Optical & Optometry · San Jose
Designer eyewear, fitted by doctors.
Premium frames and specialty contact lenses at a real medical practice — not a chain. Your prescription, your fitting, and your follow-up care all come from the team that examines your eyes.
- Serving the Bay Area for over 75 years
- Doctor of Optometry on staff
- VSP & EyeMed vision plans accepted
The EMC Difference
Why buy your glasses at an eye clinic?
Anyone can sell you a frame. What changes how you see — and how your glasses feel at hour ten — is everything that happens before and after.
A medical-grade exam
Your prescription starts with a comprehensive eye examination that also screens for conditions a kiosk exam can miss.
An accurate prescription
Measured by a doctor who is licensed to diagnose and treat eye conditions — not estimated by an app.
A proper fitting
Frames measured and adjusted to your face, your prescription, and how you actually use your eyes — work, screens, driving, sport.
Follow-up that knows you
Adjustments, re-checks and lens changes from the same practice that holds your eye-health history.
Your Optometrist
Christina Nguyen Deane, OD
A therapeutic optometrist with Eye Medical Clinic since 1995, Dr. Deane provides comprehensive eye examinations and is licensed to diagnose and treat primary-care eye conditions.
- ✓Specialist in fitting contact lenses for keratoconus, eye trauma, corneal transplants and irregular corneas
- ✓Cosmetic and multifocal contact lens fittings
- ✓Former U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps lieutenant
- ✓Fluent in Vietnamese
Designer Frames
Frames worth wearing every day
Our optical department carries a curated selection of designer frames and sunglasses, with premium lens options to match — progressives, high-index, photochromic, and anti-reflective coatings among them.
Contact Lenses
Contact lens fittings, including the hard cases
From daily disposables to lenses most practices can’t fit — Dr. Deane specializes in complex and specialty fittings.
- Comprehensive fittingsMeasured for your eyes, with training and follow-up for new wearers.
- Astigmatism (toric) lensesCrisp, stable vision for astigmatic prescriptions.
- Multifocal lensesDistance and reading in one lens — an alternative to readers.
- Specialty & medically necessary lensesKeratoconus, post-transplant, irregular corneas and eye trauma.
- Daily disposables & silicone hydrogelHealthy, convenient options for everyday wear.
- Cosmetic color lensesFitted properly, so color never comes at the cost of eye health.
Insurance & Payment
Your vision plan is welcome here
Vision plans
We accept VSP and EyeMed Vision Care — the two largest vision plans — which typically help cover exams, frames and lenses.
Medical insurance
Accepted PPO plans include:
- Aetna Better Health
- Anthem / Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Health Net
- United Healthcare
- Great West Healthcare
Not sure about your coverage?
If your plan isn’t listed, that doesn’t mean we don’t accept it. Call our insurance line and we’ll verify your benefits before your visit:
Financing
We partner with CareCredit, so you can spread out-of-pocket costs over convenient monthly payments. Ask our counselor at your visit.
Request an Appointment
See better. Look better. Start here.
Prefer the phone? Fastest way in: (408) 869-3400. Online requests are monitored during business hours.
Visit Us
On Meridian, in the heart of San Jose
220 Meridian Avenue
San Jose, CA 95126
Between San Carlos and Park Avenue
Free parking in our on-site lot.
Office & Optical Hours
| Monday – Thursday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Friday | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| Saturday – Sunday | Closed |
Same-day adjustments and repairs during optical hours — just walk in.
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