Richard K. Winkle, MD

Dr. Kevin’s true passion is children and their vision, but he also continues to practice his skills caring for adults, too. He continues to perform state-of-the-art cataract procedures, oculo-plastic surgery and glaucoma surgery on adults. He feels that keeping those varied skills at the top of his game makes him that much better when caring for similar issues in young children. Dr. Kevin also has a passion for overseas surgical missions. He has performed over fifteen surgical missions in Central America, the Caribbean, Southeast and Southwest Asia, Japan, Africa and the Pacific Islands, operating on both children and adults. Being able to continue these trips was a key part in wanting to make Alaska Children’s Eye become a reality. He currently makes at least yearly trips to Cambodia where he performs specialized surgeries and teaches local Khmer physicians. Besides his passion for children’s eyes, Dr Kevin enjoys woodworking and loves to fly fish the Kenai River with his three ladies. Kathy, his wife, loves to cook, never seems to mind being on the river and is awesome with a fly rod. Kate, his eldest, graduated from Colorado State University with Honors and was a news producer at KTUU here in Anchorage before moving to Texas. Kelsea, his youngest, is studying at Colorado State University and hopes to one day work in public relations with the Seattle Seahawks.