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Eye Care Providers in Santa Fe
Dr. Mark Rasmussen and the entire eye care staff at Ultimate Eye Care Santa Fe, LLC are fully dedicated to caring for all your vision needs. Our optometric physicians handle everything from eye health exams to ocular emergencies, treatment of diseases, and co-management of eye surgeries, including LASIK. If you are a contact lens wearer, our doctors also care about fitting you in the lens design that best meets your needs for both vision and comfort. Our doctors take the time to get to know you and your medical history and decide the right course of treatment for you.
Our optometric physicians will always make sure to explain the results of your eye health exam, describe your options, and listen to your eye care needs. Because maintaining good eye health is an ongoing partnership, we encourage you to ask questions and share your health information, which could be vital to monitoring, diagnosing, and treating potential vision problems.
Dr. Mark A. Rasmussen
Optometric Physician
Dr. Mark A. Rasmussen has been practicing in Santa Fe for 30 years. He sees all age groups as early as three through adulthood. For many patients, he works closely with their primary care physicians to coordinate care regarding eye conditions like diabetes and the effects on their eyes. He is an expert in detecting signs of glaucoma for those at risk and helping those with glaucoma care for their eyes and manage the disease.
Dr. Rasmussen also works with kids through vision therapy and has assisted children with amblyopia. Dr. Rasmussen is a graduate of the University of Houston. He is a proud member of the American Optometric Association AOA & New Mexico Optometric Association NMOA. He is an outdoorsman at heart and loves to travel.
Dr. Carol Bottjer
Optometric Physician
Dr. Carol Bottjer grew up in the mountains of North Carolina before earning a graduate degree in Environmental Health Science from the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas. She spent the 1990s in the environmental investigation and remediation field, working for a private engineering firm and then the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Kansas City area. After experiencing visual discomfort from prolonged computer use, she decided to change careers and returned to school in the early 2000s to become an optometrist.
More about Dr. Carol Bottjer
Dr. Bottjer earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from The Ohio State University and completed an ocular disease residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Additionally, she completed a graduate degree in Vision Science (the research arm of optometry) at The Ohio State University. Her thesis involved the examination of possible season-associated triggers of myopic progression in young adults.
Throughout her career, Dr. Bottjer has practiced in a variety of clinical settings, including:
- Serving as a clinical faculty member at The Ohio State University, supervising optometry student externs as they performed vision screenings at local preschool programs
- Providing patient care while supervising student externs at the University of Kentucky
- Caring for patients through the Indian Health Service in North Dakota (Turtle Mountain) and New Mexico (Mescalero), where she treated a wide range of eye conditions, responded to emergency eye care cases, and supervised optometry students
- Since 2013, she has provided comprehensive eye care in private/commercial eye care practices throughout the Albuquerque metropolitan area
- Performing ophthalmic disability examinations for veterans as a VA contractor
Today, Dr. Bottjer is proud to serve patients throughout the greater Santa Fe area, providing comprehensive eye care tailored to each patient’s unique needs.
When not working, she enjoys trying new ethnic restaurants, traveling (she has been to all 50 states), playing board games, and reading and watching a variety of science fiction genres.