John M. Okamoto

Dr. John M. Okamoto, OD, is an optometrist at Granite Pointe Eye Care and founded the practice with the aim of building relationships with patients. He has over 30 years of experience in the Sacramento Valley and previously spent several years in an ophthalmology setting. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Doctor of Optometry from the Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University. He completed a residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham focused on ocular disease and hospital-based optometry. His areas of focus include comprehensive eye care, ocular disease treatment and management, dry eye care and specialty contact lenses. He appeared in a cover story in the Sept/Oct 2007 issue of M.D. News and won first place in the 1992-1993 Southern Journal of Optometry Resident Articles Competition. He also received research grants in 1990 from the California Chapter of the American Academy of Optometry and the Beta Sigma Kappa Honors Fraternity.