Alyssa Olin, OD

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Get to know Optometrist Dr. Alyssa Olin, who serves patients in Phoenix, Arizona.

Currently, Dr. Olin serves as an optometrist at Doctor’s Exchange of Arizona, P.C. and was recently awarded the position of Ambassador for National Vision Inc. in 2024. She leverages her diverse experience to provide exceptional eye care services and promote vision health initiatives within the community.

Scholastically, Dr. Olin completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology at North Dakota State University in 2018. Subsequently, she graduated with her Doctor of Optometry Degree from the Indiana University School of Optometry in 2023. 

Starting her career journey, Dr. Olin worked as an Optometric Technician, Optician, and Receptionist at Eyesite on 43rd in Fargo, ND from 2015 to 2017, followed by a similar role at Eye2Eye Vision from 2017 to 2018. Once in optometry school, she continued her professional growth. She was highly involved in student leadership as Founder and President of Indiana University’s Low Vision Club, Vice President and Secretary of IU’s Sports Vision Club, and Secretary for the American Optometric Student Association. Dr. Olin was also awarded President of the Gold Key International Optometric Society, received the Moser Family Scholarship, and the William Dean Saunders Memorial Scholarship. In addition, she was an Associate Instructor and tutor. Dr. Olin undertook various Optometry Externships from 2022-2023: first at Cornea and Contact Lens Institute of Minnesota in Edina, Minnesota, followed by University Hospitals-Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and later at Atwater Eye Care Center in Bloomington, Indiana. Finally, she gained valuable experience as an Optometry Extern at the Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center.

Holding certifications in optometry, Dr. Olin is recognized as a Diplomate of both the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) and the Arizona State Board of Optometry.

Among her professional affiliations, she is an active member of the American Optometric Association, American Academy of Optometry, Arizona Optometric Association, and North Dakota Optometric Association.

Optometry is a health care profession that involves examining, managing, and treating the eyes and applicable visual systems. Optometrists are healthcare professionals who provide primary eye care through comprehensive eye examinations to detect and treat various visual abnormalities and eye diseases as well as aiding in systemic disease management. 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.

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