EDUCATION

Primary care- supervising 4-6 interns (Fourth year optometry students from Indiana, Puerto Rico, and Australia) on approximately 20-25 patients per day.

Rigid contact lens fitting including 104 keratoconus patients

Surgical observation and assisting with cataract, strabismus, and evisceration.

Preparation of continuing education lectures in Spanish in collaboration with interns

Direct care for high-volume cataract campaigns (post-op) and VOSH campaigns- pediatric section and ocular disease section

• Geriatric patient base with multiple co-morbidities and extensive polypharmacy

• Full-scope care including low vision rehabilitation, lid lesion removal, punctal plugs, punctal dilation and irrigation, management of glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, foreign body removal, and ocular surface disease

• Observation of over 100 cataract surgeries, LASIK procedures, fluorescein angiography, YAG capsulotomy, corneal transplantation, DSAEK, trabeculectomy, and tube shunts

• Led interactive continuing education lectures for technicians

• Case report paper and presentation for continuing education at Pacific University College of Optometry

• Internship: Hudson Valley Veterans Administration Health Care System, Montrose, NY

• The Polytechnic University Optometry Clinic, Kowloon, Hong Kong

• Centro de Rehabilitacion Visual, Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico

• Indiana University Bloomington: Contact Lens, Ocular Disease, Low Vision, Binocular Vision, and Pediatrics

• Rainforest Ecology and Spanish

• Individual tutoring most afternoons & 1 month living with a local family in San Luis, Puntarenas

• Coursework in Monteverde, Puntarenas and field work on both Pacific and Atlantic coasts (2 weeks each)

• Research paper: Intestinal Parasitism of Coatimundi

• Bachelor of Science in Biology (Pre-Optometry Focus)

• Spanish Minor

Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Indiana Academic Honors Diploma

Graduated #4 of 75