Our team

Dr. LeRoy grew up on a small farm in Eastern Ontario. She attended the University of Waterloo and graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Optometry degree in 1998.While attending the University of Waterloo, Judith became quite involved with varsity athletics and competed for 5 yrs on both the track and cross-country running teams. In her final varsity year, she was awarded the University of Waterloo’s female athlete of the year, and in 2009 she was inducted into the University of Waterloo's Sports Hall of Fame. It was her love of running and the outdoors, which brought her to Victoria in 1998. She was a member of the National training centre, Pacific Sport, and during her first few years she practiced Optometry part time as she competed internationally. The highlight being, representing Canada at the 2000 World Cross-Country Championships. In 2001 Judith retired from international competition and started to work full time and pursue other passions. One being, third world eye care work, and as a result joined TWECS (Third World Eye Care Society). TWECS consists of eye care professionals and individuals who collect used eyeglasses from the public and travel to Third World countries providing free eye care and eyeglasses to the poor. She traveled on missions to Cambodia in 2002 and Kenya in 2006. Recently however, her third world travels have been temporarily put on hold as she and her husband John, celebrated the birth of their first child, Max. Outside of work related activities, Judith and her family enjoy cycling, golf, tennis, skiing and camping. Professionally, Dr. LeRoy has developed a keen interest in specialty contact lenses fitting, specifically, those for keratoconic patients and post corneal transplant patients.

Dr. Nazima Sangha, originally from North Delta, BC, earned a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from UBC and a Doctorate of Optometry from the Pacific University College of Optometry in Oregon. After successfully practicing optometry in Richmond, BC for many years she has recently relocated to Victoria and, with great pleasure, joined the team at the Family Eyecare Centre. Dr. Sangha is committed to maintaining the highest standard of clinical care. As part of her exceptional service, she takes time and care in consulting her patients on their best means of vision correction including glasses, contact lenses and laser surgery. When needed, she provides speciality contact lens fitting, pre- and post-operative surgical care and fitting of progressive lenses. She routinely checks for and manages eye health conditions including macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, ocular infections, dry eye and keratoconus, as well as a variety of general health conditions. In her relatively short career, she has diagnosed many systemic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, pending strokes, multiple sclerosis and brain tumours. As a strong advocate of global healthcare, she has traveled with the Third World Eye Care Society (TWECS) and Amigos Eyecare to Romania, Honduras and Kenya to provide free eye care and eye wear to those most in need.  It was in Kenya that she met Dr. LeRoy as a team member of TWECS.

With a keen sense of community, she has also volunteered her services locally with Special Olympics, the annual Diabetes Fair in Vancouver, sun-awareness programs and as one of the youngest Council Members for the British Columbia Association of Optometrists. She also served as Chair of the the Greater Vancouver Optometric Society for two years and has earned the Tole Greenstein Award from the Northwest Congress of Optometry. Dr. Sangha has a strong love of the outdoors and nurtures these passions through kayaking, hiking, yoga and distance running, having now completed three half marathons. She is a proud member of the Harbourside Rotary Blub in Victoria and is looking forward to exploring beautiful Victoria with her husband Aaron.

Dr. Stewart
While I have decided to retire, I am pleased to advise that I have found an optometrist in whom I can entrust your care, Dr. Nazima Sangha. I am sure you will like her and find her to be most capable of providing you with excellent eye health care. In all, I anticipate a smooth transition of your eye health care to Dr. Sangha, who will work hard to provide exemplary eye care to you and your family. Our same friendly and exceptional staff members are still here to help you and this will continue to be the same personable clinic for you.

It has been an honor to be your optometrist and I value the relationships that have grown through the years. I have been blessed with a wonderful work life in my optometric practice for twenty years and I am looking forward to pursuing my hobbies, traveling with my wife and keeping physically fit with favourite outdoor activities.

We would like to introduce you to our warm, friendly and knowledgeable staff. Although many of us are cross-trained in each other’s positions our main roles in the office are as follows:

Office Manager – Lynn West Receptionists & Pre-testing – Dianne, Kiran, Christine Dispensing – Van, Karen, Nadia, Anita (not shown) Lab - Shelley