Speakers

Carey Patrick, O.D.

Partner, Vision Source

www.visionsource-fairview.com

 

 

As a therapeutic optometrist, Dr. Carey Patrick’s passion is helping people see clearly – especially older people whose vision isn’t quite what it used to be.

 

Dr. Patrick is President of the Northeast Texas Optometric Association (TOA and earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from the University of Houston. She is active in the American Optometric Association (AOA) and its Pediatric and Binocular Vision Council and Cornea and Contact Lens Specialty Section.

 

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Optometric Association, is chair of the TOA Third Party Insurance Committee and former chair of the TOA Public Health Committee where she coordinates statewide participation of doctors for InfantSEE, VisionUSA, glaucoma, diabetes, children’s vision and low vision recovery programs.

 

Dr. Patrick won national recognition as the Outstanding Graduate Professional in 2002 for her research and treatment of aniseikonia, a condition in which the shape and size of the ocular image differ in each eye.

 

She has twice been nominated for Fellowship in the American Academy of Optometry, the professional organization which recognizes outstanding contributors to optometry and the vision care profession and is now Board Certified by the American Board of Optometry.

 

Dr. Patrick serves on the Board of Directors of the Allen-Fairview Chamber of Commerce, is a founding member of the Fairview Economic Development Council, and volunteers with the Allen Lion's Club annual mobile eye clinic.