Undergraduate Education: Northeastern State University -B.S. Chemistry. Optometry School: University of Missouri St. Louis College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: American Board of Optometry. Clinical Certifications & Specialties: Residency in Ocular Disease Northeastern State University College of Optometry. What drives your passion for optometry? Proper care and through exams save lives. How are you helping patients live their best lives? Enabling patients to live healthier and see clearer. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? Listening to patients needs and concerns and addressing those. Patients, many places often feel as though they are being treated as just numbers moving quickly through a standard process, but not here under our care. How are you impacting your local community? Mentoring men to keep families together and being fathers. Hobbies/Interests: Hydroponics and gardening.

Undergraduate Education: West Virginia University. Optometry School: New England College of Optometry.

Undergraduate Education: Michigan State University. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: Michigan Optometric Association. What drives your passion for optometry? I’m still amazed at how some curved pieces of glass and plastic can have such a profound impact on people’s lives. How are you helping patients live their best lives? Optimizing a person’s eyesight provides benefits in everything that person does. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? When a person puts on their new glasses, and they have that “Wow” look. There’s no better feeling as an eye is professional. Hobbies/Interests: Tennis, golf, hiking, biking, snowshoeing, travel.

Undergraduate Education: Ferris State University. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry. When I was in fifth grade, I told my parent that I wanted to become an optometrist and I did! It is my passion to help people to see what they’ve been missing- at my office or serving under-privileged countries. The smile on a patient’s face when they see clearly for the first time is amazing. When the parent of a struggling child tells me their child is not as frustrated with school or an adult tells me they have an improved quality of life because they no longer suffer from headaches on workdays, it brings a smile to my face. When I’m not in the office, I can be found on my yoga mat, on Lake Michigan, with family or traveling.

Undergraduate Education: Bachelor of Science Northeastern Illinois University. Optometry School: Doctorate Illinois College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: MOA/AOA member. What drives your passion for optometry? I understand and respect that as humans, one of many people’s greatest fears is “the loss of sight”. As an optometrist, providing vision via glasses/CLs is rewarding, more importantly, protecting that gift is a responsibility that I strive to serve. Hobbies/Interests: Animal advocate, spending any free time attending animal functions/ charity events. Also, a proud shelter parent to many adopted pets.

Undergraduate Education: Ferris State University. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: Member of American Optometric Association, Michigan Optometric Association, Serves with MOST Ministry giving exams to underdeveloped countries. Clinical Certifications & Specialties: Rose K and specialty contact lens fittings. What drives your passion for optometry? I enjoy traveling to underserved countries and providing care to people who've never had exams before. Giving someone glasses who have never had them and watching them see for the first time is amazing! How are you helping patients live their best lives? I enjoy helping people see their best and giving them the ability to keep performing the tasks and hobbies that are the most important to them. What does providing a transformational eyecare experience mean to you? It means taking the time to listen to you patients, answer their questions and make sure they are comfortable with the decisions we are making to improve their vision together. How are you impacting your local community? giving to local schools, charities and spending time getting to know my community playing sports and volunteering. Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy playing a variety of sports, rock climbing, traveling, and spending time playing games with friends and family.

Undergraduate Education: University of Waterloo. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: MOA. What drives your passion for optometry? Helping people see better. Hobbies/Interests: Cycling (gravel road racing & mtn biking), hockey.

Undergraduate Education: Eastern Michigan University. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry. Professional Achievements/Associations: WMOA / AOA.

Dr. Blake Smith graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Tech and a Doctorate of Optometry, including certifications for Optometric Therapy and as a Glaucoma Specialist, from the University of Houston in 2007. He has served as the Panhandle Optometric Society President from 2009 to present. Dr. Smith and his family are members of Trinity Fellowship Church. In his spare time, Dr. Smith loves to golf, travel and spend time with his wife, Jennifer, and two daughters.