Kentucky, Optical

Dr. Andrew Steele, a Kentucky native, graduated with honors from Western Kentucky University with a degree in Human Biology and Nutritional Chemistry before earning his optometric doctorate with honors from The Ohio State University. He completed ocular disease training at the Chalmers O. Wylie VA Medical Center and The Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology’s Havener Eye Institute. He received post-doctoral training with Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers and joined the practice in 2016.

Dr. Meredith Lanham Mueller joined Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers in 2016 as a consultative optometrist. Originally from Huntersville, NC, she received her Doctorate of Optometry from Southern College of Optometry (SCO), located in Memphis TN. She attended Furman University for her undergraduate degree in Health Sciences, where she also played Division 1 basketball. Dr. Lanham completed a 13-month post-doctoral residency in ocular disease with Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers to become extremely proficient in the treatment of dry eye, glaucoma, lasers, emergent care, and the complexities of pre- and post-operative cataract, corneal and LASIK surgeries.