Dr. Russell D. Springer
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Dr. Russell Springer graduated with his Doctorate of Optometry from Southern College of Optometry, Memphis TN in 1997. Opening his own practice, Athens Family Vision Clinic, in 2001, he quickly earned a reputation for providing the most comprehensive eye exams, exceptional customer service, and the largest selection of frames and contact lenses in Athens.
Dr. Springer prides himself in staying abreast of all the latest technology and offers a plethora of ocular testing to diagnose and treat ocular diseases and conditions. His goal has always been to care for and treat his patients as though they were family; he built his practice on this standard and has continued it to this day. As a UGA Alumni, Dr. Springer, his wife Mary Jill, and their 18 year old daughter Abigail, enjoy the eclectic environment of the Classic City, traveling, and cheering on the Dawgs between the hedges. He is also a pilot and enjoys flight every chance he get. |
Dr. Marsha Beckham
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Dr. Marsha Beckham is from St. Louis, Missouri where she spent sixteen years in private practice. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from The University of Missouri in 1996 and her Doctorate of Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry in 2000. Dr. Beckham resides in Colbert, Ga and enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons.
Dr Beckham specializes in treating a wide variety of eye related issues including fitting of contacts, management of ocular diseases, pediatrics, and integrating new technology into eye care. Dr. Beckham is committed to providing her patients with compassion and individual attention to give them the highest level of care they deserve. She looks forward to getting to know each patient as family and feels fortunate to work with such an outstanding team at Athens Family Vision. |
DR. CHelsea Miller
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Dr. Chelsea Miller earned her Bachelor of Biological Sciences degree from Western Illinois University in 2006. She then attended The University of Indiana where she received her Doctor of Optometry degree in 2010. Dr. Miller completed residency in ocular diseases at Omni Eye Services of Atlanta in 2011. After completing residence, she joined a private practice in Wisconsin, where she specialized in management of diseases of the eye including macular degeneration, glaucoma, corneal diseases, and post operative care. Dr. Miller became board certified in 2011 and served on the American Board of Optometry from 2012 until 2014. She is also a member of the American Optometric Association and the Georgia Optometric Association.
Dr. Miller joined Athens Family Vision Clinic after moving back to Georgia in the spring of 2020. She enjoys getting to know all of her patients and working with them to reach their visual needs and goals. Outside of seeing patients, Dr. Miller enjoys running and spending time with her husband, son, and daughter. |
Mrs. Mary Jill Springer
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Mary Jill Springer is our billing and insurance coordinator. Mary Jill is always up to date on current insurance benefits, changes, and filling procedures. She works diligently to ensure that all claims are filed properly and all benefits are maximized. She is a graduate from the University of Georgia where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in 1993. She is the driving force to make the best even better and stays abreast of the constant changes with health insurance policies and procedures.
In her spare time, Mary Jill is an avid tennis player, loves cooking, traveling and spending time with her husband and daughter. |
Ansley Irvin, ABOC/NCLEc
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Ansley joined our practice in 2006 and is our Office Manager and ABO/NCLE Certified Optician. She is a 2003 Cum Laude graduate from State University of West Georgia with a degree in Political Science. Possessing over 20 years of customer service experience and 13 years of optical experience, Ansley's role in our office is to ensure that every patients experience is beyond satisfactory and that all of your needs are met.
Whether its a question about insurance, frame selection, lenses or contacts, Ansley is your go-to girl. Ansley is married to Jack and they have two children - JT (6), and Andrew (4). In her spare time, Ansley enjoys cooking, baking, spending time with the boys at the ballfield, and glam-ping. |
Mandi Roell
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Mandi joined our practice in 2013 and is Dr. Springer's Optometric Technician and front office manager. She has 18+ years of one-on-one customer service experience and loves getting to know our patients and making connections. She specializes in refracting, contact lens fit/care, hard-to-fit contact lenses, ocular testing, patient care and billing. Her main goal is to ensure all your questions are answered.
