Optometrist
Dr. Kristina (Rindy) Aikens is a native of Fargo, ND. She joined the North Dakota Eye Clinic in July, 2019. Dr. Aikens completed her bachelor's degree in biology at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and graduated at the top of her class from the Michigan College of Optometry in Big Rapids, MI.
Practice Emphasis:
- Family Vision Eye Care
- Contact Lenses (including bifocal and specialty contact lenses).
- Pediatric Eye Care
- Low Vision Rehabilitation
- Diabetic Eye Care
- Glaucoma
- Dry Eye
Medical Education
- 8/2015-5/2019 Michigan College of Optometry
- 2018 Battle Creek VA Medical Center, Battle Creek MI Internship
- 2018 Heart of the City Community Health Center, Grand Rapids MI Internship
- 2019 Michigan College of Optometry, Big Rapids MI Internship
Honors and Awards:
2019 National Board of Examiners in Optometry Commendation
2019 Michigan College of Optometry Academic Recognition Award
2019 Beta Sigma Kappa Metal Award for scholastic achievement
2019 Johnson & Johnson Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care
2019 George Holcomb Memorial Scholarship
2018 American Academy of Optometry-Student Fellow
2016 Beta Sigma Kappa Optometric Honors Society
2016 Opportunity Ferris Cares MCO Scholarship
2016 Paul E Borton Memorial Scholarship
2015 Charles & Dorothy Peterson Scholarship
Board Certifications:
- National Board of Examiners in Optometry® - NBEO®
