Dr. Rebecca Chippior
Dr. Rebecca Chippior graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry on the Dean's Honours List following the completion of her Honours BSc degree in Biomedical Science. Dr. Chippior had a passion for eye care since high school and has worked in a number of eye care settings as a university student in the Ottawa Valley and in Waterloo, ON. In her externship year she participated in a volunteer eye care mission in Mexico, trained in a primary care setting in a private practice in Boston, MA and completed an ocular disease rotation in Mobile, AL. In school she...
Dr. Brandon Stephens
Dr. Brandon Stephens graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry on the Dean’s Honours List after also completing an Honours Bachelor of Science degree. During his final year of training, Dr. Stephens completed an externship focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of ocular disease at an ophthalmic surgical centre in Mobile, Alabama alongside cataract, glaucoma, oculoplastic and vitreo-retinal specialists. Dr. Stephens also received advanced contact lens training in Jacksonville, Florida and was one of twelve members of his graduating class selected to attend an ophthalmic therapeutics course in Fort Worth, Texas. Upon graduation, Dr. Stephens was the recipient...
Dr. Tiffany Nazareth
Dr. Tiffany Nazareth graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry on the Dean’s Honour List, after completing her Bachelor of Science degree in Anatomy and Cell Biology from McGill University. During her externship year, she worked at the Veterans’ Affairs Medical Centre in Lexington, Kentucky, managing diabetes, glaucoma, pre- and post-operative cataract procedures and macular degeneration. As Dr. Nazareth is originally from the Toronto area, she has worked alongside optometrists in North York, Woodbridge and Brampton. She has also served on an eye-care mission to Peru with Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH). As a TPA-certified member of...
Dr. Alexander Yowakim
Dr. Alex Yowakim graduated with Dean’s Honours from the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Waterloo. He received early acceptance into the program after only three years in undergraduate Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, where he was awarded the Dean’s Award of Excellence. In his final year of studies, Dr. Yowakim completed an externship at the Tallahassee Veteran’s Affairs Hospital in Florida, where he worked alongside eye surgeons and managed ocular diseases including cataracts, diabetes, glaucoma, uveitis and macular degeneration. He is fully licensed to prescribe ocular therapeutics and is an active member of...
Dr. Samantha Chapman
Dr. Samantha Chapman graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry on the Dean’s Honour List, after having completed her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from McGill University. As part of her training, she completed several externships, including one in Pinellas Park, Florida, where she worked with retinal, cataract, and oculoplastic specialists. She also completed primary care externships in Orangeville and Mississauga. Dr. Chapman was the president of the Canadian Association of Optometry Students (CAOS) and an active member of the student Lion’s Club at the University of Waterloo. She was an executive of the student Volunteer Optometric Services for...
Dr. Abhisheka Vengadeswaran
Dr. Abhi Vengadeswaran received her Doctor of Optometry at the University of Waterloo following the completion of her BSc at the University of Ottawa. During her education, Dr. Vengadeswaran worked with many optometrists in Ottawa and completed honours research in the treatment of genetic blindness at the Ottawa Hospital Eye Institute. For her externship year, she completed an ocular disease rotation in Dauphin, MB, diagnosing and managing trauma, cataract, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy in rural communities. She then trained in a primary care setting in Oakville, ON. She also participated in volunteer vision care programs at the Special Olympics Youth...
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