Welcome to North Wake Eye Care!

Our practice proudly serves northern Wake County and surrounding areas with a tradition of quality service and a friendly staff. Dr. Stephen Merckle takes great pride in offering every patient the absolute best in vision care--whether through fitting them with eyeglasses or contact lenses, diagnosing cataracts, glaucoma, and other eye diseases, or recommending LASIK and other eye surgery procedures.

Dr. Merckle and his caring, experienced staff will take the time to answer all of your questions, explain treatment options, and provide the highest quality eye health treatments available. Built on the foundation of patient convenience and satisfaction, North Wake Eye Care serves all of your family’s eye care needs under one roof. Come visit our modern facility and meet our wonderful staff!

Eye health and Vision wellness are our priority, and we are committed to providing the ultimate in state of the art technology to ensure the most comprehensive eye health evaluation available. North Wake Eye Care offers a wide selection of quality, fashionable eyewear, as well as a contact lens specialty department to ensure proper fit, comfort, and health. We put customer service and patient education above all else, while providing cutting edge eye care that your family can rely on now and into the future.

Dr. Merckle enjoys working with children! Part of his clinical rotations and residency was spent in The Eye Institute of Pennsylvania's pediatric clinic where he gained extensive experience and clinical honors while evaluating and managing all types of children's vision problems including focusing disorders, oculo-motor problems, dyslexia, and countless other pediatric eye conditions. He is also a member of the InfantSEE program where doctors donate professional service time to evaluate infants up to one year of age at no charge.

You'll be happy to know that we offer the following:

• A unique 2-YEAR warranty on ALL eyewear
• A Guaranteed Contact Lens Success program
• 24-Hour Emergency eye care
• Dress eyewear for every budget
• Advanced medical treatment for infections, injuries, glaucoma, cataract, etc.
• A referral rewards program for substantial savings
• Gift certificates and monthly payment options
• Insurance Claims Submitted for You
• OSHA approved safety glasses
• And much more!

If your vision or eye health requires immediate attention, please call our office at (919) 554-2440. We are here to help!

Donate your old eyeglasses here for the Lion's Club sight program!