OUR Waukesha EYE DOCTORS
We offer a full range of eye health services to clients of all ages - all with personalized attention and a smile. In our eye care practice, every patient is treated warmly. Individualized attention is the foundation of our care, to ensure that your eyes remain healthy. We're dedicated to optimizing your vision!
Meet Our Doctors
Moreland Medical Eye Care provides innovative eye care services to patients from in and around Waukesha. We offer comprehensive eye health exams, ocular disease diagnosis and treatment, LASIK surgery co-management, and prescriptions.
We welcome new patients and accept most major forms of insurance.
Dr. Elyse Bruns is originally from northern WI and received her Doctor of Optometry from the Michigan College of Optometry. She graduated from optometry school with high distinction and was selected to be a member of Beta Kappa Sigma - International Optometric Honor Society. She has a bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Wisconsin Madison. She practiced in Ann Arbor and Flint, MI before moving “back home” in 2019. She is currently a candidate to become a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO) in 2022, with a focus on ocular disease.
In Michigan, Dr. Bruns received extensive training in ocular disease management, completing clinical rotations at multidisciplinary clinics that emphasized retina, glaucoma, and pediatric care. She also completed a rotation at the Saginaw VA Hospital. Her special interests are in the treatment and management of ocular disease, myopia control, and specialty contact lenses. She also enjoys teaching and spends some of her professional time lecturing to various medical and optometric groups.
Dr. Bruns is a member of the Wisconsin Optometric Association, American Optometric Association, National Glaucoma Society, and the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Bruns enjoys spending time outdoors, skiing, volleyball, and tries to play golf. She also loves spending time with her family: husband (Nick), son (Emmett), and yellow labrador (Oakley).
“I am a primary care optometrist and enjoy getting to know my patients. My clinical focus is on early detection, up-to-date treatment and management, and taking the time to educate my patients in a way that is easily understable.”
Dr. Brown grew up in southeastern Wisconsin. He has a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and was honored by being selected for membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He did a general surgery internship at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals followed by a corneal physiology research fellowship with Dr. Henry Edelhauser at the Medical College of Wisconsin. His ophthalmology residency was at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. During his chief year of residency he did a cornea and external disease preceptorship at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England. He is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. For the past 35 years, Dr. Brown has been engaged in the practice of clinical ophthalmology and owned his solo ophthalmology practice for the last 31 years. Dr Brown mentored family practice residents for a number of years and held the position of Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Practice through the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has concentrated on medical ophthalmology for the past four years. Dr. Brown is a lifetime Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Brown is married and has two daughters. He enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and will soon be taking up fly fishing.