Undergraduate Education: North Carolina State University, BS Zoology; Optometry School: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry; Professional Achievements and Associations: Fellow of American Academy of Optometry, North Carolina Optometric Society, Piedmont Optometric Society, American Optometric Society; Clinical Certifications and Specialities: Residency in Hospital Based Optometry, Low Vision Specialist; The reason I became an optometrist is to help others see to the best of their ability. My childhood optometrist made a big impact in my life by helping me to see and function well in school and for my activities outside of school. I know that without his help, I would have struggled in both areas. My favorite part of helping my patients is knowing that their life was made a little bit easier by my helping them see and use their vision to the best of their ability. In my spare time, I enjoy biking, hiking, gardening, canoeing, snow skiing and spending time with friends and family.

Undergraduate Education: Florida State University; Optometry School: University of Houston; Clinical Certifications & Specialties: General Optometry with emphasis on contact lens; What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? Ensuring the happiness and satisfaction of all patients.

Undergraduate Education: University of Nebraska; B.S. Zoology 1975. Optometry School: Southern College of Optometry 1980. Professional Achievements and Associations: US Navy; The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States; American Optometric Association; Florida Optometric Association; Northeast Florida Optometric Society; Knight of Blanik. Clinical Certifications and Specialties: Pathology; Multi focal contact lenses. The reason I became an optometrist is: Following in Uncles footsteps...he loved it and I'm blessed to say the same. My favorite part of helping my patients is: Giving patients the best comfortable vision and visiting. In my spare time, I enjoy: Grandkids rock! Cooking; Charcuterie; Fishing and hunting; Cars; Travel; Music; Good friends.

Dr Iafigliola (eye fee ola) has been practicing for approximately 28 years after graduating from the Illinois College of Optometry in 1997. She is a member of Tomb and Key Honor fraternity, and a member of the AOA. She began her career in the residency program for the Illinois Eye Institute in Primary Care with an emphasis in ocular disease. After completing her residency, she has worked in private practice, corporate practice, and a hybrid practice. Dr Iafigliola currently is seeing patients in the Grayslake location, since 2008, and with MyEyeDr. since 2016. She has experience in multi-unit leadership after serving as a clinical field director for Illinois and Wisconsin. In December 2023 she returned to clinical care full -time. She practices 5 days a week focusing on a full- scope practice with a large contact lens patient base and a dry eye clinic. While performing her clinical duties as an optometrist, she also supports doctors on their clinical journey as a clinical captain for multiple practices within MyEyeDr. Besides working with the new onboarding doctors, she also hosts interns for the Illinois College of Optometry. Her latest opportunity will be involved in social media education with MyEyeDr. Outside the lane, she speaks as a clinical expert for Bausch & Lomb. Her hobbies include gardening, cooking her family recipes, and of course, spending time with her family and her boys, being the center of her world, ages 20 and 23. She also has 2 fur-babies, Dolce and Cherie, which complete her family unit. ————————— Fun fact you may not know about me: Dr Iafigliola began wearing glasses at the young age of 15 months old and her first contact lens experience age 13, which changed her life and paved the way for her future career dedicating her life to helping others in the same way she was supported with her visual needs, a pay it forward opportunity, full-circle experience.

Undergraduate Education: The University of Chicago; Optometry School: Illinois College of Optometry; Clinical Certifications & Specialties: Ocular Disease; What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? Ensuring the happiness and satisfaction of all patients

Undergraduate Education: Meredith College Optometry School: Southern College of Optometry Certifications/Awards: 1999 and 2000 Southern College of Optometry Clinician of the Year; 2008 Optometrist of the Year by Independent Weekly magazine; First Optometrist to be chosen as a member of the Corneal Team at Duke Eye Center (2018-2021). How are you impacting your local community or helping your patients live their best lives? By educating patients about the eye and visual system so they can be great advocates for their own healthcare. By providing comprehensive eye exams for adults and children including contact lens evaluations. By providing medical urgent care visits for ‘pink/red’ eyes, foreign bodies in the eye or sudden loss or changes in vision (including flashes and floaters). By diagnosing and treating ocular surface diseases including blepharitis, ocular rosacea, meibomian gland dysfunction and inflammatory dry eye disease By providing diabetic eye exams and managing other ocular diseases including glaucoma and cataracts. Hobbies/Interests: gardening, traveling, reading.