Meet the Doctors

A member of the first class from Bonanza High School, a graduate of the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the Southern California College of Optometry (now Ketchum University), Edward Joseph Malik, originally from Boston, is founder and president of Eyes & Optics Ltd in Downtown Summerlin, one of the most respected practices in America. He is a writer, a drummer and producer with the jam band, Melancholics, and a founding member of KUNV-FM jazz radio. He worked with Monk Montgomery in the Las Vegas Jazz Society, and was a board member with the Nevada Dance Theatre, and is founder of Turtlehead Productions.

In Boston, he studied music at the Don Carr studio, stage design and lighting with producer Fr. Frank Tosti (M.A.S.H), and worked as a technical director in television. While still in middle school, he built a working radio station in a backyard shed.

Malik holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with emphasis on abnormal psychology and cultism, and a minor in chemistry. In 1987, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Psychophysics and a Doctorate in Optometry from the Southern California College of Optometry. His thesis explored the connections between biological vision systems and robotic vision systems. Malik’s professional internships included the Optometric Center of Los Angeles, the VA medical center in Las Vegas under John Potter, O.D., and the Blind Center of Los Angeles, sponsored by Milton Berle. In Las Vegas, he developed the retail concepts Oculus for Caesars Palace and The Shade Brigade Sunglass Company. He has been in private practice for 32 years and resides in the canyons outside Las Vegas with his family.

A So Cal native, Dr. Martin received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from California Polytechnic University and her Doctorate of Optometry with Honors from New England College of Optometry in Boston. She then went on to a fellowship residency in Low Vision and Primary Care at the Veterans Administration Health Center in Tucson Arizona, sponsored by the Southern California College of Optometry, assisting Veterans with vision-threatening conditions to maintain their independence.

After training, Dr. Martin spent five years as an Assistant Professor and Director of Community Outreach at the Pacific University in Forest Grove Oregon, coordinating mobile Optometry services to rural communities, health fairs, nursing homes, homeless shelters, and school screening programs. She spent another five years as a full-time Indian Health Service provider in Arizona. Once in Las Vegas, she again established Mobile4Eyes, servicing small communities in Southern Nevada. She is a past member of the Armed Forces Optometric Society and the Lion’s Club, a lecturer and author of numerous published articles, a recipient of numerous research grants, and a Candidate for the American Academy of Optometry.

Since settling down in Las Vegas her concentration has been primary care, low vision, and pediatric vision, and her children. We are blessed and very happy to have someone of such talent, experience, and heart working with us at Eyes & Optics.