About Us
Personalized Eye Health and Vision Care
Locally owned and operated since 1977, our Tinley Park eye doctors and staff at Walter Eye Clinic are committed to providing personalized eye health and vision care for people of all ages in the local community. We don’t rush people through their eye exam or in our optical. Instead, we provide excellent and thorough care and take the time to get to know you and your family.
Our optometrists in Tinley Park are passionate about helping people achieve their best vision and maintain eye health. Learn more about Dr. Chirag Rana and Dr. Mindi Rana, who own and manage Walter Eye Clinic and help people of all ages with their eye health and vision.
CHIRAG RANA, OD
Optometrist
Dr. Chirag Rana grew up in Orland Park and graduated at the top of his class from Carl Sandburg High School. He then pursued a degree in biology with a minor in Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Being extremely nearsighted and struggling with this as a child, he was inspired to help others with their vision and enrolled at the Illinois College of Optometry. His current passion is pursuing new methods to help control myopia today.
More about Dr. Rana
During his specialty rotations, he specifically trained in ocular disease, pediatrics, specialty contact lenses, and low vision at clinics across the county.
Dr. Rana always dreamed of coming back to the southwest suburbs to take care of his friends and neighbors.
After meeting in school, Doctors Rana & Rana moved to Tinley Park following graduation and married in 2010. They now reside in Mokena with their two children, Nehvin and Lola. They love being part of this private practice because it allows them to fully care for the needs of their patients. They are excited to be able to fulfill their dream of working together in their own practice.
MINDI KIEFFER RANA, OD
Optometrist
Dr. Mindi Kieffer Rana was raised in a small town in South Dakota and graduated valedictorian of her high school class. She was born with congenital glaucoma, and she was inspired at a very young age to pursue optometry because of frequent visits to her very caring optometrists back home.
Pinky Patel, OD
Optometrist
Dr. Pinky Patel grew up in Tinley Park and graduated from Victor J. Andrew High School. She attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she earned her degree in Psychology and met her now husband.
Dr. Patel became interested in optometry after working for a local ophthalmologist and volunteering at the low vision clinic at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center.
More about Dr. Patel
She moved to Florida and attended Nova Southeastern University to pursue and earn her degree as a Doctor of Optometry. Dr. Patel decided to move back to Illinois and has been providing care for the Tinley Park community for the past 10 years.
In her free time, she and her husband have been traveling the world and are looking forward to welcoming a new baby boy to join their adventures.
She has been partnering with Drs. Rana and Kieffer Rana through the years, and is looking forward to bringing her passion for eye care and patient care to the Walter Eye Clinic team.
MONICA
Practice Administrator
NEHVIN RANA
Future Optometrist
LOLA RANA
Future Optometrist
