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Externships

Fourth-year students attend at least three externships staffed by adjunct clinical professors who provide mentorship to students. We have established a large number of externships. Our goal is to broaden the diversity of patient populations for our students while they undergo intensive training in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of visual disorders.

In-State Externships

Air Force Bases

Travis (Fairfield, CA)

High-volume primary care practice with occupational vision care emphasis in a medical center setting.

Alameda County Medical Center

Eastmont Wellness Center (Oakland, CA)
Hayward Wellness Clinic (Hayward, CA)

High-volume primary care emphasizing systemic disease in a low-income Hispanic and Asian population.

California School for the Blind

Fremont, CA

Specialty clinic that cares for children with low vision between the ages of 4 and 22.

Kaiser Permanente

Daly City, CA
Sacramento, CA

High volume primary care practice with emphasis in contact lens specialties in medical center setting.

Marin County Community Clinics

Novato, CA
San Rafael, CA

Primary Care clinic setting providing services to uninsured residents.

UCSF Optometry

San Francisco, CA

Primary vision care and co-management of patients with sub-specialists in glaucoma, pediatrics, cornea, oculoplastics, retina, and comprehensive ophthalmology.

UCSF Proctor Foundation

San Francisco, CA

Primary vision care and management of infectious and inflammatory ocular conditions.

UC Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

Primary vision care in campus-based student health centers emphasizing contact lenses.

Veterans Administration

Fresno, CA
Livermore, CA
Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Miami, FL
Monterey, CA
Palo Alto, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA

Integrated optometric and ophthalmology practices in medical center settings emphasizing case co-management, ocular disease, and laser surgery.

Out of State Externships

Bascom/Palmer Eye Institute

Pediatric and Strabismus Division
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Busy referral center, offering a variety of services, including strabismus surgery, assessments for visually impaired infants.

Crow Indian Health Service

Billings, MT

Hospital and clinic based practice providing primary and emergency eye care.

Front Range Eye Associates

Front Range, CO

Primary care, contact lenses and medical optometry in a private practice setting.

Omni Eye Services

Iselin, NJ

Very busy referral centers, emphasizing ocular disease — particularly anterior segment.

The Vision Center of West Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ

Primary care and contact lenses in a private practice setting.

Veterans Administration

Casa Grande, AZ
Honolulu, HI
Kernersville, NC
Miami, FL
Muskogee, OK
Portland, OR
Tacoma, WA
Reno, NV
Vancouver, WA
White City, OR

Integrated optometric and ophthalmology practices in medical center settings emphasizing case co-management, ocular disease, and laser surgery.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, MD

High-volume primary care practice in a medical setting.

Externship Coordinators

The externship program is managed by Vikki Yu, OD, Externship Director, and Christina Wilmer, OD, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.