Eye Doctor in Johnson City, TN

If your child's glasses prescription gets stronger every year, that's myopia (nearsightedness) progressing. It's worth slowing down, because a higher prescription in childhood means a higher lifetime risk of retinal detachment, glaucoma and myopic macular degeneration.

At our Johnson City office, Dr. Susan Reimbold fits orthokeratology (Ortho-K) lenses. These are custom gas-permeable lenses your child wears only while sleeping. They gently reshape the front of the eye overnight, so your child sees clearly all day with no glasses or daytime contacts. The same lenses are one of the best-studied ways to slow myopia in kids. Each fitting starts with a corneal map, and we follow up closely through the first weeks.

Dr. Reimbold works alongside Barbra Williams, COT, COA, a certified ophthalmic technician who helps with Ortho-K and scleral lens fittings, from the first corneal map to teaching kids and parents how to put lenses in and care for them.

Ortho-K isn't the only option. Myopia-control soft lenses and specialty glasses lenses suit some families better, and Dr. Reimbold will walk you through all of them.

Dr. Susan Reimbold, OD

Dr. Reimbold is the founder of Bolt Eye Group and sees patients at our Johnson City office, where she runs the Ortho-K and myopia control program. She earned a degree in genetics from the University of Georgia and her Doctor of Optometry with honors from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, then completed an ocular disease residency at the Baltimore VA Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute.

She is a board-certified optometrist who has served as an investigator in dry eye and glaucoma clinical studies. Her interests are eye disease, luxury and custom eyewear, and the link between vision and learning. She is a strong advocate for children with learning differences, including ADHD and dyslexia.

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Dr. Quynh Ta, OD

Dr. Ta is a board-certified optometrist who sees patients at every Bolt Eye Group office, including Johnson City. She earned a Bachelor of Science in microbiology from the University of Florida and her Doctor of Optometry from the Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry. She has more than ten years in optometry, including private practice and work alongside LASIK surgeons at LasikPlus, where she cared for patients before and after surgery.

Her strengths are comprehensive eye exams, dry eye, eye disease and OCT imaging, diabetic eye care, contact lens fittings, and urgent eye problems.

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Dr. Jonathan Woolfson, MD

Dr. Woolfson is a board-certified ophthalmologist who provides surgical consultation and co-management for Bolt Eye Group patients in Johnson City, so patients who need a surgeon's opinion on cataracts, LASIK or other procedures can get it through their own eye doctor's office.

He earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, completed his ophthalmology residency at Emory University and fellowship training in refractive surgery, and has been certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology since 1997. He has performed more than 100,000 LASIK procedures.

Barbra Williams, COT, COA

Barbra has worked in eye care for 30 years. She is a certified ophthalmic technician (COT) and certified ophthalmic assistant (COA), has worked as a licensed dispensing optician, and today is Bolt Eye Group's chief operating officer.

Her passion is specialty contact lenses. For more than ten years she has been the clinical "super tech" on our most complicated fits, helping patients with keratoconus, children whose nearsightedness keeps progressing, and our youngest Ortho-K patients. In Johnson City she works alongside Dr. Reimbold on Ortho-K and scleral lens fittings, from the first corneal map to teaching kids and parents how to care for their lenses.

A true jack of all trades, Barbra also built Bolt Eye Group's billing and credentialing department. Outside the office she is a proud grandmother of ten.

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