Mandi has a husband and two sons, Bryson and Brad. She is a 9U boys travel baseball coach. Her family is a baseball family and most weekends are spent at the baseball field. She loves all things sports & photography is her passion! |
Kristen Whitmire, ABOC/ NCLEc/ LDO
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Kristen is our Contact Lens Specialist with her ABO, NCLE, and LDO certificates. She has 10 years of experience as an Optician and Contact Lens Specialist. Her extensive knowledge in patient care includes: specializing in hard-to-fit contacts, fitting RGP's, mono vision, multifocal contacts, insertion & removal, refracting patients, and optical testing.
She has been married for 10 years to a movie star! They have two daughters who are 8 and 4 years old. They love rapping Run DMC while cooking dinner as a family. |
Danielle Roller
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Danielle is one of our Optometric Technicians and strives to ensure you have the best experience. She specializes in refracting, contact lens fit/care, hard to fit contact lenses and occular testing. Her main goal is to ensure all your questions are answered.
She has 11 years of medical field experience, a huge football and softball fan and is a sucker for reality TV and Shonda Rhimes dramas. Danielle is happily married to her husband Jason and they have a beautiful baby girl, Lillian. |
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Kristen is one of our Optician and Optometric Technicians. She has 12 years of experience in the medical field and a graduate of Gainesville State University with an associates degree in healthcare and a certification in medical assisting. She specializes in sales, proper lens insertion, frame adjustments, and optometric testing. Kristen is an expert at finding the perfect style frame for your personality.
Kristen has two children, Addison (10), Marshall (8) and a step-daughter Kiley (9). Kristen is married to Michael. They loving visiting NASCAR tracks around the country. She loves spending time with her family, cookouts, and football season. |
Brittany fields
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Brittany is our insurance coordinator. She is available to answer any insurance questions you may have. She also specializes in frame adjustments, lens insertion, edging lenses, and secondary sales.
Brittany attended Athens Technical College for a degree in Medical Assisting, and she has over 7 years of experience in the medical field. She has two beautiful children and has been married for 15 years. When Brittany isn't hard at work at Athens Family Vision, she loves visiting as many beaches as possible with her family and friends in a never-ending hunt to find the best beach in the Southeastern U.S. |
Katherine Rosen
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Katherine is one of our Ophthalmic Technicians. She manages Dr. Millers schedule. She specializes in refracting, ocular testing, and patient care. She has been with us for 3 years. Kat has never met a stranger and is always willing to help anywhere needed.
Prior to joining our practice, Kat was a stay-at-home mom of 3 beautiful children. In the fall, you can find her watching Georgia football, cheering on the Dawgs. In her spare time, Kat loves working on home projects, experimenting with new hairstyles, and spending time with her beautiful family. |
blanca barrientos
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Blanca is one of our Ophthalmic Technicians, fluent in Spanish and specializes in refracting, ocular testing and patient care. Before becoming a technician Blanca was one of our opticians. She also specializes in sales, proper lens insertion, frame adjustments, and edging. She is a proud mom of a handsome three year old boy and is expecting her second child. She enjoys coaching soccer, spending time with her son and her husband, and has three beautiful dogs.
Blanca es parte de nuestro departamento Optico. Es fluyente en Español y Ingles. Se especializa en ventas, inserción adecuada de lentes, adjustes de armazón, y examenes en optometría. Es mama de un precioso niño de 2 años. Disfruta jugar soccer y pasar tiempo con su hijo. Le gustan muchos los animales y le a dado hogar a 4 hermosos perritos. |
Shelly Rivenburg
Shelly is our front office coordinator. She has 20+ years of customer service experience. Shelly specializes in patient coordinating, billings, and managing the day to day tasks for our front office.
She enjoys spending time with her 4 grandkids and two daughters.
She enjoys spending time with her 4 grandkids and two daughters.
