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Dr. Nyboer received his ophthalmology residency training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Previously, he received an M.D. and M.S. from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. His undergraduate degree was from Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
An additional highlight of his training was a three-month surgical rotation at the Guiness Eye Clinic, Kaduna, Nigeria, Africa.
Dr. Nyboer has always been a forerunner in establishing a progressive clinic, using state-of-the-art medical equipment and treatment, and was the first in Anchorage to offer PRK and LASIK laser surgery in 1996.
In addition to his medical career, Dr. Nyboer is also Rear Admiral, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, Ret. His active duty began in 1970 in the aerospace medicine flight surgeon program at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Later he became commanding officer echelon for NR Fleet Hospital NINE, Sand Point, WA. He also served as the fleet medical officer for CINCUSNAVEUR, London, UK. His final assignment was with the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Nyboer has lived in Anchorage since 1976. His interests have been long-distance running, triathlons, piano performance, and Bible Study Fellowship.
At this time Dr. Nyboer is not seeing patients and highly endorses Dr. Stemmle and Dr. Lamigo for both old and new patients to the practice. He does so with faith in their ability and knowledge and that they will treat you in a caring manner.
Dr. Lamigo grew up in Anchorage as a patient of Dr. Nyboer, who sparked her interest in the eye care field. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences and Chemistry at San Jose State University in California. Dr. Lamigo then obtained her doctorate at Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry, where she was awarded the Founding Dean Scholarship.
Her clinical rotations were completed in several facilities around the nation including a cataract surgery center in Florida, a Veterans hospital in New Jersey, a pediatric strabismus amblyopia clinic in Colorado, and a Marine Corp-Naval Hospital in California.
Dr. Lamigo is passionate about bringing eye care to populations in need, both domestically and abroad. She has been involved with several humanitarian outreach projects in various parts of the world, including Peru and El Salvador. As a health advocate, she enjoys educating others about eye care and ocular nutrition.
She is qualified to prescribe therapeutic agents for treatment of ocular diseases such as glaucoma, macular degeneration and dry eyes. She is certified to use the Cynosure IPL laser, iLUX, and the Ellex YAG/SLT laser. Dr. Lamigo is a member of the American Optometric Association.
In her spare time she enjoys hiking with her husband, oil painting, snowboarding, and doing crafts with her daughters.
Languages: English (fluent), Tagalog (conversational), Spanish (proficient in eye exams)
Dr. Christie has been with Southside Eyecare for over 20 years; moving to Alaska after selling her practice in San Diego, Calif.
Growing up in Southern California, she worked in the family business of making hard and gas permeable contact lenses; sparking the interest in specialty contact lens designs.
Christie graduated from UC San Diego and received her doctorate from Southern California College of Optometry. She spent a year teaching in the contact lens clinic at grad school and working as a contact lens fitting consultant for a large soft contact lens manufacturer; during which time she wrote a paper on gas perm contact lens flexure on corneas with increasingly high amounts of astigmatism. Before moving away from teaching, she received the Allergan Contact Lens Research Award for outstanding contact lens research and expertise in the fitting of contact lenses.
Relocating to Alaska with her children was a huge change from Southern California! Dr. Christie started work in Alaska at the VA in Anchorage before joining Dr. Jan Nyboer’s ophthalmology practice.
She has served as President and Vice President of the Alaskan Optometric Association, belongs to the Scleral Lens Society, and attends meetings nationally and internationally to further her education and specialty lens fitting skills.
Dr. Christie enjoys challenging contact lens fits and receives referrals from all over the state to help patients who have not been able to achieve good vision with regular contacts. Many of these patients have had corneal transplants, keratoconus, or extreme dry eye problems.
She does “medically necessary” lens fits for patients with extremely irregular eye shapes or prescriptions. She treats eye infections, provides care for eyes with diseases such as glaucoma, diabetes, and macular degeneration, prepares patients for LASIK, cataract surgery, and of course provides routine eyecare. She is certified to use the Cynosure IPL laser, iLUX, and the Ellex YAG/SLT laser. Dr. Christie Stemmle welcomes new patients and their families to our practice.