News & Events

This month marks Dr. Penelope S. Suter’s 30 year anniversary since starting her practice on Lennox Ave. For 30 years, her dedication and hard work towards optometry and the practice has helped patients of all ages overcome visual obstacles. On May 2nd, 2015, the entire office threw her a surprise celebratory party for all of…

Dr. Penelope Suter spoke to doctors, therapists and administrators at the Las Vegas Veterans Administration Hospital about the next big advance in providing vision rehabilitation services for the veterans they serve. The reception was enthusiastic! Dr. Suter with Dr. Susan Wenberg (DC), of the Las Vegas Veterans Hospital.

By Adam Rogers for WIRED The original image is in the middle. At left, white-balanced as if the dress is white-gold. At right, white-balanced to blue-black. The fact that a single image could polarize the entire Internet into two aggressive camps is, let’s face it, just another Thursday. But for the past half-day, people across…

Don’t miss out! The Kern Autism Network’s (KAN) Annual Autism Awareness Conference is coming up in April. KAN is a support and educational group with a mission of bringing knowledge about Autism to people in Kern and surrounding counties. Each year, KAN has its Autism conference, bringing knowledgeable speakers and vendors to Bakersfield. This year’s…

There have been ongoing talks and research regarding the safety of sport athletes and the risks associated with sport-related head concussions. Several schools and sport teams have initiated the King-Devick Test as part of each athlete’s evaluation, while many others have not. The King-Devick Test is an effective tool that evaluates rapid eye movement and…

On Monday, June 23rd, Dr. Virginie Dang joined our practice. She is excited to be working in an office where she can see patients of all ages, from infants to geriatric, and participate in both the optometric primary care (general examinations and management of ophthalmic disease) and the vision therapy and vision rehabilitation portions of…

On May 22, 2014 our staff members Kay Kapler and Shari Stamps were invited to participate as vendors at a “Parent’s Night” meeting for families of children on the autism spectrum at Valley Achievement Center. The school director Jo Anna Vega met our staff at the Kern Autism Conference held on March 14th of this…

Dr. William McDonald, formerly located at 5500 Ming Ave., has announced his retirement and has entrusted us with his patient records and care. We are happy to welcome Dr. McDonald’s patients to our office. All patient calls for vision examinations, optical needs, or records should be directed to our office at 869-2010, and our doctors…