Dr. Puka completed his Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology at the University of Toronto and went on to obtain his Doctor of Optometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. While in Chicago Dr. Puka saw a wide variety of patients in primary care at the Illinois Eye Institute and gained experience in pediatric care by examining elementary school children in the Chicago Public Schools system. Dr. Puka worked with a multitude of pre and post-operative surgery patients at The Eye Foundation of Utah in Salt Lake City and received extensive training in ocular disease at the Huntington VA in West Virginia. He completed his internship in contact lens and vision rehabilitation at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans.
Dr. Puka is board certified in Canada and the US. He is able to conduct eye exams in English and Albanian and enjoys getting to know his patients.
In his free time, he likes to play soccer and travel.