KMK Optometry Board Exam Review Team

A Company of Educators

KMK was founded in 2005 by an optometrist, a physician's assistant, and a scientist.   We started with a single course of approximately 60 students, and we now offer courses at more than 10 locations nationwide, with annual enrollment exceeding 900 students.  We are happy to employ a team of excellent instructors, including a number of optometrists and a physician.  We come from a variety of educational backgrounds, and our diversity helps us maintain a modern, clinically-focused review curriculum without sacrificing scientific accuracy.  Our instructors believe there is a huge difference between relaying information and actually teaching it, and we are passionate about doing the latter.  

KMK Founders:

Kyle Cheatham, O.D., F.A.A.O. graduated from Centre College (KY) with a B.S. in Biology and completed optometry school at Indiana University School of Optometry before accepting a prestigious residency at the Kansas City VA Hospital.  Dr. Cheatham practices at Heartland Eye Consultants, a secondary eyecare center in Omaha, Nebraska.  He specializes in ocular disease and low vision.

Melissa Cheatham, PA-C graduated from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Studies before receiving her Master’s in Physician’s Assistant Studies from University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has clinical experience in family practice and obstetrics and gynecology and now practices as a board certified physician assistant in cardiology with the Bryan Heart Institute in Lincoln, NE.

Kevin Wood, Ph.D. graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Chemical Physics from Centre College (KY) before completing an M.S. in Biology and a Ph.D. in both Theoretical Physics and Physical Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).  He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in biological physics at Harvard University, where he studies nonequilibrium dynamics in stochastic and nonlinear systems.

Instructors:

Chad Reade, M.D. graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a minor in Psychology.  He received his Doctor of Medicine with High Distinction from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and is now in his final year of Internal Medicine Residency at the Nebraska Medical Center.

Christopher Wolfe, O.D. graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a B.S. in Biotechnology and completed optometry school at Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry.   While in school he served as president of the American Optometric Student Association.  Dr. Wolfe practices at Exclusively Eyecare in Omaha, Nebraska.  He specializes in contact lenses for patients with corneal diseases.

Sarah Dougherty Wood, O.D., F.A.A.O. graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of Evansville with a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry and graduated with honors from Indiana University School of Optometry.  She completed a residency in Ocular Disease and Low Vision Rehabilitation at the Kansas City VA Hospital, where she also served as a staff optometrist and director of the low vision program, VICTORS, for 3 years.  Sarah completed a two year research fellowship at the Boston VAMC in 2009,  and she currently practices in Boston while serving as an adjunct faculty member at the New England College of Optometry.