Dr. Stephanie Woo is a graduate of the Southern California College of Optometry. She completed a cornea and contact lens residency at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Dr. Woo is the owner of the Contact Lens Institute of Nevada, a clinic dedicated entirely to specialty contact lenses. Dr. Woo is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optomey and a Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society. Recently, she founded Woo University, an optometric education company. Dr. Woo enjoys lecturing on the topics of scleral contact lenses and anterior segment eye disease. Dr. Woo is the founder of Woo University.

Dr. Karen Carrasquillo received her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico after graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s in Chemistry. The following year she completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear. She continued her education at the New England College of Optometry where she received her Doctor of Optometry, followed by a residency specializing in Cornea and Contact Lens at the New England College of Optometry. She is a Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society, and Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association.

Dr. Andrew Biondo started practicing Optometry in 2010 and it's been an epic ride ever since. From his beginnings at the University of Missouri to graduate school where he excelled at the top of his class, he has always had a vision for what would eventually become Kirkwood Eye Associates.
​Dr. Biondo was installed as President of the St. Louis Optometric Society in June of 2017, He is also a member of the Missouri Optometric Association, the American Academy of Optometry, the Scleral Lens Education Society, the International Keratoconus Academy & the American Optometric Association. He is also an adjunct clinical professor for the University of Missouri St. Louis College of Optometry & was recently named a fellow of the National Scleral Lens Education Society.

Dr. Clarke Newman grew up in Dallas, Texas. After graduating from Hillcrest High School in 1978, he attended the University of Houston. Dr. Newman graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pre-Medical Biology. His minor was in evolutionary biology.

Then Dr. Newman attended the University of Houston College of Optometry (UHCO). In 1985, He completed his Optometric Externship at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC and completed the Ocular Surgical Anatomy Course at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. Also, in 1985, while a fourth-year optometry student, Dr. Newman worked with William Lipsky, MD to develop new visual flight regulations for the space shuttle program by prescribing the first contact lenses to go into outer space. Dr. Newman received his Doctor of Optometry Degree in 1986.