receive, because it comes directly from the guests and neighbors whose trust we work every day to earn and keep.

Best Place to Work: Elkhart County, 2017 and 2019

Boling Vision Center was recognized as a Best Place to Work in Elkhart County in both 2017 and 2019, a reflection of the investment we make in our team and the culture we have built together. This recognition matters to us because it confirms that the same standard of care we hold for our guests is extended to the people who deliver it.

Business of the Year: Elkhart County Chamber of Commerce, 2010

Boling Vision Center was named Business of the Year by the Elkhart County Chamber of Commerce in 2010, recognizing the practice's contributions to the local business community and its role as an anchor institution in the Elkhart economy.

Patron of the Arts Award, 2016

The Boling family was honored with the 4th Annual Patron of the Arts Award in September 2016, presented by Premier Arts. This recognition reflected the family's support for the arts and cultural life of the Michiana community, an expression of the belief that a practice rooted in community has a responsibility to invest in everything that makes that community worth living in.

Industry Leadership & Honors

The professional recognitions below reflect Boling Vision Center's standing within the broader eye care and medical community, earned through clinical excellence, physician leadership, and a sustained commitment to serving others well beyond the exam room.

Best Specialty Physician: Elkhart County, 2017 and 2019

Boling Vision Center was recognized for Best Specialty Physician in Elkhart County in both 2017 and 2019, reflecting the clinical reputation of our physician team and the trust the community places in the specialty care we provide.

Lewis S. Armstrong Award for Contributions to Community, 2017

Dr. Richard Boling II was the recipient of the 2017 Lewis S. Armstrong Award for Contributions to Community, presented by the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics at Indiana University South Bend. This award recognized his sustained contributions to the civic and community life of the region alongside his clinical leadership.

Indiana State Medical Association Physician Community Service Award, 2012

Dr. Boling II received the Indiana State Medical Association's Physician Community Service Award in 2012. This prestigious award honors an Indiana physician for a lifetime of outstanding volunteer activities that have made a civic, cultural, social, and economic contribution to the community.

It is among the most meaningful recognitions in Indiana medicine, and it reflects the character of a physician who has always understood that the practice of medicine extends well beyond the exam room.

Indiana Academy of Ophthalmology Humanitarian of the Year, 2011

Dr. Boling II was named Humanitarian of the Year by the Indiana Academy of Ophthalmology in 2011, a recognition that honored his contributions to the field and to the communities he serves through both his clinical work and his charitable efforts.

Hayley Boling Individual Recognition

In addition to the practice-level recognitions above, CEO Hayley Boling has earned a distinguished list of individual awards that reflect her leadership, her community contributions, and her impact on the broader eye care profession.

Named an industry Game Changer by Administrative Eyecare Magazine on four separate occasions
Featured on the cover of Ophthalmic Professional Magazine for excellence in patient experience
Editor's Choice Award, Ophthalmic Professional Magazine, for the article A Guiding Star is Born: How Adopting a New Approach to Feedback Transformed Our Practice Culture
Citizen of the Year
Heart of Gold Award
Woman to Watch
Michiana's Forty Under 40

A Reflection of the Community's Trust

The recognitions Boling Vision Center has received over the years mean something to us not because of what they say about us but because of what they represent: the ongoing trust of the community we serve, the confidence of the guests who choose us year after year, and the validation of a standard we have held ourselves to since Dr. Richard Boling Sr. first opened his doors in Elkhart in 1960.

We are grateful for every recognition, and more grateful still for the relationships, the outcomes, and the community we have been privileged to be part of for more than six decades.

Amazing happens here. And apparently, people have noticed.