Our Doctors

Dr. Meredith Barber grew up in Vienna, Virginia, which is a suburb of Washington, D.C.  She attended the University of Virginia for her Undergraduate degree in Biology and moved to California to pursue her Optometry career.  She received her Doctor of Optometry degree in 2010 from the Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton, California. Her specialties include fitting contact lenses, treating diseases of the eye including dry eye and infections, and she has a passion for pediatrics.

Throughout her career, Dr. Barber received the President’s Club Diamond Member Award for being the number one Employed Doctor in LensCrafters North America for 2012. In 2014, she received a LensCrafters President’s Pin for outstanding patient care and customer service. She is also very involved with the charity OneSight, through which she traveled to give the gift of sight to the underserved people of communities all over the world. She is eagerly looking forward to her next charitable clinic opportunity to help solve the vision crisis.

When she is not in the office seeing patients, Dr. Barber enjoys attending her Jazzercise aerobics classes and going on hikes around the Los Angeles area.  She is also a huge “foodie,” as she always knows about the best and newest restaurants around Los Angeles.  Lastly, she loves to travel the world and has visited a vast array of countries in Europe, Asia and North America.

She thanks you for choosing Beverly Plaza Optometric Center for your vision care needs and is dedicated to doing everything to help you see and look your best.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

Dr. Kelly Tang was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, receiving her B.S. in Biopsychology. She worked in San Francisco before moving to Chicago, where she earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from Illinois College of Optometry in 2022. Her externships during school emphasized treatment of dry eye disease, myopia control in children, co-management of patients after refractive and cataract surgery, and primary care.

Since graduating, she returned to Los Angeles to be closer to family. When she is not in the office, she likes to travel, enjoy the sunshine, visit museums, watch baseball, and relax at home with her partner and two cats.

Dr. Tang’s goal is to maximize quality of life by teaching patients better habits for healthy eyes. She values patient understanding and is committed to explaining exam findings clearly and concisely.

Dr. Katherine Xie (pronounced “sh-yeh”) grew up in the San Gabriel Valley. She went to UCLA for her undergraduate education and graduated with a B.S. in Human Biology and Society in 2018. Having worn glasses since 2nd grade and loving all her eye exams, Dr. Xie knew she wanted to be an optometrist since high school. She decided to move to the Bay Area for optometry school at UC Berkeley and graduated in 2022. In optometry school, her training included interning at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Veterans Affairs in Miami, and an ophthalmology practice in New Jersey.

She missed the southern Californian sunshine and is now back in Los Angeles. When she’s not giving eye exams, she’s out looking for the best boba spots, lifting at the gym, or napping with her cat.

Dr. Xie’s goal is to make eye exams a pleasant experience and have you leave feeling educated and confident about your vision.

Dr. Doris Boudaie is certified by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry and the California Board of Optometry. After graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with distinction, Summa Cum Laude honors, she went on to earn her doctorate degree from Southern California College of Optometry with Summa Cum Laude honors as well as graduating as her Optometry class’s salutatorian. While working for various offices throughout Southern CA, she has gained immense knowledge and experience in all aspects of ophthalmology, optometry and eye care. She was one of the researchers in the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) study at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA as well.

Dr. Boudaie takes the highest pride in providing her patients with the highest level of care whether she is writing a prescription, diagnosing, treating, managing medical conditions or referring a patient for a surgical consultation. Advising her valued patients on a variety of procedures and treatment options is very important to her. She enjoys educating her patients about the benefits they provide whether it is a lifestyle choice, convenience or medically necessary.

In her leisure time, you may find Dr. Boudaie curled up with a good book somewhere relaxing. Science and research fascinate her and she is always interested in learning more in those areas. Quality time spent with family and friends is most important to her. She also enjoys going to the movies. Dr. Boudaie donates her time with various charities and organizations in need of eye care. Dr. Boudaie loves her profession and giving back to her community. She is fluent in both English and Farsi.

Growing up in Long Beach and finishing her Biology degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Veasna Ma pursued the field of eye care. She graduated from The New England College of Optometry in 2006. Her interest in applying to Optometry began at the age of 7, when she failed her school screening vision test. She was afraid to take the note to her parents to let them know that she had ‘failed’ something in school. Her father immediately took her to an optometrist in downtown Los Angeles to be examined and fit for glasses. Although her first pair of spectacles were huge pink plastic, Sally Jesse Raphael look-a-like glasses, it made all the difference to her education in school.

Dr. Ma values the importance of having her patients see the world clearly, whether you are 7 or 70. She hopes that through educating patients on the importance of annual eye exams, they will understand that ocular health is necessary in order to maintain one’s vision.