Dr. Luke Small graduated with a BSc in Environmental Science from Texas Christian University and his Doctorate of Optometry from the University of California Berkeley School of Optometry. Upon graduation from Berkeley, he returned to Canada for two years before returning to the United States, practicing in Santa Barbara and gaining valuable experience working in numerous different modes of optometric practices including private, corporate, refractive surgery and hospital-based optometry. He also served as the president of the Tri-County Optometric Association (a chapter of the California Optometric Association). Dr. Small returned to Canada in 2007, continuing the nearly 100 years of optometric service that Armstrong and Small Eye Care Center has provided to the Winnipeg community. A volunteer with the Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH), Dr. Small has been involved with trips to Peru, Philippines, Ukraine, and Baja Mexico. He was voted ‘Optometrist of the Year’ by his fellow Manitoba Optometrists for his volunteer work with Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), Siloam Mission, and the Manitoba Association of Optometrists (MAO). He currently serves on the board of the provincial chapter of the CNIB. As a member of the Manitoba Association of Optometrists, Dr. Small sits on the Public Relations and Communications committee and serves as the provincial liaison to the CNIB.
