Our Team

Dr. Doug Moore has a special connection to the Mountain Grove area. Having grown up in Mtn. Grove, he graduated from MGHS and married his high school sweetheart, Shelly. Later, he attended Missouri State University where he majored in Cell and Molecular Biology and minored in Chemistry.

After graduating with honors from the Southern College of Optometry in 1999, he returned to his hometown and opened Moore Family Eyecare. The practice has remained in the same location and is recognized as the leading source of primary eye care in our area. His professional interests include the following:

• Preventative and wellness eyecare with emphasis on ocular nutrition for the entire family.

• Contact lens fitting including hard to fit, toric and multi-focal lenses.

• Treatment and management of eye disease including glaucoma

• Emergency eyecare for infections, allergies and injuries

• Cataract and Lasik surgical comanagement

Dr. Moore has led several mission trips including two in Brazil. He is actively involved in the community and is a charter member of the Mountain Grove Lion’s Club.

He currently lives in Mountain Grove with his wife and three children. His personal interests include spending time with his family, running and enjoying the great outdoors. Dr. Moore is a member of Vision Souce, the Ocular Nutrition Society, the American Optometric Association, the Missouri Optometric Association, and the Greater Ozarks Optometric Society.

A personal note from Dr. Moore: I feel incredibly blessed when I consider God’s providence over my life. I’m thankful for my family and for a profession where I help individuals improve the quality of their life by maximizing their vision.

Dr. Jacob Pieper is a St. Louis native, Washington University graduate, and 2019 graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Optometry. Before entering optometry, he served in campus ministry at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he met his wife, Kay. After several years of experience in specialty contact lens care and ophthalmology-based clinical settings, Dr. Pieper moved with his family to the Missouri Ozarks in 2021 and joined Moore Family Eyecare in 2024. He and his wife live with their five children south of Mountain Grove, where they homeschool and are growing a little homestead of their own in this beautiful pocket of the Ozarks. Dr. Pieper is grateful to serve the community with compassionate, practical, and family-centered eye care.