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Dr. Cecilia S. Tong is a Bay Area native who has been practicing in Modesto since 2014.

Dr. Tong is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in Molecular Cell Biology and Integrative Biology. She then continued to the University of California Berkeley, School of Optometry where she obtained her Doctor of Optometry degree.

She loves primary care optometry and places heavy emphasis on patient education and preventive care. Her special interest is in pediatrics and ocular disease including Diabetic Retinopathy, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, Dry Eyes Syndrome, Myopia Progression and Glaucoma. She is especially passionate about visual functions and eye development. This includes helping children with learning-related vision problems, development stereopsis for Strabismic patients, reestablishing neurological pathways in patients with Traumatic Brain Injury and Amblyopia ("lazy eyes"). She has been involved with rehabilitating patients who have had binocular vision problems for more than a decade.

She received her clinical training at Alameda County Medical Center, Portland VA Medical Center, Livermore VA Medical Center, San Francisco Lighthouse, and Castle Family Health Center in the Central Valley.  

When not in the office, Dr Tong explores the world with her husband and 2 children.

Dr. Lori Krieger has been with Modesto Optometric since 2001.  Dr. Krieger grew up in Ripon, graduating from Ripon High School.  She continued her schooling at Modesto Junior College and the University of California, Davis, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences.  She then continued on to optometry school at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiological Optics and a Doctor of Optometry degree.  Before coming to Modesto Optometric, Dr. Krieger also practiced optometry in Minnesota, Chicago, and the Sacramento area. Currently, Dr. Krieger practices primarily in our Riverbank branch.  She is actively involved at Modesto Covenant Church, where her husband is a pastor.  She also enjoys reading, and traveling with her family.

Dr. Brian Elliott is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry.  He is a native of the Central Valley and has been practicing in Modesto, 30 years. Dr. Elliott has a particular interest in assisting patients with significantly reduced vision or low vision through the use of specialized systems. Dr. Elliott helped assemble a living skills training center here in Modesto called Visually Impaired Persons Support  (VIPS).  VIPS provides adaptive computer software training, independent living skills training, peer group counseling, Braille instruction, and orientation and mobility training for the visually impaired and blind residents of Stanislaus County. Dr. Elliott and his wife, Chris, are avid cyclists and enjoy the outdoors whenever possible.