About Southside Eyecare

Southside Eyecare & Optical opened in 1976 on the south side of Anchorage. Nearly fifty years later it is still locally owned, in the same neighborhood, caring for many of the same families.

Dr. Jacquelyn Lamigo grew up here as a patient of the practice, and those visits sparked her interest in eye care. She came home to Anchorage after optometry school, took over from her mentor and childhood ophthalmologist, and owns the practice today.

Fellow, American Academy of Optometric Medicine and Surgery (FAAOMS)

She earned a BS in Biological Sciences and Chemistry at San Jose State University, then her doctorate at Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry, where she received the Founding Dean Scholarship.

Her clinical training covered a cataract surgical center in Florida, a Veterans hospital in New Jersey (glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy), a pediatric clinic in Colorado (strabismus, amblyopia, and vision therapy), and a Marine Corps-Naval Hospital in California (pre-LASIK exams and eye injuries).

She treats ocular disease including glaucoma, macular degeneration, and dry eye, and is Alaska Board approved for laser procedures such as YAG capsulotomy and selective laser trabeculoplasty. She is certified in Cynosure IPL for ocular rosacea and in iLux for dry eye, and is an active member of the Alaska and American Optometric Associations.

She has volunteered on eye care outreach trips to Peru and El Salvador. Outside the office she hikes with her family, oil paints, and snowboards with her children.

Languages: English (fluent), Tagalog (conversational), Spanish (proficient in eye exams)

She grew up in Southern California working in her family's business making hard and gas permeable contact lenses, which started her interest in specialty lens design.

She graduated from UC San Diego and earned her doctorate from Southern California College of Optometry, then spent a year teaching in the contact lens clinic and consulting on lens fitting for a major manufacturer. She received the Allergan Contact Lens Research Award for her research on gas permeable lens flexure in high astigmatism.

She joined Southside Eyecare in 1985, has served as president of the Alaska Optometric Association, and belongs to the Scleral Lens Society.

Alongside regular exams, she treats eye infections, manages glaucoma, diabetes, and macular degeneration, and prepares patients for LASIK and cataract surgery. She is certified to use the Cynosure IPL laser, iLux, and the Ellex YAG/SLT laser.

She receives referrals from across Alaska for patients who have not been able to see well in regular contacts, often after corneal transplants or with keratoconus or severe dry eye. She welcomes new patients and their families.

Great eye care takes a whole team. Here is who looks after you at each step of your visit.

1. Before you arrive: our front desk team schedules your visit and can check your insurance, so you have a better idea of what is covered before you come in.

2. Check-in: they greet you, confirm your information, and get you settled.

3. Pretesting: our technicians take your preliminary measurements and prepare you for the doctor.

4. Your exam: your doctor examines your eyes and walks you through what they find.

5. Eyewear and checkout: our opticians, who are board certified through the American Board of Opticianry, help you choose frames and lenses, then fit and adjust your glasses in our on-site lab.