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Optometry Senate Faculty

John G. Flanagan, PhD, DSc, FCOptom, FAAO, FARVO

October 26, 2016

John Flanagan graduated in Optometry and Vision Sciences from Aston University, Birmingham, UK in 1980, where he later earned his PhD in 1985. Until 2014 he was Professor at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo and in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada, where he was …

Susana Chung, OD, PhD

Teaching Vision Science 205. Visual Perception and Sensitivity Co-Instructor Psychophysical basis for clinical tests in acuity, perimetry, and color vision. The visual stimulus and photometry. Visual receptors. Psychophysical method and visual threshold. Light sensitivity. Contrast sensitivity. Light and dark adaptation. Temporal and spatial properties of visual function. Color vision and abnormalities. Changes with age and …

Lu Chen, MD, PhD, FARVO

Duties Center for Eye Disease & Development, Vision Science Graduate Program, and School of Optometry, UC Berkeley Teaching Vision Science 212G. Molecular Genetics of Vertebrate Eye Development and Diseases Co-Instructor Introduction for graduate students to general molecular genetics of vertebrate eye development and related major diseases; basic principles of molecular and cell biology; commonly used …

Debora M. Lee Chen, OD, MPH, FAAO, DAAO

Duties Associate Professor of Clinical Optometry Co-Chief, Binocular Vision Clinic Chief Mentor, Residency in Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation Berkeley Optometry Disability Officer About Dr. Debora (Lee) Chen is an optometrist who cares for patients who have difficulty using their eyes together as a team. This includes binocular vision disorders, such as amblyopia (“lazy eye”), strabismus …

Meng Lin, OD, PhD

October 21, 2016

Duties Director, UC Berkeley Clinical Research Center (CRC) Chief, Ocular Surface Imaging Clinic Co-Chief, Dry Eye Clinic Teaching Optometry 260A. Contact Lenses: Examination of the Contact Lens Patient Contributing Instructor The physiological basis for fitting contact lenses; effects of a contact lens on the tears, lids, and cornea; examination procedures and instrumentation used in monitoring …