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- Doctor’s Name:Kristi Kading
- Doctor’s email:drkristi@specialtyeye.com
- About the Doctor:Is Dr. Kristi Kading married to Dr. David Kading? Yes. Is she an expert optometrist who specializes in pediatrics and vision therapy? Also yes. Words that describe Dr. Kading? Insightful. Compassionate. Thorough. Specialties: Pediatric examinations with patients as young as 6 months old Diagnosing & treating binocular vision problems - including strabismus (eye turns), amblyopia (lazy eye), poor oculomotor skills, and vision-related learning difficulties - ensuring both eyes are in sync Utilizing specialty lenses, prism, tints, and occlusion to give patients their most comfortable vision Vision Therapy to help young and adult patients achieve their best functional vision Optometric Light Therapy to improve visual discomfort and functional vision, particularly in the traumatic brain injury (TBI) population Optometric Light Therapy to build eye teaming at a brain level particularly for patients with amblyopia and strabismus Professional career quick facts: Graduated from Pacific University College of Optometry with a Doctor of Optometry degree. Completed postdoctoral residency training in pediatric eye care, vision therapy, the Pediatric and Strabismus Referral Center, and neuro-rehabilitative vision treatment. Worked in conjunction with Oregon Health Science University (OHSU) co-managing pediatric cases and patients with strabismus and amblyopia. Consultant for Johnson and Johnson’s vision care department for topics related to pediatric eye care and contact lens technology. Enjoys lecturing locally and nationally to parent groups, schools, and other physicians. Has volunteered for more than a decade teaching about infant vision in Evergreen Hospital Parent-Baby Classes. Earned her fellowship of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO). Board Certified in visual development and vision therapy through the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (FCOVD). Co-manages patients with acquired brain injury with Evergreen Health’s Rehabilitation Center and many neurologists and other professionals in the area. Professional involvement and Achievement: National recognition for work with pediatric eye care and the InfantSEE program Voted Washington Young Optometrist of the Year Past president of King County Optometric Society Has volunteered many hours with King County Optometric Society and the Children’s Vision Task Force. Some of her favorites have been supporting schools and school nurses and working to educate about common vision related learning problems. InfantSEE® provider since 2005, a national public health program that provides complimentary comprehensive eye assessments for infants 6 months to 1-year-old. Professional membership and involvement with Optometric Physicians of WA, King County Optometric Society, College of Optometrists in Vision Development (international), OEPF, Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association. Dr. Kading has a passion for giving hope to patients of all ages. She is grateful her work helps people change their vision by changing their brains. She especially enjoys creating relationships and trust with her patients and their families. Volunteering in the local community is a priority for her and she particularly enjoys it when this involves helping children. Dr. Kristi’s most favorite job is being mother to her three girls who bring a lot of joy and constant learning. You can find her at playgrounds swinging with her girls, on the patio reading a book, or making photo books to log all the memories. She relishes anytime at the ocean and loves the natural treasures (sea stars, rocks, shells) that can be found here in the PNW. She and Dr. Dave prioritize generosity in our local communities and around the world.
- 2nd Doctor’s Name:Sydney Kapp
- 2nd Doctor’s Email:drkapp@specialtyeye.com
- About The 2nd Doctor:Words that describe Dr. Kapp? Genuine, perceptive, trustworthy Dr. Sydney Kapp grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended undergrad at Washington University in St. Louis, earning a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, and then ventured across town to the University of Missouri - St. Louis College of Optometry to obtain her doctorate in optometry. Following graduation, she was called to the Pacific Northwest. There, she completed her residency program in Portland, Oregon, specializing in pediatric optometry and visual rehabilitation. During residency, she gained experience treating children with strabismus (eye misalignment), amblyopia (lazy eye), and vision-related learning difficulties, as well as treating patients of all ages with acquired or traumatic brain injuries. Dr. Kapp is active in the local eyecare community. She regularly gives lectures to help other eyecare practitioners enhance their knowledge in topics of myopia management, children’s vision, eye disease and vision therapy. She is an InfantSEE provider, giving babies from 6-12 months their first eye exam. She also works with Evergreen Hospital at parent-baby classes discussing infant vision development. She has presented posters at annual College of Optometrists in Vision Development meetings on topics related to vision therapy. She is currently further researching the realm of myopia management to better provide a full-scope of care to pediatric patients. Specialties: Pediatric examinations with patients as young as 6 months old. Diagnosing & treating binocular vision problems - including strabismus (eye turns), amblyopia (lazy eye), poor oculomotor skills, and vision-related learning difficulties - ensuring both eyes are in sync. Utilizing specialty lenses (prism), tints, and occlusion to give patients their most comfortable vision. Vision Therapy to help young and adult patients achieve their best functional vision. Optometric Light Therapy to improve visual discomfort and functional vision, particularly in the traumatic brain injury (TBI) population. Optometric Light Therapy to build eye teaming at a brain level particularly for patients with amblyopia and strabismus. Myopia Management to slow the progression of myopic eye disease in pediatric populations. Professional involvement and Achievement: Dr. Kapp is an active member of the College of Optometrists in Visual Development (COVD), American Academy of Optometry (AAO), the American Optometric Association (AOA), Optometric Physicians of Washington (OPW) and locally with the King Country Optometric Association (KCOS). Over the last years, her practice and knowledge base has expanded to a place where she has been asked to test for the prestigious fellowship status in both the American Academy of Optometry and the College of Optometrists in Vision Development. When not in the office, you can find her playing frisbee with her black lab, Murphy. In the rest of her free time, you can find her out hiking or kayaking, supporting the Seattle Kraken (or the Dallas Stars if they’re in town), or planning her next big PNW adventure.
Specialty Eye provides evaluations and management of binocular vision dysfunction of all types. Because of neuroscience, we continue to have more tools to enrich our patients’ lives. We prescribe neuro-balancing lenses, Optometric Phototherapy, and Advanced Vision Therapy.
Specialty Eye’s Vision Therapy is based on neuroscience principles that provide treatment for developmental problems, vision-related learning problems, visual-motor deficiencies, perceptual-cognitive deficiencies, visual rehabilitation after a brain injury, and visual enhancement training for sports.
Vision therapy helps improve learning, memory, thinking, executive functions, and attention. We would love to see you or your child for a consultation!
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