Our Practice in Barrie

Dr. Erin Haney has practiced within the neuro-optometric specialty since 2012 and in the primary eye care field since 2007 at Bayside Eye Care and Vision Rehabilitation Centre. She specializes in the diagnosis and management of visual dysfunction in acquired brain injury and concussion patients. Dr. Haney also treats children with functional or binocular vision disorders.

She uses her background in kinesiology and neurology to integrate the vestibular, proprioceptive, and cervical systems to help improve visual function. Dr. Haney is a member of the College of Optometry and Vision Development and actively involves herself in continuing education in the area of neuro-optometry and concussion.

Dr. Haney graduated with a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology at the University of Waterloo in 2002. She went on to earn her Master of Science in neuroscience with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in 2004 and a Doctorate of Optometry from the University of Waterloo in 2007.

Areas of Specialty: Concussion Care, Dry Eye, Myopia Management, General Optometry

Dr. Cynthia Warren is a North Bay native who completed her Bachelor of Science undergraduate degree at the University of Waterloo and her optometry degree at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, where she did a clinical placement at Southampton and Winchester Eye Hospitals.

After completing her studies, Dr. Warren practiced primary eye care in Winchester, UK, for a year and a half before returning home to Ontario and joining Bayside Eye Care in 2012. She is board certified by the Canadian Examiners in Optometry and the General Optical Council in the UK.

She is caring, friendly and enjoys meeting and providing vision care to new patients. Dr. Warren is a member of the College of Optometrists of Ontario and the Canadian Association of Optometrists.

Areas of Specialty: Dry Eye, Myopia Management, General Optometry

Dr. Marco Roncone, originally from Sarnia, has joined the team of doctors at Bayside Eye Care and considers Barrie his new home. He began his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto before moving to Aston University in the UK to complete his optometry degree.

During his training, Dr. Roncone completed a clinical rotation at Southampton Eye Hospital and practical training at a private practice in Poole. Dr. Roncone continued working for 2 years as a primary care optometrist throughout the southern UK before returning to Ontario.

Dr. Roncone is board certified by the Canadian Examiners in Optometry and the General Optical Council in the UK. Dr. Roncone is a member of the College of Optometrists of Ontario and the Canadian Association of Optometrists.

He looks forward to meeting new patients and continuing to provide eye care to his existing patient base.

Areas of Specialty: General Optometry

Dr. Jana Woolsey completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Western Ontario and her Doctor of Optometry degree at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. She received the honours distinction in clinical practice and was chosen to complete the advanced pediatrics training track in her fourth year at the Eye Institute in Philadelphia.

Dr. Woolsey also completed a 6-month internship in ocular disease at the prestigious Veteran’s Hospital in Salisbury, North Carolina. While there, she worked alongside specialists in retinal disease, glaucoma, and low vision. The experience and training she obtained on these internships led her to begin practicing in 2009 with vast knowledge in many optometry areas.

Areas of Specialty: Myopia Management, General Optometry

Leah MacDonald was born in Scotland and moved to Canada at the age of three. She has called Barrie her home since the age of twelve.

Leah has over five years of experience in the eye care field, specializing in vision therapy. She has travelled to the United States to complete advanced courses in binocular vision and vision therapy. Her background includes treating visual dysfunctions related to learning disabilities, concussions, acquired brain injuries, and strabismus (ocular misalignment). She is able to draw from her own personal experience, as child with strabismus to an adult that suffers with migraines, to further improve her own binocular vision status and that of others. She is able to easy identify with her patients and quickly establish a good rapport.

Leah started her professional career as a Law Clerk, having graduated from Georgian College in 2012. Early in her career, she realized her preference for working with people and made the choice to change her career path. Leah feels that she stumbled into the world of vision therapy, but that is where she belongs. Vision therapy is an ever-evolving specialty, in which one can truly affect the lives of patients; from improving a child’s ability to read and removing any visual barriers to learning to helping an athlete return to sport following a concussion or help eliminate a patient’s migraines. It is this aspect that motivates Leah in her career and drive her to continue to develop and refine her skills.