Dr Beth Bazin Optometrist
Your South Lakes Eye Doctor
About Us
Dr. Bazin specializes in Pediatric Eye Care, Vision Therapy, Treatment of Vision-related Learning (including ADHD) and Sports Vision Training.
Dr Bazin began her career as a teacher of children with learning disabilities in Lee’s Summit, MO. She decided to enter optometry school after finding few optometrists who did the Vision Therapy that she felt was needed to help her students.
Dr. Bazin was also a clinical instructor at SUNY College of Optometry before going into private practice in the early 90s.
Our Team
Dr. Beth Bazin, FOVDR
Developmental and Rehabilitation Optometrist Optometrist in Kansas City
Dr. Beth Bazin FCOVD is a Neuro Developmental and Rehabilitation Optometrist who has been has had a specialized vision care practice in Kansas City metro area for over 25 years. Her practice specializes in the evaluation and treatment of patients with binocular, oculomotor, visual/vestibular integration and visual field defects, as well as visual processing or sensory processing difficulties. She is a also an eye specialist who excels in the vision care of special needs patients such as those diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, stroke, ADD ADHD, autism, non-verbal learning disorder, and more.
Former Teacher of Children with Learning Disabilities
Dr. Bazin earned her bachelor's degree in education at Avila College in Kansas City, MO in 1974. She began her career as a teacher of children with learning disabilities in Lee's Summit, MO. Dr. Bazin decided to enter optometry school after finding few optometrists who did vision therapy to help her students.
Residency Trained and Board Certified in Vision Therapy, Pediatric Visual Development and Visual Rehabilitation
Dr. Beth Bazin FCOVD graduated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1984 and was accepted in the residency program in vision therapy, pediatric visual development and visual rehabilitation at the State University of New York in New York City, where she stayed on the staff and taught, lectured and did research for several years. Later, she practiced in the New York City suburbs where she married and had a child.
Vision Specialist for Children with Special Needs
She was the optometric consultant to St. Joseph's School for the Deaf in the Bronx and the Gateway School, a private school for children with learning disabilities in New York City.
Serving Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas City, Lee's Summit, Olathe, Lawrence, Shawnee, Independence, Columbia, Jefferson City, Springfield, Topeka, Wichita, MO, KS