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Dr. Maya Okafor, OD

Owner, Clearview Family Eye Care · Introductory meeting at the practice, 20 minutes

Human-verified · R.M. · 3 Nov 2026

Your goal: agreement to a lunch-and-learn for the practice’s three optometrists on dry-eye treatment options.

1What they care about

  • The practice’s dry-eye clinic, opened in 2023. She calls it “the part of the practice I’m proudest of.”1
  • Keeping patients in-house rather than referring them out. She spoke on this at a state association panel in 2025.2
  • Her time. She still sees patients four days a week across two locations.1

2Lines you could use

  • “The dry-eye clinic is in its third year now. What has changed in how you choose treatments since you opened it?”
  • “You’ve talked about keeping patients in the practice. Where does that get hardest?”

3What’s on the record

  • Doctor of Optometry, 2009. Licensed in the state since 2009; license active, no public disciplinary actions listed.3
  • Co-author of a 2021 case report on meibomian gland dysfunction in a regional optometry journal.4
  • Three optometrists, two locations. The second location opened in 2022.1, 5

4What to leave alone

  • Her former partnership, which ended in 2020. The filing is public; the reasons are not, and it has nothing to do with this meeting.5
  • Family and personal social media. Not reviewed, not included.

5How to close the meeting

  • Ask for the lunch-and-learn directly and offer two dates.
  • Let her choose the topic within dry eye, so the session fits the clinic she has built.

6What we couldn’t confirm

  • iInference: she likely sets treatment preferences for all three doctors. Based on her owner title and the clinic description;1 not confirmed. Ask who else should be in the room.
  • Whether the practice belongs to a purchasing group. Not on the public record, so it was left out of section 3.

Sources

  1. Clearview Family Eye Care, “About Dr. Okafor” and “Dry Eye Clinic” pages. Read 2 Nov 2026.
  2. State optometric association, 2025 annual meeting program, panel listing. Read 2 Nov 2026.
  3. State Board of Optometry, public license lookup. Read 2 Nov 2026.
  4. Regional optometry journal, 2021 case report (title changed for this sample). Read 2 Nov 2026.
  5. State business-entity filings: 2020 partnership dissolution; 2022 registration of second location. Read 2 Nov 2026.
Verified by R.M. on 3 Nov 2026. Sources 1–5. Inferences marked (i). Sample. Names and details changed.

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