Brooklyn Optica

MEET THE TEAM

YOUR EYE CARE EXPERTS

At Brooklyn Optica, our team is united by a shared philosophy: genuine care, professional expertise, and a personalised approach. Every optometrist in our practice is dedicated to helping you see clearly and feel confident – offering attentive service, accurate diagnoses, and solutions tailored to your lifestyle. You’re not just another appointment to us; you’re part of our community. We aim to be a leading practice in South Africa. We value integrity, honesty, sincerity, and respect for patients and colleagues. Our goal is to deliver professional, high-quality service.

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RONEL DUCCI

OPTOMETRIST

MARIKE CLAASSENS

OPTOMETRIST

JORINA LOMBARD

DISPENSING OPTICIAN / LENS SPECIALIST

MARNA PIETERSE

PRACTICE MANAGER / OPTICIAN

JACQUIE COETZEE

CONTACT LENS CONSULTANT & FRAME STYLIST

DENISE LABUSCHAGNE

LAB TECHNICIAN & FRAME STYLIST

REBECCA DLAMINI

RECEPTIONIST

STEPHANIE BOSCH

RECEPTIONIST

CHANEL LOMBARD

RECEPTIONIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

MORNE ENGELBRECHT

LAB ASSISTANT

LYDIA DILEBO

OFFICE ASSISTANT

OPTOMETRIST

B Optom (R.A.U.) | F.O.A. (S.A.)
CAS Boston (U.S.A.)

Ronel is a highly experienced optometrist with local and international qualifications. She worked alongside Linda Lochner for 26 years. She is known for her careful, friendly approach and takes the time to understand each patient’s unique needs. Her special interests include dry eye treatment, myopia management in children and the fitting of bespoke contact lenses like sclerals and RGP’s.

OPTOMETRIST

B. Optom. (UJ)

Marike is a well-traveled, experienced optometrist with a special interest in soft contact lens fittings and myopia management in children. Her friendly, approachable nature sets any patient at ease. Having worked with ophthalmologists, Marike has gained a deep understanding of ocular pathology, ensuring her patients receive the highest quality of care. Marike knows what to look out for when screening for pathology!

DISPENSING OPTICIAN / LENS SPECIALIST

F.B.D.O. (UK)

With more than 35 years’ experience in the field of optometry and having qualified as a dispensing optician in 2004, Jorina is an expert in dispensing complicated prescriptions by matching the ideal frame and spectacle lens combination with a patient’s specific needs. She has a complex prescription herself, which includes high astigmatism and prism correction in her multifocal lenses. She truly knows what it means to need specialised lenses!

PRACTICE MANAGER / DISPENSING OPTICIAN

F.B.D.O. (U.K.)

Marna is the practice’s financial and operational officer. She has been the practice manager for over 20 years and works closely with industry leaders at the SAOA. Marna has recently joined the ‘presbyopic club’ and has learned to embrace her new multifocal prescription at last.

CONTACT LENS CONSULTANT & FRAME STYLIST

B.A (UP)

Jacquie has been part of the Brooklyn Optica team since 1999 . As a high myope who has been wearing spectacles and contact lenses most of her life, Jacquie appreciates the challenges faced by many of our patients. She has a keen eye for helping patients choose the perfect frame to optimize their lenses. She also assists our Optometrists with helping patients manage dry eye symptoms. With her bubbly personality and wealth of knowledge, she is well loved by co-workers and patients alike.

LAB TECHNICIAN & FRAME STYLIST

Even though Denise is the newest team member to join our practice, she has already proven her value both in the lab and as a frame stylist. She has been working in the optometric industry for 6 years and moved here from the Free State to join us. Denise is passionate about all aspects of optometry, as she has been a spectacle and contact lens wearer since the tender age of 9!

RECEPTIONIST & ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Rebecca has been employed in the optometric industry since 2005. Her linguistic skills are invaluable to the practice: She speaks Afrikaans, English, Zulu and Sotho! Rebecca has been wearing multifocal lenses for many years and understands what it is like to be dependent on your reading specs.

RECEPTIONIST & ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Stephanie is one of our friendly front line assistants. She has an artistic nature and enjoys assisting with frame selections as well as doing her administrative duties. Stephanie has a keen eye when choosing colours that match a patient’s skin tone and personality and is always eager to share her point of view when selecting frames.

RECEPTIONIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Chanel has been a valued, loyal member of the team for 10 years and is one of our receptionists as well as an administrative assistant. Chanel’s duties include managing our social media posts, ensuring that the frame displays are on point and of course keeping you, our valued patients, satisfied with our service.

LAB ASSISTANT

Morne, as head laboratory technician, is responsible for the precise cutting and fitting of spectacle lenses into frames, as well as performing minor repairs. He ensures that all spectacles undergo rigorous quality control checks and meet our high standards before leaving the laboratory.

OFFICE ASSISTANT

Lydia has been a valued part of the team for more than 10 years. She assists with administrative duties and general girl friday tasks.

“I have tears of joy in seeing without strain again. This morning reading is no longer a strain, my brain has a sigh of relief after a year in trying to make sense of distortion between two hemispheres of visual receipt. Thank you Ronel, I appreciate you.”

JUSTIN MAGUIRE

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