Undergraduate Education: University of South Florida, Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Sciences. Optometry School: Nova Southeastern University, Doctor of Optometry. How are you impacting your local community or helping your patients live their best lives? Loves to take an active role in giving back to her community in any way she can. Hobbies/Interests: As a Florida native and self-proclaimed foodie, she enjoys traveling, hanging out with her husband and dog, and exploring the local cuisine.

Undergraduate Education: Michigan State University. Optometry School: Michigan College of Optometry. Ocular Disease Residency at the Battle Creek Veterans Affairs Medical Center. How are you impacting your local community or helping your patients live their best lives? My goal is to provide quality eye care through a welcoming and personalized experience at each visit. Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my family and friends, watching sports, summers at the lake.

Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.

Undergraduate Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Optometry School: Illinois College of Optometry. How are you impacting your local community or helping your patients live their best lives? I want my patients to know they will be treated like family as I provide compassionate care for their visual needs! Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy attending classes at Orange Theory Fitness, trying out new restaurants in Chicago, and am always looking for book recommendations!

Undergraduate University: Emory University. Optometry School: Southern College of Optometry. How I am impacting my local community and helping patients live their best lives: For the past 35 years I have been providing the greater Miramar community with comprehensive eye examinations for adults and children, diabetic eye exams, contact lens evaluations, binocular vision dysfunction assessments and ocular disease management. Hobbies/Interests: Golf, pickleball, reading, travel.

Dr. Solberg has been here in Waukesha since 2000. Dr. Solberg had been working at a multi-office ophthalmology/optometry clinic for seven years before his own practice, gaining much experience in routine eye examinations and contact lenses comprehensive eye care including treatment of eye infections and disease, glaucoma, foreign-body removal, and co-management in cataract surgery. He is a long-time resident of southeast Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse before graduating from the Illinois College of Optometry in 1989. Dr. Solberg and his wife Lisa have three children.

Dr. Ashlin Mikolich earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a focus on Ecology at Penn State University. After taking a year off to work as an optometric technician, she then went on to earn her Doctor of Optometry at Salus University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she specialized in primary care, contact lenses, and ocular disease, with a special interest in low vision services. While in school, Dr. Mikolich completed an externship in primary eye care in Mars Hill, which seeded her love for the mountains and western North Carolina. She then completed ocular disease rotations at both the James H. Quillen VA hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee and the Yukon-Kuskokwim hospital in Bethel, Alaska focusing on the native Yupik population. She also completed both a contact lens rotation and low vision rotation in Philadelphia. Dr. Mikolich is a member of the North Carolina Optometric Society, American Optometric Association, and local Mountain District Society of Optometrists where she is current Vice President. She works alongside her husband quarterly to bring eyecare to patients at the Black Mountain Neuro Medical Center. She formerly practiced in the Charlotte metropolitan area and is glad to bring her experience to Asheville. In her free time, you can find her hiking, camping, crafting, reading, or relaxing with her husband, cats, and turtle. Dr. Mikolich is excited to get you started with seeing and feeling your best with new glasses and contacts. She is also excited to bring special care to the practice including low vision and specialty contact services.

Dr. Benjamin Steger earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Bioinformatics, with a minor in Biochemistry, at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He then worked as a genetic researcher on chronic Hepatitis B infections and how that can lead to liver cancer, at Drexel University. Afterward, Dr. Steger studied, and earned, his Doctorate in Optometry at Salus University in Pennsylvania. Dr. Steger’s optometric training took him to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to a specialty contact lens site, and to the Santa Fe Indian Hospital in New Mexico, to study Native American genetics and disease variabilities. He then focused on diseases in veterans at the Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina, as well as primary care Optometry in both Wilmington, North Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a member of Student Optometric Service to Humanity, Dr. Steger participated in a medical mission trip to El Salvador, where he and his fellow doctors and students provided vision correction and disease treatment to over two thousand patients across their country. He continues to offer his time to the community by offering ocular health screenings at the Black Mountain Neuro Medical Treatment Center, and as a volunteer at the Asheville Museum of Science, where he is currently serving on their Education Committee in an effort to expand interest in the sciences to the Western North Carolina region. He is a member of the American Optometric Association, North Carolina Optometric Society, and Mountain District Society of Optometrists. Dr. Steger has been featured on both WBTW-Charlotte, and local WWNC 570 as a professional guest for Glaucoma Awareness Month. Dr. Steger loves science, especially focusing on molecular biology and genetics, watching scientific documentaries, history, archaeology, hiking, biking, and video games. He is happy to bring his expertise, along with his wife’s, to provide the best eye care to the greater Asheville area, always with his patient’s optimal health in mind.

Dr. Vaughn is a graduate of the University of Houston were he obtained his Doctorate of Optometry and his Bachelors in Biology. Dr. Vaughn is trained in the diagnosis and management of ocular conditions, systemic diseases that affect the visual system, glaucoma, specialty contact lens fittings, low vision, and laser vision evaluations with the Laser Eye Center of Lubbock. Dr. Vaughn has received honors including two clinical letters of excellence, the Dr. Richard Ebling Excellence Award in Medically Necessary Contact Lenses, and Gold Key International Optometric Honor society for his service to the college and the community. In November 2014 after completing five clinical case reports and a thorough oral examination administered by a panel of leading optometrists, Dr. Vaughn became a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. Dr. Vaughn is a member of the South Plains Optometric Society, Texas Optometric Association, American Optometric Association, and American Academy of Optometry. Dr. Vaughn is trained in the diagnosis and management of low vision. He has dedicated many hours to understanding the best way to maximize functional vision while demonstrating compassion and attentiveness to his patients. Dr. Vaughn obtained his training from the University of Houston College of Optometry where he completed two rotations dedicated to low vision. At Ginter Eyecare Center we understand that there is a tremendous need to provide services for the visually impaired and we are here to help. He and his wife, Leslie, a registered oncology nurse and west Texas native have a son, Ryder and a daughter, Olivia. In his spare time he enjoys attending sporting events, playing basketball, golf, reading, and the arts. Dr. Vaughn is a passionate volunteer and enjoys serving his community in every way possible.