Welcome to the office of Kaylee Dougherty, BCO, CCA and Ottie Thomas-Smith. We provide services that include, but are not limited to, artificial eyes (ocular prosthetics), scleral shells, maxillo-facial prosthetics such as ears, noses, orbitals and composite facials, and finger prostheses. Our main offices are in Searsport, Maine and Reading, Massachusetts, with satellite offices in Portland, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts. Patients are seen by appointment only. We can be reached by phone at (800) 824-2492, by e-mail at contact@bostonocular.com, or by fax at (877) 824-2413.
Our Team
Kaylee DoUGHERTY, BCO, CCA
Board Certified Ocularist, Clinically Certified Anaplastologist,
Kaylee received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from Boston University in 2011. She joined Boston Ocular as the apprentice to Ms. Thomas-Smith in May of 2013, and subsequently passed her board exams in anaplastology in 2016, and in ocularistry in 2018. She currently serves as a Director on the Board of Directors for the Board for Certification in Anaplastology.
Ottie M. Thomas-Smith, BCO, CCA
Board-Certified Ocularist, Certified Clinical Anaplastologist
Ms. Thomas-Smith received training during a four-year internship at the VA Prosthetic Research Center in New York City. She was Chief of Plastic Eye and Facial Restorations Clinic at the VA Medical Center in Boston, MA, from 1978 to 1984. She has been in private practice since 1981.
Jolene Bryant
Lab Technician
What We Do
An ocularist is someone who specializes in the fabrication and fitting of ocular prostheses for people who have lost an eye or eyes due to trauma or illness. The fabrication process for a custom made eye typically includes taking an impression of the eye socket, shaping a plastic shell, painting the iris and then fitting the ocular prosthesis.
In addition to creating the prosthetic eye, the ocularist shows the patient how to care for and handle the prosthesis.
An anaplastologist (also known as a maxillofacial prosthetist and technologist in the UK) is an individual who has the knowledge and skill set to provide the service of customizing a facial (craniofacial prosthesis) or somato prosthesis.
definitions via Wikipedia