Our Doctors
Lisa Dok, O.D., F.A.A.O., F.O.V.D.R.
Dr. Lisa Dok is passionate about helping her patients achieve the best vision possible. Her main priority is providing vision that maximizes the potential of each of her patients: children and adults as well as the elderly. She became interested in vision development, rehabilitation and vision therapy while completing a degree in neuroscience at the University of Southern California. She earned her Doctor of Optometry degree Summa Cum Laude from the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, IL.
Dr. Dok completed a residency at the Southern College of Optometry in Vision Therapy and Low Vision Rehabilitation. She is board-certified in vision therapy and provides care for patients with visual symptoms related to brain injury, binocular vision disorders, strabismus, amblyopia, and others.
In addition to being a member of the American Optometric Association, she is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and of the Optometric Vision Development and Rehabilitation Association (formerly College of Optometrists in Vision Development).
She grew up in Southern California and moved to the Seattle area to be close to her husband’s family, in addition to enjoying the Pacific Northwest.
Katherine Shen, O.D., M.B.A
Dr. Katherine Shen is a native Washingtonian. She grew up in Seattle and Bellevue. After high school, she moved to the east coast to study Brain and Cognitive Sciences with a minor in Vision Science at the University of Rochester. She became interested in vision development and decided to pursue optometry through the State University of New York (SUNY). During her 4th year, she trained in pediatrics and vision therapy at SUNY, and ocular diseases at two VA hospitals in Arizona and also in China. After graduation, she continued her training by completing a residency in Boston with the New England College of Optometry (NECO) at one of only two community health programs in the nation with an emphasis in pediatrics, vision therapy, and ocular diseases.
Dr. Shen returned to the Pacific Northwest in 2011 and has worked in group practices specializing in pediatrics, vision therapy, and ocular diseases. Over the past decade, Dr. Shen has been an adjunct clinical faculty to multiple optometry schools and has helped train numerous interns and residents. She has also conducted extensive research on vision, published multiple articles, and lectured in hospitals, schools, parental groups, as well as in both local and international conferences. She also earned an MBA in nonprofit management.
Dr. Shen is an active member of the American Optometric Association and Optometric Physicians of Washington where she served as their treasurer for a decade. She is also a member of the Optometric Vision Development and Rehabilitation Association (College of Optometrists in Vision Development), Optometric Extension Program, and Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association.
She joined SVTRC in December 2023 and is excited to help patients and their families grow in their understanding of vision as well as help care for patients with visual symptoms related to brain injury, binocular vision disorders, strabismus, amblyopia, and others.
In her spare time, she is busy serving in her church, going on annual mission trips to Oaxaca, Mexico, and spending time with her husband and two young children. Dr. Shen speaks multiple languages including Mandarin, Shanghainese, and Spanish.
Our Vision Therapists
Leslie
Leslie is board certified as an Optometric Vision Therapist (COVT) by the Optometric Vision and Rehabilitation Association with over a decade of experience in vision therapy. Leslie also has her MSW and taps into her experience as therapist/social worker as she works alongside her vision therapy patients. She is empathetic to her patients’ challenges and enjoys discovering unique ways to help her patients learn new skills as they journey toward their recovery. Leslie’s unique therapeutic style combines curiosity with enthusiasm, while keeping her patient’s goals front and center.
Leslie discovered vision therapy herself when she was diagnosed with strabismus due to a traumatic brain injury. Vision therapy changed her life so much that she pursued it as a career and has never looked back!
Leslie was born and raised in the Midwest but has made Seattle her home for over 20 years. She believes Seattle is one of the best places to live with moderate weather and amazing views. She loves to be outside, read books, exercise, practice yoga/mindfulness, bake and listen to music- -she is obsessed with Broadway musicals! She is a mother of 2 teens and an adorable Boston Terrier named Peppercorn.
Sofía
Sofia started her vision therapy journey with SVTRC. Before, she worked as a teacher for kids of all ages as well as for adults. She discovered vision therapy while looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on people in a one-on-one space rather than in a classroom. Teaching was always and continues to be one of her passions, which drew her into the therapeutic space when transitioning to healthcare. As a vision therapist, she is enthusiastic and eager to develop her skills to better help her patients recover.
Sofia enjoys crafting macrame and miniatures, the cinema, going to concerts, as well as enjoying the quietness of nature. One of her cats, Le Chieffre, only has one eye! Ironic for a vision therapist! Not to worry, he lives a happy life in a loving household alongside his sister, Luna.
Lily
Lily graduated from Western Washington University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Sociology. After graduating, Lily felt it was time for a change and moved back to her hometown of Seattle, WA. She was anxious for the chance to use her degree to help people in a meaningful way. When Lily saw that SVTRC was hiring, she knew this was the opportunity she had been looking for.
Becoming a vision therapist has meant that she can finally combine her enthusiasm for the human nervous system with her desire to help people change their lives for the better. Every day, Lily is inspired by the growth of her patients and is in awe of the brain’s ability to heal. Vision Therapy is truly an amazing field to be working in, and she couldn’t be happier to be at SVTRC!
In her spare time, Lily enjoys listening to live music, going on long nature walks (preferably near large bodies of water), spending quality time with her friends and frequenting her local library.
Yasmine “Jazzy”
Jazzy was born and raised in California where she graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a BS in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology. She worked as an optometric technician at a clinic that specialized in myopia care for children for 5 years. It was from there Jazzy first heard of vision therapy and became curious. After moving to Seattle, Jazzy wanted to continue working in the optometry and found a job at SVTRC. She is excited to help patients improve their vision. In her free time, Jazzy likes to listen to crime podcasts and music, play with her dog Yuki, explore different areas of Seattle, and is currently trying to learn how to crotchet.
Our Patient Care Coordinators
Khanka “Kay”
Kay started as a Vision Therapist in March 2021 while attending the University of Washington as an undergraduate in the Jackson School of International Studies. Her studies aided her passion in global health and safety, in which she translated into providing the best care support for patients at SVTRC as a patient care coordinator.
Kay learned about vision therapy through working as an optometric technician. While there were only a handful of vision therapy patients at her previous clinic, she found it fascinating and wanted to learn more. When Kay saw the opportunity to work closely with vision therapy patients, she moved to SVTRC.
In her spare time, Kay enjoys reading, writing, crocheting, scrolling through Pinterest, and playing with her cat, Dango.