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Meet our optometric team in Myrtle Beach, SC. We offer a range of services to patients of all ages - all with personalized attention and a smile. In our eye care and vision therapy office, every patient is treated warmly. Individualized attention is the foundation of our care, to ensure that your eyes remain healthy. We're dedicated to optimizing your vision!

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Meet Dr. Mark T. Dean & Our Team

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Dr. Mark Dean, OD

Dr. Mark Dean, OD

Dr. Dean graduated from Illinois College of Optometry in 1976 with both a Bachelors of Science in Vision Science and a Doctorate of Optometry degrees. Dr. Dean practiced with his father in Sparta Michigan, where he grew up, a small town north of Grand Rapids. He relocated to Myrtle Beach in 1981 where he currently owns and directs a specialty practice devoted to vision therapy and vision rehabilitation.

Dr. Dean is a member of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), in 2010 he completed the COVD fellowship process. Members of COVD are optometrists who specialize in working with children and adults experiencing difficulties in the areas of binocular vision, focusing, eye teaming, strabismus and amblyopia and visual processing skill.

Dr. Dean coordinates with parents and educators in writing IEP programs and helping to write accommodations and 504 modifications. He also coordinates sensory integration programs with Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Behavior Medical Specialties. 

Dr. Dean is a member of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitative Association (NORA). Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation is an individualize treatment regimen for patients with visual deficits as a direct result of physical disabilities, traumatic brain injury and other neurological insults. He provides treatment for people with visual field loss, double vision, visual balance disorders, visual midline shift syndrome, post trauma vision syndrome, light sensitivity and reading disorders. 

Dr. Dean is also a member of the American Optometric Association (AOA); South Carolina Optometric Physicians Association (SCOPA); and the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF).


Libby Welch

Libby Welch

Office Manager, Patient Care Coordinator
Libby has over 30 years of professional office management and leadership experience, with a strong background in healthcare.   She graduated from Frederick Community College with a degree in Sociology. She is the friendly voice greeting our patients and guiding them through the initial phase of the therapy program. She...
Mindy Brown

Mindy Brown

Vision Therapist
Mindy has given 8 years to optical medicine, serving as an optician and optical trainer in Ohio. (Go, Bucks!) Prior to that, she was a primary school teacher and worked at a non-profit organization in charge of Pre-K classrooms in the state of Florida. Mindy graduated from Ohio State University...
Kim Redmond

Kim Redmond

Vision Therapist
Kim graduated from Wingate College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services. She spent 17 years with Horry County Schools in Autism Services.    Kim feels that our dedicated staff follows Dr. Dean's lead as he is personally involved in each patient's treatment program. She says, "Vision therapy...
Cheryl Sedota

Cheryl Sedota

Triage & Marketing
Cheryl comes to us from the field of education as a former assistant principal, librarian, and teacher. She holds both Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. Go, Gamecocks!   After meeting Dr. Dean at a school workshop, Cheryl was so impressed by learning how...
Stacy Mowen

Stacy Mowen

Vision Therapist
Before joining us at GSVS, Stacy served as a medical assistant for 15 years. Later, she worked as an opthalmic and optician technician. Stacy enjoys the challenge of providing vision therapy to patients and helping them to achieve their best sight.   When not working at GSVS, Stacy enjoys spending...
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Grand Strand Vision provides professional optometry and vision therapy services to patients from Myrtle Beach, Conway, North Myrtle Beach, Georgetown, SC, and Leland, NC.