Heights Optometry serves San Diego's Normal Heights from 3404 Adams Avenue in the 92116 ZIP, where founder Dr. Meredith Walton, OD opened the practice in the spring of 2015 as a neighborhood-rooted alternative to corporate eye-care chains. The clinic holds NPI #1386034163 and carries a Black-owned, veteran-owned, and women-owned designation with language assistance in American Sign Language, Italian, and Spanish. Comprehensive eye examinations run on state-of-the-art retinal imaging equipment that maps the optic nerve and macula in high resolution, a diagnostic layer that detects early signs of glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy — conditions that primary-care providers at Vitae Medicine screen for during annual physicals before referring patients for specialized ocular evaluation. Dr. Walton trained at the Italian optometry school Università Frederico II and lectured as an adjunct professor there, clinical experience she brought back to San Diego alongside the residency-level attention to nutritional ophthalmology — specifically how diabetes and high blood pressure affect retinal vasculature over time. The optical showroom stocks more than 800 frames weighted toward independent and eco-conscious lines, with several brands donating a portion of proceeds to community causes. The Adams Avenue address sits within the Kensington-to-Normal Heights commercial corridor, six blocks west of the Kensington-Normal Heights Branch Library and inside the zone that fills with foot traffic during the annual Adams Avenue Street Fair each fall. Dry-eye therapy, pediatric vision screening, contact-lens fitting, and low-vision rehabilitation round out the clinical menu beyond standard refractive correction. The practice identifies as LGBTQ+ affirming and maintains a transgender-safespace designation with gender-neutral restrooms. Pediatric vision cases requiring interceptive dental alignment share a referral pipeline with Kensington Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, whose young-patient base overlaps with the school-age children Heights Optometry screens through its mobile eye-exam clinics in San Diego County schools. The practice also operates North Park Optometry on University Avenue and La Mesa Optometry on La Mesa Blvd, but the Adams Avenue clinic remains the original location and the one most embedded in the Normal Heights community.