About WeCare Eye Group

Helping the Rhode Island community make their vision a reality.

Welcome to WeCare Eye Group! We’re a family-centered, community-based optometrist team whose focus is to help you see more clearly. We provide comprehensive eye exams for adults, children, and seniors.

Whether you need new eyewear or contact lenses, have a specialty or emergency vision concern, our WeCare team can help you out. Our helpful optometrists and friendly patient concierge staff pride themselves on getting to know all our patients and providing them with total vision support and exceptional customer service.

Whether you’re new to the area or a long-time resident, come on by to any of our conveniently located offices or book an appointment today! We look forward to helping you make your vision a reality.

Passionate Caregivers With Professional Expertise

WeCare Eye Group is more than just an office group. We’re passionate caregivers who believe that our highest calling is to serve our patients.

We’re relentless in our pursuit to offer the most advanced technology, exceptional eye care, and friendly service to all the wonderful families and individuals who we serve.

Whether we’re performing a comprehensive eye exam, fitting you for lenses, or helping you find relief from dry eyes, our team is dedicated to providing you with nothing less than the best for your needs.

Our Pledge to You

At WeCare Eye Group, we believe better patient care starts with compassionate,
transparent, and friendly customer service.

Our Mission

For patients

To help our patients and each other see life’s special moments more clearly

For staff

To see every team member reach their professional and financial goals through the work we do together

Our Vision

To be the most loved and trusted eye care practice in
the Providence, RI community.

Meet the Founders

WeCare’s founders

Dr. Colonna, O.D. and Dr. Ormando, O.D. hard at work

Fun fact: We donate a meal to Feeding America for every patient we serve.

WeCare Eye Group was founded out of a desire to make a difference in the local community. Dr. Colonna, O.D. and Dr. Ormando, O.D. — co-founders of WeCare Eye Group — saw a need for quality, community-centered, and family-focused eye care.

In 2001, fresh out of optometry school and armed with a staff of just two optometrists (and one part-time retired optometrist), Dr. Colonna and Dr. Ormando opened up the doors to WeCare Eye Group’s first 3,000-square-foot optometry office, Westminster Eyecare Associates, located in the heart of beautiful Providence, Rhode Island.

What began as a small community eye clinic has since blossomed into a trio of three expansive locations. WeCare now serves over 600,000 patients a year.

Yet we remain true to our roots and never forget our humble beginnings. Our team is just as passionate as day one about providing exceptional eye care services and warm customer service to every patient who walks through our doors. As we grow, one thing will always remain the same: our commitment to helping you see life’s special moments more clearly each and every day.

Meet Our Doctors

Dr. Theresa Colonna

Director of Clinical Training & Development

Dr. Matthew Marques

Optometric Physician
Ocular Disease

Dr. Joseph Isik

Optometric Physician | Ocular Disease | Scleral Contact Lenses
Dr. Himandri Patel
Optometric Physician
Ocular Disease
Dr. Alexandra O’Donnell
Optometric Physician
Ocular Disease

Dr. Sarah Guarascio

Optometric Physician
Ocular Disease
Dr. Jonathan Buma
Optometric Physician
Ocular Disease
Dr. Chad Waggoner
Optometric Physician
Ocular Disease
Dr. Lucy D’Angelo
Optometric Physician
Ocular Disease Pediatric

Values-Driven Since Day One

Driven by a desire to serve, we believe everyone who walks through our doors should be treated like family.
It’s what has allowed us to continue providing exceptional eye care for more than 22 years.

Accountable

Dependable and always there for you, we help patients with routine procedures, specialty care, and insurance concerns by providing outstanding services for all your eye care needs.

Community-Focused

We take the Optometric Oath seriously. We’re committed to building up our patients and staff to help them achieve all their vision goals.

Aligned

We listen with ready attention during every appointment to align with and meet your unique eye care needs.

Excellence

We stop short of nothing to provide you with exceptionally friendly, comprehensive, and top-quality customer service, eye care, and eyewear.

Ethical

We pride ourselves on delivering comprehensive eye care services and products. No cutting corners, no incomplete check-ups, no compromises on quality. Just doing what’s right for patients, always.

Results-Driven

We’ll make sure you walk out of our doors seeing the world more clearly. Period.

About Our Dedicated Eye Care Team

Our WeCare optometrists have nearly 40 years of experience working with adults and families. Our optometrists are trained in and have extensive background knowledge on ocular care. We treat each patient with compassion, kindness, and warmth.

Coupled with our friendly patient navigator team, our optometrists will carefully consider your comfort every step of the way. We encourage you to let our team know how you’re feeling throughout the exam process.

Whatever your vision care needs may be, our doctor and patient navigator team is dedicated to providing you with nothing less than the best optical care, because at the end of the day, our vision is to help you with yours.

WeCare: Focused On Your Vision

Why WeCare?

A Family-Focused, Community-Centered Eye Clinic

What Satisfied Patients See In Us

Learn More About Our Caring Optometrists

WESTMINSTER

COLLEGE HILL

SMITHFIELD

Which location would you prefer?

WESTMINSTER

COLLEGE HILL

SMITHFIELD

Which location would you prefer?

WESTMINSTER

COLLEGE HILL

SMITHFIELD