Dr. Courtney R.
Kwan, O.D.
Dr. Kwan is a 2010 graduate of University of Missouri-Columbia where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology. While in college, she was an active participant and president of the Pre-Optometry Club and worked as an optometric assistant for a private practice. She credits her love for the field of optometry with her experiences in private practice.
She attended the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Optometry following her undergraduate education and has been practicing in both Ste. Genevieve, MO and Farmington, MO since 2014. Her optometry education allows her to feel comfortable treating patients of all ages and needs including basic eye exams and more complicated disease management. While in school, she completed rotations in ocular disease at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, contacts lenses at UMSL Eye Center, pediatric care and vision therapy at UMSL Eye Center, and primary care optometry throughout St. Louis Clinics and the Scott Air Force Base.
Dr. Kwan graduated from optometry school in 2014 where she was the recipient of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development Award for Excellence in Vision Therapy and the recipient of the Gas Permeable Lens Institute Award for Clinical Excellence in contact lenses. Dr. Kwan is a member of the Beta Sigma Kappa Optometric Honor society, the American Optometric Association, and the Missouri Optometric Association. She is also a participant in the AOA Infantsee program and provides eye examinations for children and infants as young as six months old..
Dr. Kwan began practicing in July 2014. She currently lives in Ste. Genevieve with her husband Philip and sons Kanaan, Alek, Roman, and Pierce. She volunteers her time with the AOA Infantsee program, the advisory board for Ste. Genevieve Preschool, and with elementary school vision screening programs in the area. She also returns each fall to the University of Missouri-College of Optometry where she guest lectures in the school's Ocular Motility course on Eye Movement Disorders and Neurologic implications.