Our Story
On October 17th, 1983, Marie Dalton-Brown opened the doors to her optometry practice and started serving the community of Arima and its environs by providing professional eye care for the whole family. Marie, who is of Irish descent, arrived in Trinidad on March 21st, 1978 with her Trinidadian husband, William Dalton-Brown. Marie has spent most of her life in Trinidad, and has contributed meaningfully to the optometry profession over the years. She has served on the board of the Trinidad & Tobago Optometrists Association (TTOA) as President and served two terms on the Trinidad & Tobago Optical Registration Council (TTORC) as secretary.
On May 29th, 1995, her daughter, Katherine Dalton-Brown, joined the practice. Katherine returned to Trinidad after completing her studies at University of Manchester, UK and completing 6 years of work experience at the Contact Lens Department at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton, UK. Upon returning to Trinidad and joining her mother’s practice, Katherine developed the contact side of the business. This includes specialised fittings including aphakes, keratoconus, and other pathological conditions which required a contact lens fitting for a better visual outcome.
In May 1995, Marie and Katherine became the first mother-daughter optometric team in the Caribbean.
Our mother-daughter team
Marie Dalton-Brown & Katherine Dalton-Brown
Our Optometrists
Our optometrists participate in online continuing education so we are up to date with the latest developments in the optometric profession. We are a team of four with varying degrees of experience and this creates a powerful resource for each of us.
Our impact
Dalton-Brown Optometrists promotes ocular health and offers professional eye care through our Arima practice and various outreach programmes.
Community Outreach
Dalton-Brown Optometrists has been supporting the Optometric needs of our community through our various community projects and outreach programmes over the years as well providing professional eye care advice through our website and social media pages. We have partnered with the Lions Club of Arima, The Rotary Club of Maraval, The Cyril Ross Nursery, and other groups where we provide optometric guidance and support.
Institutional Outreach
Dalton-Brown Optometrists has participated in many vision screening programmes conducted at various Institutions throughout Trinidad in collaboration with the Ministry of Health for the Health Promotions Outreach – HIV/AIDS Coordinating Unit (HACU) and other community initiatives.
Dalton-Brown Optometrists collaborated with the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) of the Trinidad & Tobago Police Service (TTPS) to provide complete eye examinations and spectacles as required to students in the Laventille-Morvant-Beetham districts.
For over the last 20+ years Dalton-Brown Optometrists has supplied eye examinations and spectacles as required for those incarcerated within our Prisons’ Facilities & YTC program.
UWI School of Optometry
For many years Dalton-Brown Optometrists provided supervision at the UWI optometric clinics as well as supervising final year students on rotation.
What our patients Say when they visit us
I feel like I reach home, how is everybody?
You really seem to listen to me and I really appreciate that.
Thank you for being clear and taking the time to explain!
We have received many prayers & blessings over the years. And we are very grateful for all the kind words, the prayers and the blessings.
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