Whatley Eye Care

Whatley Eye Care is an optometrist in Opelika, AL. The practice provides comprehensive eye exams for all ages, emergency eye care for injuries and infections, contact lens care and supplies, eyewear, refractive surgery consultations such as LASIK, vision therapy, dry eye treatment, and eye disease co-management. The office also fits rigid gas permeable and scleral lenses. Patients can schedule appointments by phone, and the practice accepts VSP, Superior, Eyemed, Spectera, New Southland, and Davis vision plans along with most major medical insurance including BCBS, Aetna, Humana, Medicare, and Alabama Medicaid. Payment options include cash, personal checks, American Express, Master Card, Visa, Discover, and Care Credit. The practice holds a rating of 4.50.

The practice is led by Dr. Russell L. Whatley, OD, a graduate of the University of South Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he earned his Doctor of Optometry degree. He has been in private practice in Opelika since 1990 and is licensed by the Alabama Board of Optometry, with memberships in the American Optometric Association and the Alabama Optometric Association. Dr. Tiffany M. Rhyne, OD, also practices at the office. She holds a bachelor's degree in microbiology from Auburn University and earned her doctorate from the UAB School of Optometry, followed by a pediatric residency at UABSO. She sees patients of all ages with a particular focus on children and holds memberships in the Alabama Optometric Association and the American Optometric Association. The office is equipped with optical coherence tomography, an automated visual field analyzer, an auto-refractor, a topographer, and Optos retinal imaging, supporting the treatment and management of glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, and corneal degeneration.

The office is located on Avenue A, about a tenth of a mile from the Art Haus and Opelika City Hall, roughly a fifth of a mile from the Opelika Fire Department Station 1, the G.W. Andrews Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, and Southern Union Community College's Downtown Opelika Campus, and approximately a third of a mile from 2nd Avenue.

The practice combines nearly three decades of continuous service to Opelika with the diagnostic technology of a contemporary optometry office.