Undergraduate Education: University of Pittsburgh. Optometry School: The Ohio State University. What drives your passion for optometry? We can typically fix the patients vision problems quick, and the patients leave the office happy. How are you helping patients live their best lives? By making them see better and feel more confident. How are you impacting your local community? I provide mobile eye care to patients in nursing homes. Many of them can’t leave the location so we go to them. Hobbies/Interests: Biking, hiking , dancing.

Undergraduate Education: University of Wisconsin – Madison. Optometry School: Western University of Health Sciences. Professional Achievements/Associations: Wisconsin Optometric Association, American Optometric Association. Clinical Certifications & Specialties: Contact Lens. What drives your passion for optometry? Wanting to provide the best possible care for every individual. How are you helping patients live their best lives? By continually seeking to further my education and provide the best options available to optimize every patient’s vision. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? Improving people’s vision and quality of life. Hobbies/Interests: Curling, Volleyball, guitar, and running.

Undergraduate Education: Ferris State University. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: AOA. How are you helping patients live their best lives? By helping my patients to see their best, they can be their best. Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my husband and my 2 sons, reading, biking, and walking.

Undergraduate Education: NC State Wolfpack. Optometry School: Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Clinical Certifications & Specialties: Excellence in nuero-ophthalmic disease at PCO, love anterior segment disease and specialty contact lenses. What drives your passion for optometry? Making sure patients can see their loved ones making their first basketball shot, or first dance recital, or graduating school. How are you helping patients live their best lives? Providing quality vision with glasses and contacts, but also making sure their eye health is at optimal functionality. Hobbies/Interests: Working out, basketball, golf, football, soccer, playing with my dog Tessa, beach days, hiking, aquarist, huge movie and tv nerd.

Undergraduate Education: University of Virginia. Optometry School: New England College of Optometry. How are you impacting your local community or helping your patients live their best lives? By providing comprehensive eye exams for adults and children; specialty contact lens fittings; acute and chronic care of ocular diseases, including glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic exams, and ocular emergencies. Hobbies/Interests: Walking; reading; and spending time with my husband and three daughters.

Undergraduate Education: American International College (Springfield, MA). Optometry School: Pennsylvania College of Optometry (now Salus University). Clinical Certifications & Specialties: Multifocal Contact Lenses, Scleral Contact Lenses. What drives your passion for optometry? I was seven years old when I first wore eyeglasses. Ever since I was eight, my parents said that I kept telling them that I would be an optometrist. I have always wanted to help people, and I believe that this is the way that I can best do so. How are you helping patients live their best lives? I help patients live their best lives by enhancing their quality-of-life through optimized vision. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? It is the essence, the core, of my motivation to become an optometrist. In this way, I feel that I can contribute to the world one person at a time so that each may feel more empowered to contribute to the world in their own way. How are you impacting your local community? By enhancing people's quality of life, so that they can more effectively contribute their talents and energies to others. Hobbies/Interests: Reading.

Dr. Thomas Vaxmonsky completed his undergraduate education at the University of Pittsburgh in 1984 with a B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience. He continued his education at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (1988) and advanced education through residency in Pediatrics and Infant vision at SUNY Optometry (1989). While at PCO he attained High Honors with rotations in Pediatrics, Primary Care and Medical Optometry. He moved to Maryland to practice optometry in the College Park area with his practice specializing in contact lenses and medical eye care then later joined MyEyeDr in 2021. He maintains the highest level of Therapeutic Optometric licensing in Maryland. Dr. Vaxmonsky has co-authored in Archives of Ophthalmology and Review of Optometry and spent time volunteering with One Sight providing eye care to underprivileged and special needs children and adults in Prince George's County. Dr. Vaxmonsky lives with his wife Jen and daughter Christianne in Howard County while daughter Payton and son Will are away in college. He enjoys many outdoor activities from ultimate frisbee, running, fishing, bow hunting and mountain biking.

Undergraduate Education: Ferris State University. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry.

Undergraduate Education: B.A. in Geology, Earlham College. Optometry School: Indiana University School of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: American Optometric Association (AOA), Michigan Optometric Association. Clinical Certifications & Specialties: Primary Care Optometry. What drives your passion for optometry? As a glasses wearer since the age of two, I have experienced the benefits of quality eyecare. It is my hope to “pay it forward” by providing high level care to the people of my community. How are you helping patients live their best lives? By taking the time to identify my patients’ needs and providing solutions, I can help patients live their best lives. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? A transformational eyecare experience means providing a high level of care that exceeds all expectations, giving each of my patients the best eye exam they have ever had. How are you impacting your local community? I love being the neighborhood optometrist, taking care of the needs of the families in the community where I live. I love it when I hear kids at a school pickup tell their friends, “That’s my eye doctor!” It doesn’t get much better than that. Hobbies/Interests: I love spending time with my family, doing DIY house projects, playing instruments (hand drums and didgeridoo), and napping.

Undergraduate Education: Ferris State University. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry, Member of the American Optometric Association, Michigan Optometric Association, and West Michigan Optometric Association. Clinical Certifications & Specialties: Practicing primary care optometry including pediatrics, fitting glasses, and contact lenses. Specializing in diagnosing and managing ocular diseases including Dry Eye, Cataracts, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration and Diabetic eye disease. How are you helping patients live their best lives? By providing the best care and individualized treatment plan tailored to the specific needs of my patients. How are you impacting your local community? I serve on the board of trustees for the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI). I belong to the Grand Rapids Lions Club supporting the GR Lions Club Vision Clinic at Cherry Health, ABVI, and local service projects.