Dalton Optometry

Dalton Optometry is an optometry practice in Dalton, Georgia, serving families, professionals, retirees, healthcare workers, and business owners throughout Whitfield County and the surrounding communities of Northwest Georgia. The practice provides comprehensive eye exams, pediatric eye exams, dry eye treatment, myopia management, specialty contact lenses, medical eye care, and aesthetic services. Its dry eye evaluations address ocular surface disease and meibomian gland dysfunction, with treatment options that include Intense Pulsed Light therapy and Epi-C treatment. A myopia management program offers treatment options intended to slow nearsightedness progression in children. Neurolens technology is used to evaluate how the eyes work together in patients with headaches, eye strain, neck discomfort, and visual fatigue. The practice also provides ongoing eye disease monitoring, cataract co-management, and evaluation of urgent concerns during office hours, including eye infections, injuries, foreign body removal, red eyes, and sudden vision changes.

Eye care has been provided at this Dalton practice since the 1930s, and generations of patients have trusted their vision and eye health to the doctors who have cared for families, business owners, professionals, and retirees throughout Northwest Georgia. Over the decades the practice has grown alongside the community it serves, and while technology, treatments, and diagnostic capabilities have advanced since the 1930s, the foundation has stayed consistent: taking time with patients, building lasting relationships, and providing care people can trust. Today the practice is led by Dr. Sarah Shim, who received her Doctor of Optometry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry with honors and completed a residency at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, gaining experience in primary care, advanced contact lens fittings, geriatrics, and ocular disease. She has worked in private practice with an emphasis on ocular disease, advanced contact lens fittings, and post-surgical care, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia. She is a member and past President of the South East Tennessee Optometric Physicians' Society, a founder and former President of the Young Optometrists of Chattanooga, and a member of the Georgia Optometric Association and the American Optometric Association. Diagnostic tools at the practice include Optos California, Virtual Visual Field, and VF2000 equipment.

The practice sits on West Crawford Street in downtown Dalton, about a tenth of a mile from the Dalton Post Office, the Dalton Courthouse Annex, and the Whitfield County Courthouse. Courthouse Annex Park and Dalton Green are both a short walk away.

Dalton Optometry holds a rating of 4.80 from the customers who have reviewed it, reflecting the reputation it has built over nearly a century of eye care in Dalton.