KD Wallace Optometry opened in July 2004. We are a completely independent practice owned fully by Kevin Wallace.

We aim to provide excellent clinical eyecare to the surrounding community and to provide them with quality vision correction at competitive prices. We have invested in the latest technology to ensure a thorough examination of your eyes and for your complete comfort throughout the process.


WHY OPTOMETRY?

The name of the practice comes from the modern term for an ‘ophthalmic optician’. An optician has come to mean someone who provides glasses and although we do that we do provide a lot more in ensuring the health of your eyes.

Optometrist is now commonly used to describe this type of practitioner so we felt it was appropriate to use this in the company title.

Kevin Wallace
Bsc(hons) MCOptom

Kevin Wallace gained his degree in Optometry from Glasgow Caledonian University in 1999 after attending Corstorphine Primary School and then George Watson’s College.

He worked in different locations in and around Edinburgh before opening his own practice in 2004.

As well as working in practice he is the Optometric Advisor for NHS Lothian and Borders and chair of the Lothian Area Optical Committee.

He regularly educates other optometrists in a variety of topics with a particular interest in the legal aspects of Optometry and the Scottish NHS regulations.

He was in the first cohort of optometrists to pass the Ocular Therapeutics Course at Glasgow Caledonian University and after undertaking a hospital placement hopes to qualify as an independent prescriber in 2010.