Uptown Optometry is a team of dedicated professionals working together to provide you with a pleasant and efficient eye care experience, backed by integrity and true compassion.
Dr. Michele M. Hayes, O.D. received her Degree in Optometry from Southern California College of Optometry in 1988. As an Award-winning student for contact lens research, low vision rehabilitation and optical dispensing, she practices full-scope optometry. Raised in San Francisco, Michele spent the last eighteen years practicing in Citrus Heights, near Sacramento.

Long a fan of Santa Rosa, Michele recently sold her practice there and purchased Uptown Optometry. She looks forward to getting to know the local community and especially to providing eyecare services to young children and seniors. She is a member of the American Optometric Association, the California Optometric Association, and the Redwood Empire Optometric Association.

She serves on the Education and Meeting Committee for the COA, which plans the continuing education for the 2,600 practicing optometrists in California. She also provides volunteer services to the California State Board of Optometry enforcing Optometric Law.
As a member of a musical family of accomplished songwriters and performers, Michele plays the piano and sings. She enjoys gardening, painting, snorkeling and horses. She lives on a horse ranch in rural Santa Rosa. Michelle has travelled extensively.