OUR Blacksburg EYE DOCTORS
Meet our optometric team in Blacksburg, Virginia. We offer a full range of eye health services to clients of all ages - all with personalized attention and a smile. In our eye care office, every patient is treated warmly. Individualized attention is the foundation of our care, to ensure that your eyes remain healthy. We're dedicated to optimizing your vision!
Meet Dr. Michael Gowen & Dr. Steve Jacobs - Optometrists Near You
Dr. Michael Gowen attended undergrad at Virginia Tech and graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1987. He has been practicing in and serving Virginia for his entire career. He met his wife Sally in Blacksburg, they’ve been married 36 years and in August have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. Dr. Gowen says he and Sally are “avid Virginia Tech fans” and are big supporters of the arts and athletic programs. They love their community of Blacksburg, where they live and work....
Dr. Steve Jacobs earned his undergraduate degree in Behavioral Biology from Cornell University in 1979. Enjoying the intellectual stimulation (and lack of true responsibility) that further studies offered, he pursued a Master's Degree in Child Development at Michigan State University (1982), where he met his bright and lovely bride to be. Realizing he couldn't dodge gainful employment forever, he followed his father's (the owner of a small dress store in Brooklyn) sage suggestion and pursued optometry as a career - a pleasant melding of science, working with people, and being one's own boss. Dr. Jacobs graduated number one in his class...