COVID-19 update: We have resumed normal business hours and are available for patient care by appointment only.

You must be wearing a face mask covering your nose and mouth to enter the facility.

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Doctors & Staff

Meet the experienced and friendly doctors and staff who make Sabre Springs Optometry a proud provider of vision care products and services in San Diego.

Dr. Thanh Nguyen, O.D.

Dr. Nguyen grew up in Northern California but fell in love with San Diego when she attended San Diego State University. After graduating from Nova Southeastern University, College of Optometry in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, she made it a point to return to San Diego. Dr. Nguyen’s clinical rotations include areas of contact lens, low vision rehabilitation, pediatric care, retinal disease, as well as primary care. She especially enjoyed providing services at the Malcolm Randall Veteran Hospital and participating in the retina and low vision clinic, where she received honorable recognition. Dr. Nguyen gathered experience from practicing in different settings including a medical group specializing in cornea and refractive surgery. For more than eight years, she had worked closely with a world renowned corneal specialist to refined her skills in fitting the most difficult corneal conditions such as keratoconus, keratoglobus, cornea ectasia, pellucid marginal degeneration, post-RK, and post-transplanted cornea. Dr. Nguyen has been invited to speak on topics of corneal diseases including keratoconus, dry eyes and other eye diseases. She has written research articles, lectured on topics of cornea diseases and specialty contact lens fitting, and was also a clinical investigator in the latest Collagen Crosslinking FDA trial for keratoconus and cornea ectasia. She finds great joy in improving her patients’ lives through enhancing their sight.


Dr. Janice Lau, O.D.

Dr. Lau is a San Diego native and is fully invested in keeping San Diego beautiful. She attended the University of San Diego and knew and understood her calling to continue on the path of health care, namely vision care. Dr. Lau graduated from Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton, California and returned to San Diego to serve her home town. She has extensive exposure to fast pace practice settings and special circumstances. Dr. Lau actively seeks out opportunities of top notch continuing education programs to stay on the edge of technology and research. Dr. Lau goes beyond treating your eye conditions by incorporating your lifestyle and occupational environment into your care plan and prescription eye wear. Whether it is contacts or glasses, Dr. Lau breathes her special touch into every patient she cares for and treats her patients like they were her family. Dr. Lau finds joy in hiking the local trails of San Diego, and taking in the refreshing air and unique scenery of San Diego.