Melissa Lambright

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Age: 38

Title: Founder

Company: SIGHT Eye Health | Eye Wear

Location: West Hartford

Hometown: West Hartford

College: University of Michigan, Illinois College of Optometry

Bio

Dr. Melissa Lambright was inspired to structure her practice around patient education and preventative care following her mother's experience with an episode of blindness, which led to the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.

Lambright founded SIGHT, a multispecialty eye care center, to ensure personalized patient care and to provide the preventative visits that are critical in the diagnosis of various systemic conditions.

Lambright consistently incorporates the latest technology and treatments in eye care, and her team's clinical expertise is structured around ocular disease, specialty contact lenses, pediatrics, visual rehabilitation, and vision and learning.

Lambright received her bachelors of science from the University of Michigan, her Doctorate of Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry, and completed a residency at the New England College of Optometry. She is a diplomat of the American Board of Optometry and has held positions on the board of the Connecticut Optometric Association.

Outside of her practice, she works with the Junior League of Hartford on behalf of underprivileged women and children.

She lives in West Hartford with her husband and her daughters, Kate and Charlotte.

Q&A

At what age did you decide what you wanted to do with your career? In my late teens, my mother suddenly lost her vision from optic neuritis. Years later, doctors determined that her loss of vision was the result of multiple sclerosis. I was fascinated by the interconnections of the body and the role that the eyes play in systemic health, vision and function.

Which destination has most shaped who you are in business and life today? My home. My mother's loss of vision ignited my interest in the connection between the eyes and systemic diseases. Her experience of misdiagnoses, lack of patient education, and not evaluating the body as a whole helped me become a better doctor and advocate for my patients. I learned that it is essential to listen to patients, utilize the best technology for detection, understand the whole body and its function, and take the time to educate patients on their treatment. My interest in visual rehabilitation, vision and learning and the plasticity of the human brain began as I watched my daughters' visual systems naturally develop over time. Everyone assumes that children are born with visual function, but it doesn't develop until after birth.

If you could place one item in a time capsule to be opened 500 years from now, what would it be? A piece of paper with the words, 'In the end, only kindness matters.'