Jacqueline Brending, O.D.

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Get to know Optometrist Dr. Jacqueline Brending, who serves patients in Webster, Texas.

Dr. Brending is a licensed therapeutic optometrist and glaucoma specialist with areas of interest in general optometry, therapeutic optometry, glaucoma treatment, and the fitting of glasses and contact lenses. At Clear Lake Eye Center in Webster, Texas, she strives to be on the leading edge of optometry to provide the best eye care she can for her patients. 

After graduating from the University of Houston, College of Optometry with honors in 1990, Dr. Brending opened Clear Lake Eye Center in August of 1994. Since then, she has enjoyed talking with and getting to know each patient. In doing so, she feels she can provide better eye health and vision care in a calm, relaxed, and secure environment. 

Through continuing her education, Dr. Brending is constantly working on expanding her eye care knowledge. She has taught at the University of Houston, College of Optometry, teaching students in adult, pediatric, and contact lens clinics. She has also spoken at numerous events, such as Expanding Your Horizons, where she hopes to inspire more interest in optometry.

Currently, Dr. Brending is a member of the Texas Optometric Association, the American Optometric Association, and the Optometric Professional Network. 

Optometry is a health care profession that involves examining the eyes and applicable visual systems for defects or abnormalities, as well as diagnosing and managing eye disease. Optometrists are healthcare professionals who provide primary eye care through comprehensive eye examinations to detect and treat various visual abnormalities and eye diseases. Being a regulated profession, an optometrist’s scope of practice may differ depending on the location. Thus, disorders or diseases detected outside the treatment scope of optometry (i.e. those requiring certain surgical interventions) are referred out to relevant medical professionals for proper care, more commonly to ophthalmologists who are physicians that specialize in the tertiary medical and surgical care of the eye. Optometrists typically work closely together with other eye care professionals, such as ophthalmologists and opticians, to deliver quality and efficient eye care to the general public.

In her spare time, Dr. Brending enjoys learning about raising cows and ranching. She also enjoys working in the community, especially with school-age students. She was honored to recently become a volunteer member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, where she works on the Calf Scramble Greeters Committee. 

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