• In accordance with Virginia’s Department of Health and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we are instituting the following measures to safeguard your health and that of our staff. These will remain in place for the foreseeable future and include:

    • Telephone screening when scheduling/confirming appointment, which will include questions about your current health, recent travel and potential exposure to COVID-19.
    • If you arrive by car, if possible please remain in the car and call us for remote check-in.
    • Please arrive at your appointed time. In order to maintain social distancing, we cannot accommodate early or late arrivals.
    • No companions will be allowed in the office; the only exceptions will be for a patient that is a minor, who will be allowed one adult companion, or the caregiver of a physically challenged or elderly patient.
    • No children of any age will be allowed in the office unless they are the patient.
    • PLEASE WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU COME TO THE OFFICE. We will not be able to see you or allow you in the office unless you are wearing a mask. Due to a shortage of protective equipment, we cannot supply masks for patients. A cloth or commercially available mask is appropriate. All team members will wear masks at all times.
    • When entering the office, a temperature check will be performed. Team members will also be screened daily prior to entering the office.
    • Strict sanitation protocols will continue to be enforced throughout the office, including disinfection of all surface areas, door handles and pieces of equipment that are frequently touched.
    • Eyeglass frames in the optical shop are disinfected after being touched or tried on.
    • We are reducing the number of daily appointments to keep our office area at low capacity and allow for adequate social distancing.
    • TELEMEDICINE visits are available to patients with selected conditions. These can be set up by calling the office and discussing with one of our team members.

    In these challenging times, we are making every effort to meet your vision care needs in the safest environment possible. We look forward to seeing you and serving you soon.

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    COVID-19 ANNOUNCEMENT

    Face masks are no longer required to enter our office. We are however, still checking temperatures at the door and ask that you continue to arrive at the exact appointment time. Companions are allowed when accompanying an elderly or minor patient or a patient who may have a physical or intellectual disability. We are still enforcing strict sanitation protocols in our practice and optical shop. All surface areas, door handles, equipment frequently used, and eyeglass frames after being touched or tried on are disinfected immediately and throughout the day. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all of our patients.

  • 411 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA (703) 548-5588, info@drjacobclark.com

  • eye exams • contact lenses • eye diseases • glaucoma
    laser surgery for glaucoma and post-cataract
    • botulinum toxin

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  • Board Certified Ophthalmologist

    I got hooked on ophthalmology the day I wandered into an eye surgical suite as a medical student in my native Puerto Rico. I realized that being an eye surgeon, and restoring the gift of sight, is a true privilege. After finishing residency in San Juan, I moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where I completed my fellowship in diseases and surgery of the anterior eye, including glaucoma and cataracts. Since starting this practice in 1993, I have performed thousands of cataract surgeries at Alexandria Hospital. I continuously bring the latest developments in my field as a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and through regular attendance at educational meetings. Following the example of my dad, who was a physician and an accomplished violinist, I took up music at an early age, and continue to build my repertoire and musical skills on the piano to this day. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, biking and traveling with my husband, who is an urban planner, and our young daughter. She is an avid competitive swimmer and an enthusiastic singer with the Children’s Chorus of Washington, where I volunteer regularly.

  • Oculista certificado por el American Board of Ophthalmology

    Descubrí la oftalmología siendo estudiante de medicina en Puerto Rico. Es un gran privilegio el mantener y restaurar el don de la visión. Luego de completar mi residencia en San Juan, hice un entrenamiento adicional, o fellowship, en enfermedades y cirugía del ojo, incluyendo cataratas y glaucoma, en Hartford, Connecticut. De allí vine al área de Washington, estableciendo mi práctica en 1993. Desde entonces he llevado a cabo miles de cirugías de catarata en el hospital de Alexandria, incluyendo casos complicados. Me mantengo al día en mi campo mediante mi participación en la Academia Americana de Oftalmología y asistiendo regularmente a conferencias médicas. Siguiendo los pasos de mi padre, que era médico y violinista, estudio música desde muy joven y continúo expandiendo mi repertorio y habilidades en el piano. En mi tiempo libre, me gusta hacer hiking, correr bicicleta y viajar con mi esposo, quien es planificador urbano, y nuestra hija. Ella es nadadora competitiva y cantante en el Coro de Niños de Washington, para el cual trabajo de voluntario regularmente.