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About Elkin Eye Care

Elkin Eye Care is a private practice that was formed when Dr. Janet Perkins at Schonhofen Eye retired after serving the community and seeing patients for 42.5 years! She sold her practice to Dr. Logan Oliver, the owner of Oliver Eye Care in Sparta, NC. The practice was started independently in 1979, and it remains that way today.

Dr. Brewer joined Elkin Eye Care at the end of 2021

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About Dr. Kala Brewer

Dr. Brewer earned her undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She received her optometry degree in 2013 from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN, where she graduated cum laude. She was the recipient of the Dr. Allan and Mrs. Susan Barker Endowed Scholarship. During optometry school, she was inducted into the Beta Sigma Kappa Honor Society.  Dr. Brewer completed externships at LasikPlus Vision Center and Bookcliff Vision Center in Colorado, and a residency in Primary Care/ Ocular Disease at the Memphis Veterans Administration Medical Center.

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Dr. Brewer strives to provide the best care possible to her patients. She has provided care for patients with many types of ocular disease, such as glaucoma, and has experience with post-operative care. She is a member of the American Optometric Association and the North Carolina State Optometric Society. Dr. Brewer has also participated in optometric mission trips to Peru, Belize, and Colombia. 

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Dr. Brewer is married and enjoys spending time with her family.  She also enjoys hiking, disc golf, volleyball, Latin dancing, and volunteering with her church.

About Dr. Dexter Street

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Dr. Street earned his undergraduate degree from Slippery Rock State College in Slippery Rock, PA in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics Education. He then became a Junior High School Mathematics Teacher at Lynnhaven Junior High School in Virginia Beach, VA.


He began his Masters Degree work in School Counseling and Administration at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA when he was encouraged to change his career to Optometry. Dr. Street then attended the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia, PA graduating with a Doctor of Optometry degree in 1984. He was also awarded the Module 3 Clinical Excellence Award, a Clinical Excellence Award in Clinical Optometry and a Clinical Excellence Award in Pediatric Optometry. He did his externships at the Lynch Pediatric Clinic in Philadelphia, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, DC, The Freeport Eye Center in Freeport, PA and with Kenneth A. Lebow, OD a Specialty Contact Lens Practice in Virginia Beach, VA. In his senior year of Optometry School, Dr. Street and approximately 18 other students along with 4 staff members from the Optometry School, went on a mission trip to Haiti where they delivered eye care with the Student Optometric Service to Haiti.

 

Returning to Virginia Beach, he aided Brandon Edwards in the development of the BITA Low Vision device which he uses in the practice of Low Vision at the Industries for the Blind. Dr. Street practiced Optometry in Mount Airy, NC for 32 years from which he recently retired. Shortly after retirement, Dr. Logan Oliver asked him to join his practices in Sparta and Elkin.

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Dr. Street is a member of the American Optometric Association and the North Carolina Optometric Society. He has been married to Carol Lee (Wilde) Street for 45 years and enjoys working with their dogs, cat and three horses. He also enjoys playing golf and music as well as working on restoring one of his automobiles. He thoroughly enjoys reading his Bible and books by Dr. Charles Stanley, C.S. Lewis, Max Lucado, Frank Peretti and Joyce Myers to name a few.

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Our amazing staff

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Rachel

Office Manager

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Angie

Technician

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Amanda P.

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Shandy

Optician

Patient Care Coordinator

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Elaine

Optician

Amanda G.

Patient Care Coordinator

Optician

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Meghan

Optilight IPL Technician

346 N Bridge St. Elkin, NC 28621

336-835-1312

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