Skip to content
UT Health RGV
providers
Guadalupe Flores, OD | Optometrist |
Guadalupe A. Flores profile image

Guadalupe A. Flores

Therapeutic Optometrist and Optometric Glaucoma Specialist

Department:

Vision

Certifications:

Therapeutic Optometrist and Optometric Glaucoma Specialist

Languages:

English and Spanish

Locations

Image of clinic UT Health RGV Vision Center

UT Health RGV Vision Center

3804 South Jackson Road, Ste #4, Edinburg, TX 78539

PHONE: (956) 296-3061 | FAX: (956) 296-3060

Services & Treatments

  • Bandage contact lenses
  • Cataract evaluation
  • Color vision testing
  • Comprehensive eye exams
  • Contact lens fitting: soft, GP, and specialty scleral fitting
  • Diabetic eye exams
  • Dilated eye exams
  • Dry eye management
  • Epilation
  • Eye pain and eye injuries
  • Eye strain with headaches
  • Eyeglasses
  • Eyelid disorders
  • Foreign body removal
  • Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration evaluations
  • Light sensitivity
  • Monitoring ocular side effects of systemic disease
  • Ocular allergies
  • Red eye and eye infections
  • Vision loss
  • Visual field testing

Biography

Dr. Guadalupe Alejandra Flores graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology from St. Edward’s University and received her Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree through the University of Houston College of Optometry.

With over 25 years of experience, she has worked in various types of practices, including private, corporate, and a hospital campus. Before joining UT Health RGV, she practiced in Northeast Pennsylvania, Scranton/The Poconos. While there, she served a community that included many underprivileged groups. While she was an optometry student, she also had the privilege of serving communities in Nicaragua on a medical mission. Since working here in the Rio Grande Valley, she has served disadvantaged patients through SEE International and Operation Lone Star.

She counsels patients and makes recommendations about their health and well-being. Dr. Flores hopes to continue to make a positive difference in her patients’ lives by serving the people of the Rio Grande Valley, especially through community outreach. Her goal has always been to ensure that eye illnesses are identified as early as possible and to educate the community about the importance of annual eye exams.

Education & Training

Undergraduate School:
St. Edward's University (1991)
Austin, TX

Optometry School:
University of Houston College of Optometry (1999)
Houston, TX

Externship:
Ralph H. Jackson, OD (1999)
Edinburg, TX

Honors & Awards

  • (2026) Professional Research Consultants 5 Star Award - UT Health RGV Vision Center, "Excellence" for Overall Quality of Care, Top 10 percent nationally

Memberships

  • American Optometric Association
  • Texas Optometric Association
  • Rio Grande Valley Optometric Society
  • Golden Key International Honour Society Lifetime Member