Dr. Karsten Lee, OD

Dr. Karsten Lee was born in San Francisco and grew up in Dana Point, California. He attended UC Berkeley undergraduate on a merit based scholarship and earned two Bachelor degrees (Biology and Vision Science) while playing intercollegiate volleyball. Dr. Lee earned his Doctorate in Optometry from UC Berkeley in 2003 along with fellow colleague Dr. Leong. Dr. Lee has worked in the optical field since 1995 and was awarded a Practice Management award, Ophthlamic Dispensing award, and  a Pediatric Vision award while at the School of Optometry.

After graduation, Dr. Lee began practicing Optometry on Oahu and eventually moved to Maui full time in 2005. Outside of the office, Dr. Lee enjoys his family time, playing beach volleyball and volunteering for outreach eye missions to developing countries. He feels very lucky to have been able to go on 15 international missions to places like Burkina Faso (Africa), Honduras, Nicaragua, Chile, Mexico, Panama and Thailand.