I Care Optical

Lewis S Lim, O.D.

Dr. Lim is a native of the greater Seattle, Washington area. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington. He received his optometric education at the University of California at Berkeley. In addition to training at UC-Berkeley’s Meredith Morgan Eye Clinic, Dr. Lim interned at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California. He also completed an internship at the American Lake Veteran’s Hospital in Tacoma, Washington.

Dr. Lim practices with a focus on primary eye care. He has special interests in hard-to-fit contact lenses, diabetic and glaucoma eye diseases, children’s vision, and co-management of cataracts and refractive surgery. Dr. Lim also can speak Mandarin-Chinese and Cambodian. Recently, Dr. Lim has taught himself enough Russian and Spanish to better communicate with some of his non-English speaking patients. Dr. Lim has been at I Care Optical since 2002 and has been the owner since 2006.

In his free time, Dr. Lim enjoys basketball, running, snowboarding, gardening, and spending time with his wife and two young daughters.

Joan M. Mildenstein, O.D.

Dr. Mildenstein completed her undergraduate education at Utah Valley University. She then received her doctorate in Optometry from the Pennslyvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia. During her optometric training, she completed internships at Eye Doctors of Washington in DC, Seidenberg and Protzko in Maryland, and the Cataract and Lasik Center of Utah. While still in school, she participated in volunteer work including a service trip to Guatemala to provide much needed eye care.

Dr. Mildenstein maintains a special interest in ocular diseases, specialty contact lenses, glaucoma, and the co-management of cataract and refractive surgery.

In addition, Dr. Mildenstein is also an avid snowboarder. She enjoys the outdoors and loves to explore the many hiking trails the Seattle area has to offer.

Ms. Brie A. Pebworth

Brie Pebworth was born and raised in Renton, Washington. She has been at I Care Optical since 2002. Brie loves coming in to work meeting new patients and helping others. She is one of our other lead opticians. Besides opticianry work, she is also responsible for the recall system, and monthly statements.

Brie has been married since 2008 and has two sons.  In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, boating, softball, outdoors, and traveling.

Ms. Yelena Kravchishin

Yelena is our billing specialist. Her expertise includes administrative billing, procedural coding, and accounts receivable. She is also responsible for verifying patient’s insurance benefits.

Yelena has been at I Care Optical since 2007. She is very dedicated, patient, and helpful in troubleshooting and resolving complex insurance claims. She also can speak Russian and Ukrainian.

Yelena’s hobbies include spending time with her family, outdoors, shopping, and being a part-time makeup artist.

Ms. Mira Kovalchuk

Mira was born in Kostopol, Ukraine. She has been at I Care Optical since 2007. She is a quick learner and will take on any challenges the clinic asks of her to do. Her primary duties include frame selecting, scheduling appointments, contact lens training and pretesting work up. Mira also can speak Russian and Ukrainian.

In her spare time, she enjoys her church, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.

Ms. Mariya Prokazyuk

Bios to come.