Meet Our Optometrists

After graduation in 1998, her three year commitment began with the Army. It was while at the Officer Basic Course at Fort Sam Houston that she and her family fell in love with San Antonio. After her three year commitment ended, she returned to San Antonio to begin private practice life. She was able to purchase Stone Oak Vision Source in 2005 and has enjoyed growing the practice.

Dr. Allison is trained in the treatment and detection of ocular disease and is licensed as an optometric glaucoma specialist in Texas. She has updated the office with new equipment to provide comprehensive eye care for all ages. She is a participant in the Infant See program, sponsored by the American Optometric Association and provides comprehensive examinations to children under one year of age at no cost.

In addition, Dr. Allison is past president of the Bexar County Optometric Society. She was previously a member of the board of directors for the Texas Optometric Association and is an active member the American Optometric Association. She is also a Fellow of the Orthokeratology Academy of America. Dr Allison is certified to fit many different designs of corneal molding lenses. She enjoys finding the perfect solution to her patients’ needs whether it be specialty contact lenses, glasses, medical eye care, or a LASIK surgery consultation.

In her free time, Dr. Allison enjoys growing an extensive vegetable garden, traveling, and spending time with her amazing husband and their 5 kids.

Dr. Evans has been practicing since 1989, and her optometric education has provided her the opportunity to work in many diverse settings such as private practices, a military hospital clinic, as well as an ophthalmology surgery clinic. Dr. Evans says that her exposure to different work settings has enhanced her skillsets and allowed her to become a better doctor.

After making San Antonio her home in 1981, she started her practice and became part of the Vision Source network in 1993. She has earned the prestigious distinction of Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and Noteworthy Practitioner. She became a Diplomat of the American Board of Optometry in January 2012.

Dr. Palys served as Chancellor of Beta Sigma Kappa, President of Women in Business, on the Board of the Battered Women’s Shelter and as a mentor for the Northside Independent School District. Dr. Palys is continually attending advanced training & continuing education to provide her patients with the best care possible. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Rosenberg School of Optometry at the University of the Incarnate Word.

In her spare time, Dr. Palys enjoys gardening and volunteering as a Bexar County Master Gardener. She has two wonderful grandchildren that keep her busy as well. She loves traveling and exploring distant countries. She has explored over 82 countries during her world travels with trips in 2018 to Jamaica, Michigan, and Canada. Trips to Cuba, Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong and Korea are planned in 2019.

Dr. Ally Zuercher is a Therapeutic Optometrist and Optometric Glaucoma Specialist licensed in the state of Texas that is happy to serve San Antonio by providing all types of eye care services, from prescribing glasses and contact lenses to treating and managing many different types of ocular disease. Dr. Zuercher was born just south of San Antonio in the small town of Devine, Texas and went on to receive her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas. Afterward she obtained her Doctorate of Optometry from the University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry (UIWRSO) here in San Antonio, where she was active in the school’s Private Practice Club, student chapter of the Texas Optometric Association, and a member of the Beta Sigma Kappa Honor Society. Lastly, she continued her education by pursuing an Optometric Residency in Primary Care and Ocular Disease through UIWRSO, where she spent a year working with various optometry and ophthalmology specialties to further her knowledge as an eye care provider. Throughout this time, she has also been an active volunteer in vision screenings at the Special Olympics of Texas and has been involved with two mission trips to the Texas Valley, providing hundreds of Texans with eye care.

She is a caring listener who not only provides quality eye care and services but also strives to be the kind of eye doctor you can count on for years to come. In her spare time, she enjoys swimming at Medina Lake with family and friends, trying new restaurants and coffee shops in town, playing board games, and spending the evenings with her husband and her sweet beagle, Finley.