Amanda R. Strom, O.D.

Meet Dr. Strom

Amanda Strom, O.D., is an optometrist at Stiles Eyecare Excellence, who has been serving patients with cataract and glaucoma in the Overland Park office since 2013. She focuses on performing evaluations for cataracts and diagnosing and treating glaucomatous conditions of the eye.  

Dr. Strom completed her doctoral program in optometry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2004.  Her interest in working specifically on ocular and medical diseases of the eye, led her to pursue a residency program to focus more on medical optometry.  She completed her residency in Hospital-based Primary Care, Ocular Disease, and Low Vision Rehabilitation in Chicago at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and the Hines VA Blind Rehabilitation Center.  That same year, she successfully passed the Advanced Competency in Medical Optometry Examination offered to optometrists that complete VA residencies.

By presenting clinical case reports and sitting for an oral examination, she earned her Fellowship in the American Academy of Optometry the following year and has been an active member of the Academy since.

Upon returning to the Kansas City area, Dr. Strom continued providing primary care and medical optometric eye examinations within an ophthalmology practice for seven years until she joined SEE to focus on cataracts and glaucoma.  She pursued membership in the American Board of Optometry with an emphasis in ocular disease management and soon earned her Diplomate status. She also began assisting the National Board of Examiner’s in Optometry as a clinical examiner for graduating optometrists who were attempting to pass their final national board exam—a fun task that involved supervising and scoring the candidates clinical competencies.

Dr. Strom continues to promote healthy vision by assisting in numerous research studies as a sub-investigator at SEE. She also enjoys providing continuing education lectures for her optometric colleagues and spending extra time in the examination room with her patients who have glaucoma discussing their diagnosis and clinical course.

An Overland Park native, Dr. Strom and her husband, enjoy spending time with their three busy boys and their extended family. She enjoys running, skiing, gardening, watching football, supporting various service groups and participating in mission trips. She has served on the Board of Directors at Heartland Therapeutic Riding Center, where individuals with special needs can participate in therapeutic horseback riding and hippotherapy.