Dr. Paul K. Tran
Dr. Paul K. Tran is our therapeutic optometrist and proud of his reputation of being the best eye doctor in Laredo, TX. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology at the University of Florida in 1988, Dr. Tran went on to earn his Doctor of Optometry degree at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee in 1992. Dr. Tran completed his extensive clinical training at The Kendall Eye Institute and Morris Eye Clinic in Miami, Florida.
After gaining real life experience working with an optometrist for one year, Dr. Tran established Tran Vision Center in 1993. He is currently an active member of the American Optometric Association, the Texas Optometric Association, the Border Optometric Society, and he is a board member of the Independent Provider Association. His passion for optometry and his patients is what makes him such a wonderful optometrist. He works hard every day to help others see the world in the way it should be seen – clearly.
Dr. Kassandra N. Peña-Benavides
Dr. Kassandra N. Peña-Benavides is a therapeutic optometrist who is eager to serve her hometown Laredo community. A graduate of John B. Alexander High School, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology with a concentration in Neurobiology from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2015, and received her Doctor of Optometry degree at the University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry in 2020. In addition to eye care involvement with the Rosenberg School of Optometry, her clinical experience includes work at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia and the McCormick Vision Source in Austin, Texas. Dr. Peña-Benavides is excited to share her passion for patient care, ocular disease, contact lens, and pediatric optometry with her fellow Laredoans.