Dr. Steven M. Kas
Dr. Kas grew up in San Jose and is a local High School graduate. He received his Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of California at Davis in 1999 and earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from the prestigious Illinois College of Optometry in 2003, where he graduated in the top 10% of his class.
Dr. Kas received specialized training at the Illinois Eye Institute, an affiliate clinic of the University of Chicago, the Mid Florida Eye Center, and the Brooklyn VA Hospital. He received extensive training in ocular disease treatment and management. His clinical interests include anterior segment disease, corneal refractive therapy, and laser vision correction. Dr. Kas is a member of many local and national Optometric associations, and is also a member of the Beta Sigma Kappa international Optometric Honor Society. Dr. Kas provided free eye exams to infants under the Infant see Program, to the poor under the California Vision Foundation, and provided free Lasik surgery management under the Vision Correction Gift of Sight Program. he was named as one of "America's Top Optometrists" in 2004 and 2005 by the National Consumers Research Council.
Feel free to contact Dr. Kas or any of our staff at frontdesk@kasod.com
Dr. Kenneth A. Wiener
Dr. Ken Wiener is one of those rare people who chose his profession -- Optometry – when he was a youth. Raised in Portland, Oregon he wrote about Optometry while attending the lauded Grant High School, made famous by the movie Mr. Holland’s Opus. He later attended Pacific University in Forest Grove Oregon, a university known for its pioneering work in the College of Optometry on the relationship between the eyes to the brain and learning. He received his Dr. of Optometry degree from Pacific in 1962 and quickly departed for service in the U.S. Navy where he was the Optometrist at North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego. During his tour of duty, he met and married his wife of 44 years, Nancy. Upon completion of his military duty in 1965 he moved to San Jose and then soon opened his office on Cahalan Avenue when the Sunrise Medical Dental Center first came into being. Dr. Wiener has always had a commitment to helping children find their niche in the educational system and in providing eye care to children, youth and adults without the necessary financial resources. In the late 1960’s he helped to launch “The Lyceum,” a forward thinking extra curricular program for gifted children. Dr. Wiener has been a member of the Willow Glen Kiwanis, where he served as president, the Almaden Valley Jaycees, the Santa Clara County Optometric Society and San Jose Rotary, where he served on the Board of Directors, chaired the Enterprise Leadership Conference, and is currently the Liaison between the Rotary Club and the Santa Theresa High School Interact Club. Dr. Wiener maintains an abiding interest in meeting the unique eye care needs of his patients and specializes in Lasik Co-management, serving as a consultant and co-trainer at the Furlong Lasik Clinic. As the generations of families return to the office, there are many memories shared of long term family care and, in particular, the fun filled educational afternoons with the latest in eye health and eye wear fashion, music and food at the “Frame Fair,” a unique optometric event founded by Dr. Wiener in 1982.
Dr. Wiener’s professional priority is the highest quality specialized treatment and care for the individual and the 40+ year independent private optometric family practice has been the perfect vehicle to achieve this ultimate goal. With the addition of Dr. Steven Kas to the office in 2007, this level of personal service is even more possible.
Corby
An extensive background in Retail Management, in the fashion industry, and a growing knowledge of Social Work Generalist Practice makes Corby an ideal fit as the practice’s Patient Services Coordinator. Corby brings to the practice a warm welcome that you will find nowhere else. For the past 7 years Corby has served as as one of the practice’s familiar faces. During this time he has been a major contributor to the logistics of the practice and has helped deliver the comprehensive eye-care that the practice is known for. If you have any questions regarding billing or insurance Corby will be delighted to answer them.
Sheri
Sheri has been a more than familiar face in the optical community of San Jose, having been in the industry for more than 20 years. Before bringing her knowledge and expertise to this practice, she was an optician for her father, Dr. Ray Sommer. Along with Corby, Sheri has served as a mainstay for the practice and a face you can count on seeing year after year. She almost knows the families that frequent the practice as her own. It is a pleasure for Sheri to meet your optical need and discuss any questions regarding treatment option from conventional eyewear to Lasik procedures, of which she has been a successful patient herself.
Dawn
Dawn grew up in the Santa Cruz mountains and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at UC Santa Cruz. After working as a chemist for a couple of years she found that working in a laboratory setting was not for her and began working in the health care industry. As an optician, Dawn can blend her love of fashion, optics and technology with customer service. She loves the challenge of matching the appropriate frame style and lens options to meet the needs of any patient and answering any questions that you may have. Not sure whether you need an anti-reflective coat or polarized lenses? Dawn is more than happy to go over the benefits and explain the differences in lens options and how they effect you.
