Dr. James Hertzog
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Dr. James Hertzog is an owner and optometric physician of Hertzog Family Eye Care in Cabot and Jacksonville. He graduated from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, and the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tenn. He is a Past President of the Cabot Lions Club and a past Board Member of the Cabot Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Hertzog gives his time to Optometry by promoting public awareness through health fairs, social media and eye screenings with the Lions Club. Other accomplishments and awards include: Arkansas Democrat –Gazette’s “20 to Watch in 2013”; the Arkansas Optometric Association Young Optometrist of the Year in 2011; the 2013 Cabot Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year; the 2014 ArOA Special Service award; and 2014 Cabot Panther Foundation's Hall of Fame; the Hayes Center Practice of Excellence Award through Southern College of Optometry in 2015. He currently serves on the Board of the Cabot Panther Foundation, serves as Immediate-Past President of the Arkansas Optometric Association and was recently elected to his third term on the Cabot Public Schools Board of Education. Of all of his accomplishments he is most proud to be the loving husband to Dr. Charity Hertzog and father to his three sons, Jacob, Jonah, and Isaac.
Dr. Charity Hertzog
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Dr. Charity Hertzog was born in Trenton, New Jersey. She attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Southern College of Optometry where she graduated with honors. She completed a residency in ocular disease at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis, TN. She is a member of the American Optometric Association and the Arkansas Optometric Association. She is a life member of Junior Auxiliary of Cabot. She served as Clinical Director at TLC Laser Eye Center in Little Rock for last six years and joined Hertzog Family Eye Care in 2013 where she is an owner and optometric physician. She is married to Dr. James Hertzog and has three boys, Jacob, Jonah, and Isaac.
Dr. Connor Deen
Dr. Connor Deen is a native of Conway, Arkansas. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Central Arkansas in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in biology. While there he met his wife, Rachael, who now teaches 4th grade at Ward Central Elementary School. Dr. Deen went on to graduate from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee in 2024 before moving to Cabot later that year. He enjoys Optometry for the opportunity it provides to continuously learn new things, and to interact with and care for people everyday. When not in the office, Dr. Deen enjoys cooking, reading about Church history, and spending time with his family.
Dr. Eva Hudson
Dr. Eva Hudson was born and raised in Russellville, Arkansas. She graduated from the University of Central Arkansas magna cum laude in 2017. During her optometric education she received high honors in clinical care during her internships at Fort Roots VA in Little Rock, AR, The Eye Center at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN, and The Eye Center in Fayetteville, AR. In May of this year she graduated magna cum laude with Beta Sigma Kappa honors from Southern College of Optometry. Dr. Hudson is a member of the American Optometric Association and Arkansas Optometric Association. She is excited to be back to Arkansas with her husband, Ryan, and their dog, Jager!
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