Dr. Robert C. Layman, OD

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Get to know Optometrist Dr. Robert C. Layman, who serves patients in Michigan.

Committed to providing Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan with progressive eye care at an exceptional value, Dr. Layman is an experienced optometrist who started the practice that is now Pinnacle Eye Group in 1987. 

With advanced eye care technology, state-of-the-art offices, and exam rooms, Pinnacle Eye Group is home to a highly-trained staff led by four dedicated doctors with more than 50 years of combined experience in optometry. With 30 years of proudly serving the Lambertville, Michigan community and striving for only the best treatment experience, patient care is second to none.

A Toledo native, Dr. Layman graduated from the University of Toledo with his undergraduate degree. He then went on to earn his Doctor of Optometry degree from The Ohio State University College of Optometry. 

Board-certified by the American Board of Optometry, he serves on the Executive Board of the American Optometric Association and is a vision consultant for the University of Toledo Athletic Department,

For Dr. Layman, a big part of the joy of being an optometrist is volunteering through the local, state, and national optometry organizations. He has served as zone governor of the Toledo Area Optometric Society, as president of the Ohio Optometric Association, and as a 30-year volunteer with the American Optometric Association. 

His community service leadership positions have included terms as the Kiwanis Club of West Toledo President, the Toledo Jaycees President, the Downtown Toledo chapter of Business Network International President, the Board of Managers for the Francis Family YMCA, the University of Toledo Alumni Association Board of Trustees, the Sylvania Schools Redistricting Committee, and Boy Scout Troop 87 Assistant Scoutmaster.

Optometry is a health care profession that involves examining the eyes and applicable visual systems for defects or abnormalities, as well as diagnosing and managing eye disease. Optometrists are healthcare professionals who provide primary eye care through comprehensive eye examinations to detect and treat various visual abnormalities and eye diseases. Being a regulated profession, an optometrist’s scope of practice may differ depending on the location. Thus, disorders or diseases detected outside the treatment scope of optometry (i.e. those requiring certain surgical interventions) are referred out to relevant medical professionals for proper care, more commonly to ophthalmologists who are physicians that specialize in the tertiary medical and surgical care of the eye. Optometrists typically work closely together with other eye care professionals, such as ophthalmologists and opticians, to deliver quality and efficient eye care to the general public.

Providing excellent eye care to help patients see their best, look their best, and feel their best, Dr. Layman is the recipient of the 2006 American Optometric Association “Optometrist of the Year Award.” The Ohio Optometric Association honored him with its Outstanding Senior Student Award in 1982, its Young Optometrist of the Year Award in 1987, and its Optometrist of the Year Award in 2005. He also received the TLC Dennis Kennedy, O.D. Excellence in Eye Care Award for 2005 and 2006.

Happily married, Dr. Layman has four children. He enjoys traveling with his family, running, snow skiing, and motorsports.

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