Why Choose Us?
At Powers Eye Center, our focus is on you. Our goal is to help you get the sharpest vision possible. If you are looking for quality care with a caring private doctor and the latest technology, including digital eye exams, we are here for you!
Dr. Neil McAllister has over 30 years of experience providing solutions to the most challenging vision and contact lens problems and has a reputation for giving quality care.
Our office provides comprehensive eye care services including:
- Eye examinations using advanced technology such as Wavefront digital eye exams
- Pediatric/children eye care (for ages 5 and up)
- Contact lens fitting and lenses including hard-to-fit cases and scleral lenses
- A great selection of eyeglasses, and lens choices, with an onsite lab enabling same day glasses in many cases
Cutting-Edge Technology
At Powers Eye Center we care about the health of your eyes. Early detection of eye diseases is the best way to keep your eyes seeing clearly for years to come. We have equipped our office with the latest advanced digital testing technology and retinal imaging to help detect eye disease early and provide you with the best vision possible. Our comprehensive eye exams at Powers Eye Center are affordable and include advanced digital wavefront refraction, glaucoma screening, visual field testing and basic digital retinal photos at no extra charge. Advanced Optos wide field digital retinal imaging is also available.
At Powers Eye Center, we offer advanced contact lens fittings with the latest technology. For decades, eye doctors have used and in some offices still use a device called a keratometer to measure corneal curvature in two places on the eye. We routinely perform corneal topography on contact lens patients to help you get the best fit possible. Our corneal topographer measures curvature at up to 22,000 locations, much more fully detecting eye shape for contact lens fitting, detection of irregular astigmatism, detection of eye disease and detection of refractive surgery complications. We also specialize hard to fit lenses and scleral lenses.
At Your Service
At Powers Eye Center, we have a large selection of quality eyeglasses with over 1,000 frames to choose from including classic, trendy, and retro styles to fit your face shape. We carry frames that will suit your style as well as your budget. Whether you are looking for something simple and budget friendly or the latest designer frames, we’ve got you covered. We now have our own lab and we can make some glasses on the same day of your visit!
Our knowledgeable staff at Powers Eye Center will work with you to help you understand your vision insurance benefits. Our office accepts most vision insurance plans including Tricare, Kaiser, Medicare, AARP Medicare Complete, Delta Health Systems, United Health Care, Eyemed, Aetna, VSP, Humana VCP,Cigna, Humana, Superior Vision, Anthem, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cofinity, Meritain Health, Spectera, Davis Vision and many more.
To accommodate your busy schedules, we now have Saturday appointments available. For your convenience you can schedule an appointment with us online any time, or call our office at 719-598-5068 to schedule an eye exam today.
Office Hours & Info
- Monday
- 7:00am - 5:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am - 5:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am - 5:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am - 5:30pm
- Friday
- 7:00am - 5:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
- 6160 Tutt Blvd #220
- Colorado Springs, CO 80923
719-598-5068
Neil McAllister
Optometrist
Providing general eye care, eye examinations for glasses, contact lenses, diabetes, cataracts, keratoconus, other eye disease detection and management.
After receiving his Bachelor’s Degree of Science, Neil McAllister, OD, completed his Doctor of Optometry training at Southern California College of Optometry in 1988. During his training he enjoyed practicing in various externships including two rotations at VAOC Veteran’s Eye Clinic in Los Angeles. He began his career by working in a full service ophthalmology clinic which gave him valuable experience with eye disease diagnosis and treatment. He also worked for two years in a pediatric ophthalmology clinic.
For the past thirty years he practiced in multi-doctor optometry practice settings in Colorado Springs providing services for difficult cases as well as regular patient care. Dr McAllister enjoys serving Veterans through the VA Community Care panel. He has a special interest in contact lens fitting, including advanced contact lens fitting for special cases such as 3D scleral lenses fit with the Eaglet Eye Corneal-Scleral Profilometer (One of only four machines in Colorado).
Dr. McAllister also specializes in eye disease detection and management using cutting edge instrumentation, and co-management of cataract, diabetes, lasik, and retinal disease with Colorado’s finest ophthalmologists.
Dr. McAllister believes it is necessary for a doctor to have advanced equipment to obtain advanced results and has equipped his office accordingly with onsite intraretinal optical coherence tomography, Optos wide field retinal scanning, corneal topography, wavefront mapping and other advanced diagnostic tools.
Dr. McAllister and his wife have four children and currently four grandchildren. He likes to spend his free time with his family, biking with his wife and enjoying the beauty of Colorado.
Chad Waggoner
Optometrist
Dr. Waggoner joined Powers Eye Center in 2024. Although new to the Colorado Springs area, he is not new to the Mountain West. Dr. Waggoner lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he attended the University of Utah and earned his Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Biology. He continued his education at the University of Missouri St Louis College of Optometry and earned his Doctorate of Optometry in the spring of 2000. He completed internships in Ocular Disease, Contact Lenses, and Primary Care Optometry. Dr. Waggoner gained valuable training and an appreciation for our Nation’s Veterans as an intern at the American Lake VA in Lakewood, Washington.
After finishing training, Dr. Waggoner moved back to his home state of Washington and spent his fist 20 years of practice in Olympia at a large medical and surgical Ophthalmology-Optometry practice. He thoroughly enjoys providing care for patients of all ages. He offers comprehensive eye care to young and old and everyone in between. His practice experience allows him to provide competent and thorough care in the areas of family eye care and ocular disease including dry eye, diabetes, glaucoma, cataract and post surgical care.
Dr. Waggoner comes to Colorado following moves from Washington state to Southern Utah and Massachusetts. Dr. Waggoner is excited to be here in the Springs. He looks forward to providing personalized and comprehensive eye care to the patients at Powers Eye Center. Dr. Waggoner and his wife Marla are excited to call Colorado Springs their new home. They have five children and a Bernese Mountain Dog named Bruno and two cats. Dr. Waggoner enjoys the outdoors and loves to play golf in his spare time.