Dr. Kirk Thompson is one of the first optometric physicians on the Olympic Peninsula to become Board Certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry. Fewer than 10% of optometrists in the United States have earned this prestigious certification. In addition, he is an active member of the Washington Association of Optometric Physicians and a former president of the Peninsula Optometric Society. Dr. Thompson did his undergraduate work at Utah State University and then completed his optometry degree at Southern California College of Optometry in 1978.