Yackle Kristie A OD

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Kristie A. Yackle, OD delivers optometric care in Allied Gardens through Kaiser Permanente's Zion Medical Center at 4647 Zion Ave, San Diego 92120. Dr. Yackle holds NPI 1790833630 and practices within Kaiser's integrated care model, where optometry sits alongside primary care, pharmacy, and specialty departments on the same Zion Ave campus. Her clinical services include comprehensive eye examinations, contact lens fittings, refractive correction for myopia and hyperopia, glaucoma screening through tonometry and visual field mapping, and cataract evaluation referrals to Kaiser ophthalmologists. Urgent ocular events including corneal abrasion, acute red eye, foreign body exposure, and sudden vision changes that arise outside Kaiser's scheduling availability can be initially assessed at Perlman Clinic Mission Gorge in Grantville before follow-up with Dr. Yackle's office. The Zion Medical Center's electronic health record allows Dr. Yackle to review each patient's systemic medication list, flagging drugs with known ocular side effects including corticosteroid-induced pressure changes and hydroxychloroquine retinal toxicity risk. Diabetic patients managed by Kaiser endocrinologists at the same campus receive annual dilated retinal exams from on-site optometrists, a closed-loop referral pathway that reduces missed screenings in the 92120 service area. Prescriptions for ophthalmic drops, oral antibiotics for periocular infections, and therapeutic eye ointments are filled at Alvarado Community Pharmacy in Grantville, which stocks a formulary covering most ocular therapeutics prescribed by San Diego optometrists. The Allied Gardens location near the 8 freeway draws patients from Del Cerro and Grantville in addition to the immediate neighborhood, and Dr. Yackle's Kaiser schedule serves all three 92120 sub-communities.