Summit Eye Care of Wisconsin

At Summit Eye Care, our eye doctors take pride in providing Milwaukee-area residents with state-of-the-art vision care in an environment that is modern yet comfortable. Every aspect of our practice has been painstakingly designed to ensure that our patients feel confident they are receiving the highest level of vision care and individual attention possible.

Please contact Dr. Nicholas Bruns 6 weeks prior to the beginning of your rotation to verify dates, times, directions, parking, and any other information.   Please check with the site for specific health testing requirements.

Contact Person:

Nicholas Bruns, OD
E-mail: [email protected]

Clinical Teaching Faculty:

Nicholas Bruns, O.D.

John Vukich, M.D.

Support Staff:

• 5 Optometric Technicians         
• 1 Optician
• 6 Office Staff Personnel
• 1 Medical Records Personnel

Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Number of patients seen by extern per day: 8-10

Students will be expected to gain comfort in ocular disease and pre/post-operative care. We are a surgical clinic with a heavy AMD, DR, and Glaucoma patient base. Students will work along side both OD's and MD's. Students will be exposed to the latest refractive surgery techniques and advanced technology IOLs'.

It is the responsibility of the intern to find housing. Average apartment cost  is $1000-$2000/month.

• Milwaukee, WI
• population: 600,00
• Milwaukee is a mid-size Midwestern city with a vibrant downtown.
• It offers variety of restaurants, breweries, and nightlife and is home to two professional sports teams.

• Zeiss Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer
• OCT Cirrus and Heidelberg
• Brightness Acuity Tester
• Topcon Autorefractor
• Heine Binocular indirect opthalmoloscope with condensing lens
• Volk Fundus lenses
• Nidek Fundus Camera
• Volk Gonioscopy Lenses
• Pentacam Topographer
• Pentacam Corneal Pachymetry
• IOL Master A Scan Ultrasound

• Internet access available.
• EHR: Nextech
• Students will have the opportunity to observe surgery and injections
• Lasers, photography, small in office procedures (lumps and bumps), light adjustable lens light adjustments.