Melissa D. Kern, M.D. opened her pediatric ophthalmology practice in Arlington and Sterling in 1996. She was the first fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologist in Loudoun County.
Dr. Kern graduated from Harvard University and Tulane University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in ophthalmology at Tufts/New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine and a two-year fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California School of Medicine.
Dr. Kern's clinical interests include pediatric glaucoma, congenital and acquired pediatric cataract, retinopathy of prematurity and strabismus. Dr. Kern is a clinical associate professor at Howard University Hospital and has a faculty appointment at Georgetown University Hospital. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and two children.
Dr. Douroudian has been practicing Pediatric Optometry since 2013.
Dr. Douroudian graduated from the State University of New York, College of Optometry. She is a member of the American Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Northern Virginia Optometric Society. She was the head of the Pediatric Department of Ophthalmology Clinic in Brooklyn, NY where she worked with ophthalmologists of different subspecialties and was the Clinical Educator and Supervisor for SUNY Optometry 4th year student interns. She worked with the Pediatric Mobile Clinic in New York City where she provided no-cost eye exams and glasses for tens of thousands of children throughout NYC’s five boroughs. She was one of the first physicians in the world to do Myopia Control effectively and established Vision Therapy and Myopia Control Clinics within several Manhattan private practices.
Dr. Douroudian’s clinical interests include the prevention and control of myopia and specialty contact lenses. She lives in Sterling, Virginia with her husband and child.