How do you build a practice that treats more than just vision?

In this episode of Wavelengths, Dr. Neda Gioia shares how her own health journey led her to build an integrative optometry practice that blends nutrition, functional medicine, and data-driven care. We talk about bringing compassion back to the patient experience, building the right team, and why whole-body health belongs in the exam lane.

Wavelengths is hosted by Lee Kuczewski, Chief Customer Officer at Heru, and Dr. Masoud Nafey, a leading voice in innovation at the intersection of eye care, AI, and healthcare strategy.

About our Guest:

Neda Gioia, OD, CNS®, IFMCP, FOWNS, is the founder of Integrative Vision, a New Jersey optometry practice dedicated to integrating nutrition and functional medicine into eye and whole-body health. Inspired by her own journey with nutrition, she pursued advanced training to become both a board-certified nutrition specialist and a certified functional medicine practitioner—the only optometrist in the U.S. to hold both distinctions.

With nearly 20 years in clinical practice, Dr. Gioia has been recognized for developing innovative, service-driven models such as SEEHealth™ and her award-winning Eye ExamPlus™. She is the immediate past president of the Ocular Wellness & Nutrition Society, serves on the Board of the New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians, and contributes nationally as an industry advisor and subject-matter expert, helping shape the future of certification in integrative eye care.

Her mission is simple yet powerful: to heal, educate, and empower patients and practitioners—transforming healthcare one patient and one doctor at a time.

Guest:⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Neda Gioia, founder of Integrative Vision

Co-host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lee Kuczewski⁠⁠⁠⁠

Co-host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Masoud Nafey⁠⁠⁠⁠

Sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Heru⁠⁠⁠

Intro Music by ⁠⁠⁠Dan Phillipson from #Uppbeat⁠⁠⁠

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