Dr. Kendra Null

DIP ABO | Chief Medical Editor

Dr. Kendra Null graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, GA with a B.S. in Biology and graduated summa cum laude from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN.  She completed a residency in ocular disease and low vision rehabilitation at the Kansas City VA Medical Center.  She previously served as the Externship Program Director and an adjunct faculty member of New England College of Optometry and Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University while practicing at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.  She has also taught students and residents as an adjunct faculty member of the University of Missouri St. Louis College of Optometry while practicing at the Kansas City VA Medical Center and the Warrensburg VA Clinic. 

Dr. Null is currently in private practice at Discover Vision Centers in Blue Springs, MO.  She has authored and co-authored posters presented at ARVO and SECO and has co-authored educational and board review textbooks, including KMK Update, KMK Booster Course textbook, and the CEO-ECO Addendum to the KMK Part 2 PAM/TMOD Review Guide. 

She is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry and serves as a consultant for the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE).  She has received the Department of Veterans Affairs Commendation Award and the Department of Veterans Affairs Special Contribution Award for her dedication to patient care and for her work on the VA Optometry Service Directory and VA Optometry Residency Directory.  Dr. Null is a member of the American Optometric Association. 

Dr. Liz Wyles

FAAO | Director of Learning & Assessments

Dr. Elizabeth Wyles is an Associate Professor at the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO). She received her optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry (Marshall B. Ketchum University) and completed a residency in Hospital Based Primary Care Optometry at the Crownpoint Indian Health Care Facility in Crownpoint, New Mexico.

Prior to arriving at ICO, Dr. Wyles was in private practice and taught in both the didactic and clinical programs at Pacific University College of Optometry (PUCO) for 7 years. Dr. Wyles is an attending optometrist in the Primary Care and Advanced Care Services of the Illinois Eye Institute working with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students. She teaches the Retina course and is involved in the Injections and Minor Surgical Procedures for Optometrists course. Additionally she teaches in the Ocular Anatomy course.

She has authored posters and papers in optometric and educational journals, presented continuing education courses nationally and internationally and has co-authored a chapter in a textbook. She has over 15 years of experience with optometric curriculum development and has a passion for education and learning. Her commitment to quality education has been recognized by receiving multiple teaching awards from the students at both PUCO and ICO. She has extensive experience with national optometric standardized testing, as an item writer, committee and council member.

Dr. Wyles is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the American Optometric Association.