Accepting new patients

Joycelyn Niimi, O.D.

Accepting new patients

  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Specialty

  • Optometry

Clinical focus

  • Contact Lenses (Adult) - Optometry
  • Eye Exams (Adult) - Optometry

Locations and contact

I see patients at
Tall building with the ariel tram to its left
Center for Health & Healing, Building 1
503-494-8311
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About me

I grew up in Hawaii and attended the University of Washington for my undergraduate studies. I then went to the University of California, Berkeley to complete my Doctor of Optometry degree. 

I see patients in OHSU Casey Eye Institute's Comprehensive Ophthalmology clinic in Portland. I strive to improve and preserve the gift of sight through practicing optometry. 

Outside of work, I enjoy exploring new activities with family and friends.

Insurance

Before scheduling an appointment

  1. Check your network. If you have health insurance,  call your company to find out if the OHSU Health location or provider you plan to visit is part of your network.
  2. Ask what you will pay. Your insurance company can tell you what your costs are likely to be.

If you schedule an appointment and your health insurance does not include OHSU Health, you may have to pay more than if you go to a provider in your insurance network. 

Visit our billing and insurance page for more information.

Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.9 out of 5 (233 Ratings, 82 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized Press Ganey patient surveys.

  1. Professional

  2. Dr Niimi is always very thorough and although she does her own rooming, charting and check in assessment she is often very prompt with appointment time.

  3. Dr. Niimi is extremely conscientious, skilled & professional. She is also very personable; it had been months since I'd seen her, yet she remembered my wife's name,

  4. I loved my experience with this provider.

  5. Always excellent with Dr Niimi!

  6. Thorough.

  7. I saw Dr. Niimi for my eye exam. She was very thorough and friendly.

  8. She brings me into the diagnostic and treatment discussion.

  9. Very thorough, friendly and professsional

  10. Dr Niimi is an incredible clinician, I have worked with them for about 8 years now and every time she remembers to ask about my family work and answers my questions with concern and grace

  11. Dr. Niimi is a thorough practitioner. Very personable.

  12. Honestly the best clinician I have ever seen. So helpful and thorough in explaining what was going on. Would easily recommend.

  13. Absolutely wonderful experience, very personable and answered all of my questions

  14. Dr Niimi is a fabulous clinician. I would wait longer just to see her. She makes the experience bearable as I despise eye appointments, and I trust her. As a fellow OHSU employee, I am proud to have Dr. Niimi as a fellow employee.

  15. Dr Niimi provided her usual thorough eye care.

  16. My clinical was top tier - best and most thorough eye exam in my life.

  17. Dr. Niimi was very patient and explained the results of my examination thoroughly. She showed me the photos of my eyes taken which helped me to understand the concerns of my eye examination. This made me very comfortable with the results.

  18. Dr Niimi is skilled, caring, informative and helpful

  19. Excellent care

  20. She was very thorough with her exam. Answered my questions.

  21. Dr. Nimmi is wonderful!

  22. Professional, Thorough, caring, engaged, knowledgable.

  23. Professional, thorough, kind

  24. She is very professional, listens to my concerns carefully, and makes sure I can make an educated decision about my options.

  25. Very through eye exam. Spoke loud so I could hear and understand.

  26. Dr. Niimi is everything I want & need in a primary care provider - highly knowledgeable, thorough, excellent diagnostician, responsive, a clear communicator, warm & personable.

  27. Dr. Niimi is an exceptiinal provider. She is knowledgeable, professional, courteous and an effective communicator. She makes an effort to connect and treat me a a person first, not merely a patient. Excellent provider!

  28. Very good

  29. Consistent excellent care every visit. My doctor knows what she is doing and is very good at what she does.

  30. Dr Nimi is amazing. Smart, kind, engaging