Dr. James Colgain

Dr. Kimberly Woideck

Dr. Kimberly Woideck graduated Cum Laude from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science. She then completed a Bachelor of Vision Science and her Doctorate of Optometry at Nova Southeastern University.  

After gaining experience in various practice settings, she decided to pursue public service and earned a commissioned into the United States Air Force in 2019. Currently a Major, she has been blessed to serve on remote training missions as well as earning the 2021 Air Force Biomedical Clinician of the Year, Company Grade Officer. 

Dr. Woideck enjoys the outdoors, camping and kayaking and being a dog mom to Doodle Bug. 

Dr. Sean Pitale

Maj Sean Pitale is a proud member of the South Carolina Air National Guard, having been in for 10 years.  He graduated from Inter-American School of Optometry in Puerto Rico in 2008.  In 13 years since graduation, Maj Pitale has worked in an OD practice in Hilton Head, SC, and an MD/OD practice in the Charlotte, NC area.  He has also freelanced around the Carolinas, doing fill-in work at local private offices and retail outlets.  He got his undergraduate degree in Business from San Diego State Univ.  

Dr. Meghan Elkins

Dr. Meghan Elkins is a staff optometrist at the Hershel “Woody” Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia. She is a 2010 graduate of Southern College of Optometry and completed a Primary Care Optometry residency at the Salem VAMC in Salem, Virginia. Dr. Elkins became a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry in 2012. She has previously lectured for the Southeastern District of the NC Optometric Society, the Indiana Optometric Association, AFOS, and the AAO. She is a past chair of the education committee and a current AFOS board member. Her favorite hobbies include rock climbing, skiing, whitewater rafting, trail running, and scleral depression.

Dr. Michael Pattison

Dr. Mike Pattison was born and raised in Port Huron, Michigan and attended St. Clair Community College receiving an Associate’s Degree , the University of Michigan receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology and later the Hartford Graduate Center where he received a Master of Science Degree in Health Care Management. He obtained his Optometry degree from the Michigan College of Optometry in 1981 and entered the Navy that year.  While in the Navy, Mike also completed the Executive Medicine Program at the Naval Post-Graduate School and graduated from the Naval War College.  During his 30 year career, Mike was stationed in the Philippines, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and retired in Maryland.   His military positions have included Commanding Officer at the Naval Ophthalmic Support and Training Activity, the Integrated Service Chief during the Walter Reed Consolidation, Navy Specialty Leader, Executive Agent for the DoD Optical Fabrication Enterprise, Command of the Tri-Service Optician School and served as a member of Navy Medicine Executive Steering Committee and the initial Inter-Service Training Realignment Organization which was active in the consolidation of military health care training.  Since retiring from the Navy, Mike has worked as an Occupational Vision Optometry as part of the Tri-Service Vision Conservation and Readiness Program at the Army Public Health Center in Maryland before moving to his current position as the Readiness and Operations Optometry Program Manager at the Vision Center of Excellence.  In addition, he has been very active in the Armed Forces Optometry Society serving in all Board positions except Vice President and serving as the Active Executive Director from April 2011 to May 2012.  Mike currently lives in Maryland with his wife Julie.

COL Scott McClellan

Colonel Scott F. McClellan was born and raised in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He matriculated at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a Minor in Psychology. He obtained his medical degree from the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences in 2000 and completed a Transitional Year Internship at Madigan Army Medical Center in the summer of 2001. He served as a flight surgeon in the Vilseck Health Clinic and later as Brigade Surgeon for the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Vilseck, Germany. He deployed to Kosovo in November 2002 as the Multi-National Brigade East (MNBE) Deputy Surgeon. From 2003-2006, he completed a Masters of Public Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas and a Residency in Aerospace and Preventive Medicine at the Naval Aerospace Medicine Institute on Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida. He reported to Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia as the 3rd Aviation Brigade Surgeon in the summer of 2006 and later deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 07-09 from May 2007 to July 2008. He completed an Ophthalmology Residency at Madigan Army Medical Center from 2009-2012. After serving a year as a staff Ophthalmologist in Fort Polk, Louisiana and completing his Intermediate Level Education-Common Core (ILE-CC) Course in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, he became fellowship trained in Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland from 2013-2014. He served two years as the Chief of Surgery and later as the Deputy Commander for Clinical Services at the Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center on Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. From 2016-2019, he was the Chief and Chairman of the Ophthalmology Service within the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center-Uniformed Services University's Department of Surgery in Bethesda, Maryland. He served as the Director, U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) Root Cause Analysis Event Support and Engagement Team (RESET) at the Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG) in Falls Church, VA from 2019-2021. He graduated from the Army War College Distance Education Program (AWCDEP) in July 2021 and recently transitioned to the role of Branch Chief, Vision Center of Excellence (VCE), Defense Health Agency (DHA) Research & Engineering in August 2021.

Dr. Katherine Laney

Dr. Katie Gilbert-Smith

Dr. Katie Gilbert-Spear graduated with honors from Auburn University with a degree in Biomedical Sciences. She obtained her Master’s degree in Public Health-Epidemiology from UAB School of Public Health and her Doctorate of Optometry from UAB School of Optometry. In 2019, she graduated, with highest honors, from Mitchell Hamline School of Law with her Juris Doctorate degree specializing in Health Law and Compliance.

Dr. Gilbert-Spear moved to Pensacola, Florida in 2004 where she and her husband, Dr. Carl Spear, grew one practice into four private practices and one Ophthalmology office which she managed for twelve years. She is the founder and director of The Visual Performance Center, which has conducted numerous research studies in contact lenses, solutions, dry eye and visual performance.

In 2021, Dr. Gilbert-Spear purchased two Optometry offices in the panhandle of Florida and opened a third location in 2022. She is a practicing attorney and focuses her work within the healthcare field. She is a consultant and speaker with various eyecare companies.

Dr. Gilbert-Spear is currently serving on the Florida Board of Optometry. She is also a current member of the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association and the American Public Health Association.

Dr. Gilbert-Spear lives in the panhandle of Florida with her husband, Dr. Carl Spear and their children. She enjoys reading, traveling and spending time with her family.

Dr. Ryan Kern