Dr. Augustine attended Illinois College of Optometry. He went on to complete his optometry residency at the Cleveland VA Medical Center. Dr. Augustine then completed a fellowship at the Newman Eye Institute in DeLand, Florida, focused on optometric refractive surgery clinical management.

Dr. Augustine has devoted his entire career since to the perioperative optometric management of the refractive surgery patient. Beyond managing thousands of patients over two decades, Dr. Augustine has written several iconic articles on the optometric management of the refractive surgery patient. He continues to lecture throughout the United States and is involved in many clinical research projects.