Dr. Jenkins featured on 808talk.com

Dr. Tyrie Jenkins was a national early adopter in laser vision correction. She was active in the study that led to the FDA approval of LASIK and performed Hawaii’s first LASIK procedure in 1997. She regularly participates in ongoing research in her field. To date Dr. Jenkins has performed over 20,000 refractive surgeries and continues to bring the freedom of glasses and contacts to many. She offers a variety of technologies to help people live a life free of glasses or contacts.  Read More...

Dr. Jenkins enters Junior Achievement of Hawaii Business Hall of Fame

On Friday, March 12, 2010, Junior Achievement of Hawaii's Business Hall of Fame honored Dr. Tyrie Lee Jenkins as one of three outstanding business leaders in Hawaii.

Since 1990, the Junior Achievement Hawaii Business Hall of Fame has honored 70 of the state's most distinguished business women and men for their outstanding contributions to free enterprise and the promise of a better, stronger society. Dr. Jenkins joins a distinguished group of men and women who have been inducted into the Hawaii Business Hall of Fame.

Click here to Watch the Video of Dr. Tyrie Jenkins, honoring her great work and passion for medicine and the community of Hawaii!

Junior Achievement was founded nationally in 1919 and locally in Hawai‘i in 1957, to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business and economics to improve the quality of their lives. Our mission is to ensure that every student in Hawai‘i has a basic understanding of the free enterprise system and to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.

Dr. Tyrie Lee Jenkins along with Barry K. Taniguchi of KTA Superstores & Anthony R. Guerrero, Jr. of First Hawaiian Bank

Dr Jenkins was honored at a special presentation by the Senate and House of Representatives for the Junior Achievement award. 

Dr. Jenkins Receives Small Business Success Award (February 2009)

Dr. Jenkins is one of Hawaii Business' 2009 Small Business Success stories. Awardees are chosen for longevity, uniqueness of services or product, growth or expansion, and ability to overcome challenges. Read more.

Dr. Jenkins on KHON2 Morning News (February 13, 2009)

Hawaii Business associate editor Shara Enay talks with Dr. Tyrie Lee Jenkins about her professional career and why she finds time for community goodwill. Dr. Jenkins explains how she has grown her practice, Tyrie Jenkins, M.D.: Eye Care, over the last 20 years and why quality of performance and experience are key to remaining at the top of a very competitive profession. She also discusses her mission to mentor women and girls and her volunteer work with several community groups and associations.

HMSA Online Care (January 2009)

Dr. Jenkins is a member of the new HMSA Online Care program. The service connects patients and physicians via the Internet or phone and is open to all residents in Hawaii, whether or not they are HMSA members. Learn more.

Visiting Cambodian orphans receive free eye exams (September 2008)

Thirty Cambodian orphans were in Honolulu to meet and stay with their “email foster parents” for the first time. The children, ages 14-21, were here under the auspices of Email Foster Parents International. Some of them have been corresponding and their Hawai‘i foster families via the Internet for as long as three years.

During their two-week stay, many of the children enjoyed another first—their first eye exam. Optometrists Loretta Ng, O.D. and Jon Sakuda, O.D. along with Dr. Jenkins’ staff provided them with the prescriptions and identified any eye ailments.

“Many of the teens showed below-average eyesight,” said Dr. Ng. “We were delighted to provide them with prescriptions for glasses and the medications they needed.”

The children were from the Future Light Orphanage near Phnom Penh. All were trained Khmer classical dancers as well and were excited to share with others their culture, which is being revived after a civil brutal war.

KGMB9 produced a segment on the kids getting their eyes examined. Watch KGBM9 report.

Howard Dicus interviews Dr. Tyrie Jenkins on Everybody's Business on KHET (June 6, 2008)

Commentator Howard Dicus interviews Dr. Jenkins on LASIK in Hawaii. She gives an overview of the procedure and the latest technology, as well as local statistics.

LASIK is one of the most common elective procedures performed in the U.S.- more than 12 million since the first laser surgery was FDA-approved for use in LASIK in the mid-1990s. It is also the most studied.

More than 95 percent of patients worldwide report that they are satisfied. Newer technology has been cleared for U.S. military personnel and astronauts. Yet, LASIK is not for everyone. And Dr. Jenkins tells how that should be determined.

The Laser Eye Center is always decorated with kids' art work.
Dr. Jenkins takes a moment to relax surrounded by the cheerful art
of a local elementary school.