Last Frontier Eye Care

Last Frontier Eye Care is an optometrist in Nome, Alaska, serving rural Alaska including Nome, the Norton Sound region, and Petersburg. The practice provides comprehensive eye exams, pediatric eye exams, dry eye treatment, myopia management, and specialty contact lenses, and it treats and manages conditions such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, ocular trauma, and other ocular diseases. Its providers also handle contact lens exams, eyeglasses, surgical procedure co-management, and vision therapy. The practice holds a rating of 4.30.

Last Frontier Eye Care was started to give residents of the Norton Sound region eye care with a personal, small-town feel, and its support for the region extends beyond the Nome vicinity to surrounding village communities and Petersburg. It has served the Norton Sound region for over fifteen years and is a female-owned small business. Its providers understand the range of medical concerns their patients experience.

Dr. Kamey Kapp studied biology and business management at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, graduated from Pacific University College of Optometry in 2008, and completed a student rotation at YKHC in Bethel before moving to Nome. She cares for patients of all ages and is especially passionate about treating ocular disease, and she travels to villages to get to know her patients and their culture. Dr. Meggan Gleneski grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, earned a degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Central Florida, and graduated from Southern College of Optometry in 2025. She spent four months at Last Frontier Eye Care during her fourth-year clinical rotations and decided to make Nome home. She excels in primary care and pediatrics and looks forward to traveling to the villages.

The practice is located at 310 Bering Street in Nome, and it is affiliated with Tundra Health Initiative, a non-profit health organization.

Patients describe thorough exams, a showroom with a large selection of frames, helpful staff, and quick service, and the practice is rated among the top in its community.