MeetYour Doctor
Dr. Dorothy Hitchmoth
Dr. Hitchmoth retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs and moved her Hanover private practice to New London in 2018 where she has lived for the past 28 years. She is excited to practice close to home and looks forward to seeing patients and working from “Studio D” for many years to come.
Her career in academic medicine and product innovation has led her collegages to dub her "America's Eye Doctor". She is a nationally recognized, award-winning professor, lecturer and patient advocate who has worked as a physician executive in large hospital and multi-practice networks for over 26 years. She has authored countless scientific papers, editorials and book chapters. She continues to be featured on television, radio, and across the social media spectrum. She has also appeared in two documentary films one of which was released in 2022. The film is “Losing Sight Finding Hope” and was designed to help support those living with macular degeneration. You can link to the film here: https://www.macular.org/resources/video-presentations/losing-sight-finding-hope
She is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience as a health systems data and quality analyst and has expertise in government policy, health insurance regulatory forces and payment modeling in product development. She travels to Washington D.C. often to work with politicians and policy makers to ensure patients come first in our healthcare system.
She also owns a healthcare consulting business that focuses on innovation in telehealth, artificial intelligence, and healthcare quality outcomes. She has been a leader in national professional organizations and the ophthalmic industry for over 29 years. She is a VA residency trained, dual-board certified diplomate and a Fellow of the Academy and a Fellow of the Optometric Retina Society and served as a residency director for the Department of Veterans Affairs for over two decades. She is the wife, mother, daughter and grand-daughter of veterans and continues to advocate on behalf of our nations finest. Her publication and research interest is in ocular biomarkers of neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Hitchmoth is also a nationally recognized expert in retinal imaging and has dedicated her life's work to promoting science and technology that supports the prevention of blindness and brain insult and that promotes overall improved health and quality of life.
She is the mother of three grown boys and just learned she will be a grandmother for the second time. She enjoys hiking and mixing up healthy recipes in her leisure time.
Dr. Hitchmoth is the recipient of many awards to include the following:
2021 Project Cure International "Hero" Award for editorial publications on COVID
2017 American Optometric Association Advocate of Year
2013 Vision Monday as one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Optical
2005 New Hampshire Union Leader’s “Top Forty under Forty” for work on behalf of New Hampshire citizens.
2003 American Optometric Association’s Young Optometrist of the Year
2002 New Hampshire Optometrist of the Year
Disabled American Veterans Distinguished Service Award
NECO/ALCON Award for Excellence in Clinic Teaching
NECO Young Alumnus of the year
Dr. Jessica Eid
Originally from Kentucky, Dr. Jessica Eid first became interested in becoming an eye doctor when her grandmother was diagnosed with glaucoma. She spent years watching her grandmother receive incredible care from her optometric physician, and it inspired Dr. Eid to want to do the same for others.
Dr. Eid earned her Biology degree at the University of Louisville. She then attended the University of Houston College of Optometry where she received multiple Clinical Letters of Excellence and other awards before graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2015. She then completed a residency in Ocular Disease and Ocular and Refractive Surgery at the Oklahoma Medical Eye Group and nJoy Vision in Tulsa.
Dr. Eid has practiced in Kentucky and New Hampshire for the past 8 years and has published and authored numerous papers and presentations on refractive surgery and diseases of the cornea. She is therapeutic laser certified and is a member of the American Optometric Association.
Dr. Eid is trained to treat a wide variety of ocular disease, and is especially interested in glaucoma, dry eye disease, diabetic eye disease and complex post-surgical care.
She enjoys seeing patients of all ages and is dedicated to providing care in the rural outer banks of New Hampshire.
In her free time, she loves skiing, hiking, reading, and spending time with friends and family. Her greatest joy is her role as a new Mom. Dr. Eid and her husband welcomed their first baby boy in August of 2021.