Pamela Lowe, OD, FAAO, of Niles, Illinois, sees that her patients are aging along with her.

Rebecca Schoonover, OD, of Peckville, Pennsylvania, had both experience and support when she began practicing optometry.

Talk about being the right person at the right time and place. Kristin O’Brien, OD, of Denver, Colorado, in 2013 became the solo OD at a practice started by Mark Wahlmeier, OD, who has five Vision Source® practices in Kansas, and Seth Thibault, OD…

Tausha Barton, OD, and her husband moved back to their hometown of Hillsboro, Ohio, following her graduation from the Illinois College of Optometry and her residency specializing in ocular disease and low vision rehabilitation.

When Melissa Leoni, OD, bought an optometry practice in Barboursville, West Virginia, two years ago, it was already a fast-growing location. And it hasn’t slowed down since.

Chicago is full of high-end optical boutiques and corporate optometry offices, but Stephanie Lyons, OD, saw something it was missing. “I wanted to bring family eye care to the city,” she says.