Meet Our Optometric Team in Cockeysville
Our Doctors
Dr. Stephen C. Flemke is sole owner of Cockeysville Opticians & Eyecare (COE) and River Hill Optical. He is a native of Phoenix, MD. He started working at COE when he was 19 years old. Post graduation, he has practiced at COE and other locations in the area for over 30+ years.
Dr. Flemke graduated from Pennsylvania College of Optometry (Salus University) in Philadelphia. His extensive training has touched on all aspects of eye care with a special emphasis on specialty contact lenses, diabetic eye disease, retinal conditions, and dry eye exams as well as routine eye care. Dr. Flemke is a part of a select group of optometrists in Maryland who are certified to treat medical eye conditions and dispense therapeutic medications.
Dr. Denton was born and raised in the Washington DC area. She attended the University of Maryland where she received her Bachelor of Science in Zoology in 1985. She went on to receive her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1990. She returned to Maryland to practice and has resided in Howard county since 1992, where she and her husband raised their two sons. She is a member of the American Optometric Association as well as the Maryland Optometric Association.
Dr. Leslie Toll joins Cockeysville Opticians & Eyecare after almost 26 years in the Baltimore area. A native the Pittsburgh, PA suburbs, Dr. Toll moved to Maryland with her husband after graduating from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (now at Salus University). During her time in optometry school, Dr. Toll received honors in her externships, was class president for most of her time there, as well as Orientation Director. A “people person,” Dr. Toll feels one of the joys of being an optometrist is not only providing exceptional eye care to her patients, but getting to meet so many wonderful and interesting people.
In her free time, Dr. Toll enjoys reading, crafting, photography, spending time with her two sons, and binge-watching shows with her husband. Although her roots are outside of Pittsburgh, PA, you can find her cheering on the Orioles and Ravens.
Our Opticians
Mr. DeGuilmi received his training as an optician from the Maryland Association of opthalmic dispensing where he completed courses to become a first and second degree dispsning optician, ophthalmic lab specialist, and ophthalmic lab optical machine repair techinician. Over his many years of experience crafting and dispensing eyewear, Lou has worked at Co-Optics as lab manager, Crown Optical as research and development manager, and New City Optical as a surface lab manager. Additionally, among Lou's many skills, he has also been certified as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt by Essilor Labs. The wealth of experience which Lou has brought to our office is invaluable to our patients and we feel very lucky to have him.
Mr. Tretton is also an experienced optician in Maryland as well the manager of the optical laboratory of Cockeysville Opticians & Eyecare. He is an optician with over 35 years of experience, including the time spent working with Debrouse Opticians and later his work for over 25 years as sole proprietor of Tretton Optical in East Baltimore. Since joining Cockeysville Opticians in 2018, Mr. Tretton said, "I've enjoyed working with the great team here, and all the wonderful clients and patients we see daily." And we feel lucky to have him and his expertise when it comes to the crafting of lenses and fitting of frames, especially for people who have had difficulty elsewhere in the past getting a comfortable pair of eyeglasses.
