Mirjana McCarthy, OD, FAAO, says it took nearly a decade of gaining experience in the profession before she even considered taking on a role as a practice owner.

For five years, Jean Barden, OD, worked in two of the four practices owned by another doctor.

Michele Montalbano, OD, joined Vision Source® a couple of years ago, largely because she felt a little isolated in the small village of Elburn, Illinois, where she opened a practice in 2000.

Patients of Leslie Coffee-Gallagher, OD, FAAO, might be surprised to hear that her first career path was in nuclear engineering and physics.

When Tammy Vo, OD, was in her fourth year at the University of Houston College of Optometry, she tackled her business plan.

Tiffany Procaccini, OD, MS, began working part-time for Larry Hookway, OD, at Vision Source® Willard in Willard, Ohio, about five years ago.