Michelle Riggins, MD

Michele M. Riggins, MD is a board-certified ophthalmologist making Kansas her home after completing a Neuro-Ophthalmology fellowship at the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City, OK. She specializes in Neuro-Ophthalmology, Adult Strabismus and Blepharospasm.

Her clinical interests include Diplopia, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Thyroid Eye Disease, Ocular Myasthenia Gravis, Optic Neuritis, Benign Essential Blepharospasm and Hemifacial Spasm.

Dr. Riggins has lived throughout the country, being a daughter of an Air Force fighter pilot. She grew up in Glendale, AZ, where her family still resides. She attended Texas A&M University on a swimming scholarship, and went on to attend medical school at Texas A&M Health Science Center. At the conclusion of her Internal Medicine internship and Ophthalmology residency at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, TX, she went on to complete a fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology. Dr. Riggins earned several academic and athletic awards and scholarships.

She enjoys being spiritually active, spending time with family and friends, and being outside playing any sport that comes her way.

"My passion for ophthalmology is evident in my compassion and desire to help diagnose and treat difficult neuro-ophthalmologic conditions, while serving as a team player in the overall care of my patients," Dr. Riggins said.