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Provide comprehensive eye exams and contact lens fittings in a busy three-doctor group practice.

Cupertino, California, Us

Per diem/PRN/On-call• Provide comprehensive eye exams, laser evaluations and contact lens fittings to Apple employees.

Provide comprehensive eye exams and contact lens fittings catered to the population within the heart of the Silicon Valley.

Drs. Jeanny Nguy and Anh Nguyen• Served maternity leave coverage: provided eye exams and contact lens fittings to a diverse patient population.

Worked with the Alameda Contra Costa County Optometric Society• Provided vision screenings to students from transition kindergarten to high school throughout the bay area and recommended parents seek eye care for their children based on the Modified Clinical Technique guidelines and clinical judgment.

Drs. Amy Chow, Gigi Hsiao, Ellin Wu, Nina Kamalsky and Joyce Fong• Served maternity leave coverage: provided eye exams and contact lens fittings and follow-ups in a heavy CRT population.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Meredith W. Morgan Eye Center | Berkeley, CA May 2015 – August 2016, January – March 2017• Rotated through advanced cornea and contact lens, binocular vision (including vision therapy), ocular disease, pediatrics/special visual assessment clinic (SVAC), school vision screenings, low vision, and eyewear/optical center. UC Berkeley Tang Eye Center | Berkeley CA October – December 2015, May – August 2016 • Provided primary care and contact lens exams to adults college-age and older. Emphasis in anterior segment disease.American Lake Puget Sound VA Healthcare System | Tacoma, WA August 2016 – December 2016Jeffrey Hiett O.D. and Ronald Sugiyama M.D. • Diagnosed and treated posterior segment pathologies and managed post-operative care in a geriatric population.Alameda Health System – Hayward Wellness Center | Hayward, CA January 2017 – March 2017• Anterior segment pathologies and retinopathies in a large Hispanic patient population.Marin Community Clinics – San Rafael | San Rafael, CA March 2017 – May 2017• Amblyopic care and anterior segment pathologies in a low-income patient population.Fabrication Internship with board-certified opticians| Berkeley CA August 2015 – March 2016• Learned the process of lens blank ordering, inventory, insurance billing and cost analysis within a fabrication laboratory• Finished lenses from tray set-up to verification; blocked lenses (manually or with ICE 1000 unit); cleaned edger water tanks.

• Serve as an optometry student liaison to prospective students by giving school tours, responding to questions via e-mail, and participating in the Friday Visit Program pre-clinic shadowing session.• Interview Day Team Lead (February 2014): delegate tasks to 14 volunteers to achieve smooth facilitation during the lengthy interview process, while positively interacting with a cohort of 25 Berkeley Optometry candidates.

Reported to Clinical Director Dr. Christina Wilmer, formerly Dr. Edward Revelli, and/or clinic administration• Repaired/maintained ophthalmic equipment (e.g. slit lamps, phoropters), and installed new exam lanes at satellite clinics• Applied practical problem-solving skills to keep the high-volume clinic operational• Re-ordered medications and supplies.

• Responsible for holding weekly office hours to answer questions relating to material from an introductory optometry course for undergraduate students.

• Organized classmate participation in service projects. Events ranged from preparing meals for low-income communities to volunteering for the regional Braille Challenge® to serving at local vision screenings, ultimately connecting patients to care/resources and raising awareness of eye disease symptoms and the importance of early detection.

• Gained insight into the optometric application process; learned about current issues facing the growing field of optometry; and networked with peers, optometry students and professionals. • Foresight Liaison (August 2013-May 2014): Served as first-year UC Berkeley School of Optometry representative to the undergraduate pre-optometry club with the primary responsibility of managing the Mentorship Program. Duties included pairing 36 pre-optometry mentees with optometry student mentors based on time availabilities and compatibility, scheduling times for mentees to observe mentors in class performing clinical procedures, and planning mentor-mentee mingling events. • Secretary (May 2012-May 2013): Scheduled room reservations, managed mailing list, recorded minutes at officer meetings, kept track of event attendance, and contributed to event planning and facilitation.

• Performed preliminary tests (e.g. blood pressure, visual fields (FDT), auto-refraction, intra-ocular pressures, Optomap fundus photography), recorded case histories, measured visual acuity, verified previous prescriptions via lensometry, and performed threshold visual field test (H-40) and topography when applicable. • Verified insurance authorizations, conducted contact lens instructional sessions, verified rigid contact lenses, and ordered eyewear. Gained some familiarity with explaining benefits to patients, electronic medical records and frame inventory. • Welcomed patients, scheduled appointments, answered multi-line phones, checked in patients in a busy, four-doctor practice

Took fundus photographs with SLR camera for UC Berkeley clinicians’ near real-time interpretation of retinal images via telemedicine as means for diabetic retinopathy screening and preventing diabetes-related blindness in high-risk communities.

Worked in a perceptual experience vision science lab at UC Berkeley to perform psychophysics experiments on subjects with the goal of isolating neural signals from separate retinopically organized visual areas.

Doctor Of Optometry (O.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts, Integrative Biology

Education record