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Welcome to Southern Focus Vision Center
Your Optometrist in Gardendale, AL

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As your hometown eye doctor Southern Focus Vision Center serves patients from the North Jefferson community and surrounding areas in our Gardendale office – schedule your appointment today.

Services also include

  • Myopia control, prevent your Childs eyesight from getting worse,  
  • Neurolens:discover the source of that chronic headache, dizziness, or dry eye.
  • Vitamins for eyesight
  • AMD monitoring
  • medical eye tests
  • cataract referrals
  • prescription sunglasses
  • age related macular degeneration testing and monitoring (AMD)

Dr. Dorrine Goldschmidt
Gardendale Optometrist | Southern Focus Vision Center | (205) 631-7700

754 Main St
Gardendale, AL 35071

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  • Dr. Dorri Goldschmidt

    Dr Goldschmidt graduated from the University of Alabama School of Optometry in 1992. She has been caring for patients in the Gardendale area for 28 years.

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Southern Focus Vision Center

Monday:

9:00 am-5:00 pm

Tuesday:

9:00 am-5:00 pm

Wednesday:

9:00 am-5:00 pm

Thursday:

9:00 am-5:00 pm

Friday:

9:00 am-5:00 pm

Saturday:

Closed

Sunday:

Closed

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