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Dr. Harriet C. Pelton
Dr. Harriet Pelton was born and raised in the Metro Detroit area. She attended the University of Michigan from 1974 to 1977. She received early admission to the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, IL, and graduated with her Optometric Doctorate in 1981. While attending the Illinois College of Optometry, Dr. Pelton did a residency at the Veteran’s Hospital in Chicago.
Dr. Pelton has been with Birmingham Vision Care since 1981. In addition to adult care, and specialty contact lenses, she has worked extensively with children’s vision. Dr. Pelton has built up one of the largest vision therapy practices in the Midwest, receiving referrals from teachers, parents, principals, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, reading specialists, physical therapists, psychologists, counselors, pediatricians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.
Dr. Pelton is an active member of COVD (College of Vision Development), PAVE (Patients for Active Vision Education) and OEP (Optometric Extension Program), along with the AOA (American Optometric Association), MOA (Michigan Optometric Association) and MDOS (Metro Detroit Optometric Society), and the National Glaucoma Society. She has given many talks and workshops to educators, parents, occupational therapists, physical therapists and psychologists. Dr. Pelton went on a volunteer optometric mission to Merida, Mexico, and to an Indian Reservation in North Dakota. She loves working with kids and helping them reach their academic potentials.
Dr. Pelton is married and has three awesome children.
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Dr. Paticia Poma-Nowinski
Dr. Patricia Poma-Nowinski is a Michigan native, born and raised in Shelby Township. She received a Bachelor in Science degree at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. While an undergraduate student, she spent a semester abroad in Florence, Italy. She also worked at the Kellogg Eye Center doing genetic research on retinitis pigmentosa, a devastating disease that may lead to blindness.
While attending the Ohio State College of Optometry in Columbus, OH, Dr. Poma worked at the Chillicothe Veterans Administration Hospital. She also did extensive clinic rotations in contact lenses, vision therapy, low vision and pediatrics. Dr. Poma was selected as the sole recipient of the Eschenbach Low Vision Award.
Dr. Poma has also been involved in clinical research in contact lenses and contact lens solutions for Johnson and Johnson and Alcon Pharmaceuticals. In addition, Dr. Poma worked four years with two ophthalmologists specializing in treating anterior segment (front portion of the eye) diseases. These include infections, inflammations, degenerations and glaucoma.
Dr. Poma is an active member of the AOA (American Optometric Association), MOA (Michigan Optometric Association), COVD (College of Vision Development), and the National Glaucoma Society. She particularly enjoys working with children, helping them become successful students through vision therapy, and fitting difficult contact lens cases.
Dr. Poma is fluent in Italian and relatively articulate in Spanish. She is happily married and enjoys time with her toddler son.
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Dr. Lloyd I. Snider
Dr. Lloyd Snider was born and raised in Metro Detroit. He attended the University of Michigan from 1973 to 1976. He was accepted early to the New England College of Optometry in Boston, MA, and earned his Doctorate in Optometry in 1980. Dr. Snider received special training at the North End Community Health Center in Boston, MA, Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel, and the Center for the Partially Sighted at the Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center in Santa Monica, CA. Dr. Snider has been in private practice at Birmingham Vision Care since 1981 and was the optometric director of a laser vision center for 3 years.
Dr. Snider has lectured to groups of optometrists and ophthalmologists on laser refractive surgery and on macular degeneration. He has been featured in health segments on WDIV, Channel 4 News and on Fox 2 News. Dr. Snider has been published in an optometric journal, and quoted in others. He has attended conferences in Mexico, Italy, Brazil, England, Israel, and Canada, and went on a volunteer optometric mission to Honduras.
Dr. Snider helped develop the MacuScope™, the first instrument to determine a patient’s risk for developing macular degeneration. He is the optometric director of MacuChek, the company bringing it to market.
Dr. Snider is an active member of the AOA (American Optometric Association), MOA (Michigan Optometric Association), MDOS (Metro Detroit Optometric Society) and the National Glaucoma Society. Dr. Snider enjoys the challenge of fitting custom multi-focal contact lenses, and contacts for irregular, diseased or surgically altered eyes.
Dr. Snider is married and has three wonderful children.
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