09/29/2023
Hi, welcome! I’m Dr. Mimia Wen, a residency-trained optometrist passionate about dry eye therapy and myopia control. For those of you new to my page, here is a little background about me.
As a child I grew up in multiple different US cities and even for some years in Shanghai, China. I studied public health infectious diseases and epidemiology at UC Berkeley for my undergrad before going on to earn my Doctorate of Optometry from the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. After graduating with honors from , I completed a residency in Primary Care/Ocular Disease at the Veterans Affairs of Long Beach .
My interest in disease treatment and the fact that I’ve had poor eyesight all my life is what drove me pursue optometry. I love that optometry offers a way to very tangibly improve someone’s quality of life. And it provides skills that can be used anywhere in the world!
During my residency, I learned to treat a variety of ocular conditions, but the ones affecting the anterior segment, or ocular surface, are the ones that fascinated me the most. Whether it’s an emergency red eye or chronic dry eye syndrome, optometrist like me are the ones positioned as the first line of care, relief, and education. And that is something that I find incredibly rewarding and fulfilling.
Another aspect of optometry that I fell in love with during my training was myopia control. Having been myopic, or nearsighted, since I was 11 years old (and honestly probably before but just never diagnosed), I was stunned to learn in optometry school that there are effective treatments to prevent or slow the progression of myopia in children. It’s too late for me to reap the benefits now, but I am passionate about providing these preventative interventions to children to help them to thrive in this visually demanding world.
Thank your for following my journey in optometry and small business ownership as it unfolds.
