About Us
Welcome to the Santa Clara County Optometric Society website! As a community of optometrists practicing in the Silicon Valley of the San Francisco Bay Area, we are dedicated to promoting and serving the profession of optometry.
Originally the Central Coast Optometric Society, a group of optometrists from the north, including Dr. Art Heinsen, Dr. Larry Foster, and Dr. Bert Hersch, investigated branching off of the CCOS in 1953. The Santa Clara County Optometric Society was officially formed and approved by the California Optometric Association House of Delegates in 1954, and Dr. Goodloe Gilmer became the first president of SCCOS.
Although SCCOS started out as a small Society, we were politically active from the beginning. Over the years, our influence in the profession has contributed to increasing our scope of practice and promoted our profession at the local and state level. We have been privileged to have great leadership within the Society, and many have gone on to become presidents of the COA.
In addition to political contributions to optometry, SCCOS members proudly serve the Bay Area in performing school vision screenings, volunteering at local health fairs, and providing education to the public about eye health and vision. We look forward to continually serving the community and dedicating our time to promoting the profession. Thank you for visiting!
Originally the Central Coast Optometric Society, a group of optometrists from the north, including Dr. Art Heinsen, Dr. Larry Foster, and Dr. Bert Hersch, investigated branching off of the CCOS in 1953. The Santa Clara County Optometric Society was officially formed and approved by the California Optometric Association House of Delegates in 1954, and Dr. Goodloe Gilmer became the first president of SCCOS.
Although SCCOS started out as a small Society, we were politically active from the beginning. Over the years, our influence in the profession has contributed to increasing our scope of practice and promoted our profession at the local and state level. We have been privileged to have great leadership within the Society, and many have gone on to become presidents of the COA.
In addition to political contributions to optometry, SCCOS members proudly serve the Bay Area in performing school vision screenings, volunteering at local health fairs, and providing education to the public about eye health and vision. We look forward to continually serving the community and dedicating our time to promoting the profession. Thank you for visiting!
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Board Members
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Kelly Kageyama
Immediate Past President School: Southern California College of Optometry, 2012 Practice Location: 344 East Hamilton Avenue Campbell, CA 95008 drktwo@gmail.com |
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Michael Le
Secretary School: UC Berkeley School of Optometry, 2013 Practice Location: Palo Alto Vision Optometry 109 S. California Ave Ste. #101D Palo Alto, CA 94306 michael.le.od@gmail.com |
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Mark Ichikawa
Treasurer Practice Location: 3561 Homestead Rd #542 Santa Clara, CA 95051 treasurer@sccos.org |
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Trennda Rittenbach
Trustee for Division of Communications The SCCOS Division of Communications oversees the public information of the Society including the yellow pages print advertising, Society members directory, and the content of this website. The Division also oversees the traffic of information to the members of the Society in the form of the Focus Newsletter (winner of the 2008 COA Bulletin of the Year), and the new SCCOS website. Questions or comments, please contact Catherine Wang, OD. School: Pacific University, 2008 Practice Location: Sutter Health PAMF Munnerlyn Eye Institute 1085 W El Camino Real Sunnyvale, CA 94087 trennda@hotmail.com |
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Albert Chang
Trustee for Division of Public Affairs Practice Location: 338 E. Hamilton Ave Campbell, CA 95008 albertchang37@gmail.com |
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Gloria Chow
Trustee of Events and Program Practice Location: 1575 Alum Rock Ave San Jose, CA 95116 gloriachowod@gmail.com |
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Christine Ng
Trustee for Division of Professional Affairs Practice Location: 3060 East 9th Street Oakland, CA 94601 ng.christinew@gmail.com |
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Michael Chen
Focus Newsletter Editor School: UC Berkeley School of Optometry, 2014 Practice Location: Santa Clara, CA mikechen.od@gmail.com |
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Joe Cheng
Trustee for Division of Membership School: State University of New York, School of Optometry, 2008 Practice Location: Kaiser Santa Clara 710 Lawrence expressway Santa Clara 95051 joechengod@gmail.com |
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Richard Tom
Trustee of House of Delegates Practice Location: 874C Blossom Hill Rd San Jose, CA 95123 rtomic2020@sbcglobal.net |
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Jenifer Webb
Trustee of President’s Council and Legislative Day School: Ohio State University, 2007 Practice Location: Shoreline Optometry 419 N. Shoreline Blvd Mountain View, CA 94043 dr.jenwebb@gmail.com |
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Lily Kim
Trustee of Division of Internal Communications School: UC Berkeley School of Optometry, 1994 Practice Location: 2366 El Camino Real #5 Santa Clara, CA 95050 drkim2020@gmail.com |
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Bic Trinh
Trustee of COA Communications and Awards School: SCCO, 2011 Practice Location: Sunnyvale Optometry 596 E. El Camino Real, Suite 2 Sunnyvale, CA 94087 bntrinh@gmail.com |
