Dr. Kenneth R. Hansen, O.D.

Founder of Ankeny Family Vision Center,
Optometrist

Dr. Kenneth Hansen founded Ankeny Family Vision Center in October of 1977 in 700 square feet of space with one employee!! He graduated from the University of Houston with his Doctor of Optometry in 1974 and served in the military for 17 years as both a Naval Officer and the optometrist for the Iowa National Guard.

In 2017, he sold his practice to his associate of eight years, Dr. Mandy Pietig, and under her leadership it has grown in doctors and employees—one of which is Dr. Hansen! At 75, Dr. Hansen is enjoying just being one of the doctors and leaving the administrative duties to Dr. Pietig and her team.

Dr. Hansen enjoys the challenge of fitting contact lenses, as well as providing the individualized, comprehensive and preventative eye health care that has always been his passion and for which Ankeny Family Vision Center is known. He also co-manages surgery patients and loves seeing the multiple generations of patients he has for their primary eye health needs.

At this time, Dr. Hansen has no plans to retire. He sees patients two days a week and enjoys his five-day weekends. He loves meeting the eye care needs of the Ankeny community and will continue until the Lord directs differently.

He serves on the Faith Baptist Bible College Board of Directors (19 years), and also Alpha Women’s Center Board here in Ankeny. He also spends time with his wife, Marcia, and his 15 grandchildren!!

Ankeny Family Vision Center celebrated 47 years of serving the Ankeny community in 2024, and 50 years of practice for Dr. Hansen!