Our Doctors
Laurie Collett, OD
Dr. Laurie Collett has been practicing Optometry at Metropolitan Eyecare for nearly 20 years. She graduated from the Illinois College of Optometry in 1995, earning her Doctor of Optometry degree. While at ICO, she was awarded the prestigious Award of Distinction for Meritorious Clinical Performance. Dr Collett also did an externship at the Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital, where she did rotations in primary care ophthalmology, glaucoma, retina, and cornea clinics. Her undergraduate degree was a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology from the University of Iowa.
Dr. Collett practices primary care optometry and also performs co-management of both cataract and refractive surgeries, offering post-operative care.
She is a member of the American Optometric Association as well as the Illinois Optometric Association.
Dr. Collett welcomes all new patients, and loves to see her current patients every year for their visual needs.
Cheryl Downing, OD
Dr. Cheryl Downing has been in private practice for over 20 years. She earned her Doctorate of Optometry from Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago in 1995. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and completed clinical rotations at the Illinois Eye Institute, as well as case studies in the Progression of Myopia.
When Dr. Downing isn’t tending to the eyecare needs of her many patients, she stays busy designing clothing and participating in Ballroom, Latin, and Swing dancing.
Jenniffer Shiple, OD
Dr. Jenniffer Shiple has been practicing Optometry at Metropolitan Eyecare for 15 years. She was born and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago and obtained her Doctorate of Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry in 1996. Prior to Optometry school, she attended Lincoln Way High School and Lewis University.
Dr. Shiple performed externships at Illinois Center of Rehabilitative Education and Illinois Masonic Medical Center, with an emphasis on low vision and has done extensive research on Retinitis Pigmentosa.