Young OD Group
SCCOS Chairs
Roshni Shah, O.D
Katherine Makayed, O.D.
Stephanie Chui, O.D.
The Young OD Focus Group was created in 2004 by Dr. Benny Shao, and is currently sponsored by the SCCOS in order to address the concerns and needs of new optometry graduates. Many graduates feel that their education has prepared them to be optometrists but not necessarily business owners.
The Young OD Focus Group's mission is to give new optometry graduates the know-how to handle the business challenges presented in different modes of optometry practice by putting them in touch with more experienced doctors & professionals during our monthly meetings.
Roshni Shah, O.D
Katherine Makayed, O.D.
Stephanie Chui, O.D.
The Young OD Focus Group was created in 2004 by Dr. Benny Shao, and is currently sponsored by the SCCOS in order to address the concerns and needs of new optometry graduates. Many graduates feel that their education has prepared them to be optometrists but not necessarily business owners.
The Young OD Focus Group's mission is to give new optometry graduates the know-how to handle the business challenges presented in different modes of optometry practice by putting them in touch with more experienced doctors & professionals during our monthly meetings.
Upcoming Events
May 2020 Young Optometrists Meeting via Zoom
COVID19 Update: In an effort to provide opportunities to learn for the young OD community while heeding public health warnings, SCCOS Young ODs will be conducting our Webinars using Zoom for the foreseeable future.
Lecture Topics:
Claudia C. Ruegg, OD - "Pituitary Adenomas: Case Review"
Sarah Kochik, OD - “Myths & Mysteries in Myopia Management"
Speaker: Claudia C. Ruegg, OD, FAAO
Dr. Claudia Ruegg is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. Dr. Ruegg earned her doctor of optometry degree at the University of California, Berkeley. She completed a residency in primary eye care and ocular disease at the Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Ruegg is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and serves as vice chair of its admissions committee. In her free time, Dr. Ruegg enjoys spending her free time searching the Bay Area for the best cookies and breakfast burritos.
Speaker: Sarah Kochik, OD, PhD, FAAO
Dr. Sarah Kochik is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. She graduated from UCBSO in 2014 and went on to pursue residency training in Pediatrics and Primary Care, also at Berkeley, where she was first exposed to myopia control under the mentorship of Dr. Maria Liu. During her residency, she became very passionate about myopia control and how treatments might be optimized for individual patients, and went on to complete a PhD researching some of these mechanisms in an animal model. Throughout her PhD training, Dr. Kochik continued to see patients in the Myopia Control Clinic at Berkeley, as well as train optometric interns and residents in myopia control techniques. When she's not at work, she enjoys spending time exploring the Bay Area with her two dogs.
CE Event: 2 CE hours total (1 hour per topic, live credit)
Date & Time:
Thursday, May 28, 2020
7:30-9:30pm
COVID19 Update: In an effort to provide opportunities to learn for the young OD community while heeding public health warnings, SCCOS Young ODs will be conducting our Webinars using Zoom for the foreseeable future.
Lecture Topics:
Claudia C. Ruegg, OD - "Pituitary Adenomas: Case Review"
Sarah Kochik, OD - “Myths & Mysteries in Myopia Management"
Speaker: Claudia C. Ruegg, OD, FAAO
Dr. Claudia Ruegg is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. Dr. Ruegg earned her doctor of optometry degree at the University of California, Berkeley. She completed a residency in primary eye care and ocular disease at the Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Ruegg is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and serves as vice chair of its admissions committee. In her free time, Dr. Ruegg enjoys spending her free time searching the Bay Area for the best cookies and breakfast burritos.
Speaker: Sarah Kochik, OD, PhD, FAAO
Dr. Sarah Kochik is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. She graduated from UCBSO in 2014 and went on to pursue residency training in Pediatrics and Primary Care, also at Berkeley, where she was first exposed to myopia control under the mentorship of Dr. Maria Liu. During her residency, she became very passionate about myopia control and how treatments might be optimized for individual patients, and went on to complete a PhD researching some of these mechanisms in an animal model. Throughout her PhD training, Dr. Kochik continued to see patients in the Myopia Control Clinic at Berkeley, as well as train optometric interns and residents in myopia control techniques. When she's not at work, she enjoys spending time exploring the Bay Area with her two dogs.
CE Event: 2 CE hours total (1 hour per topic, live credit)
Date & Time:
Thursday, May 28, 2020
7:30-9:30pm
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