Coronado Family Optometry at 171 C Avenue, Suite B, opened in 2017 as Coronado Island's newest full-scope optometry practice, led by Dr. Smit Patel, O.D., and Dr. Irene Gendelman, O.D. Both doctors earned Doctorate of Optometry degrees from Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University after completing Bachelor of Science degrees at the University of California, San Diego — and Dr. Patel's residency in primary eye care and low vision through the San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System shapes the practice's rehabilitation protocols for patients also served by providers such as Water & Sports Physical Therapy on the island. Gendelman's clinical background includes NIH-funded vision research in Boston and awards for work in ocular disease and low vision, an area that serves visually impaired patients on Coronado. Tricare-accepted and military-family oriented, the practice provides eye exams, contact lens fittings, ocular disease management, refractive surgery co-management, and designer frame dispensing, with Lions Club partnerships providing examinations and eyeglasses to underserved residents — a community-care model aligned with the senior wellness programming at Comfort Keepers Senior Home Care elsewhere on the island. The exam suite runs optical coherence tomography, digital fundus photography, corneal topography, and automated perimetry alongside a low-vision evaluation workflow developed during Dr. Patel's VA-system residency rotation at the Center for the Partially Sighted in Santa Monica.