Resident Forum

The residency program at Berkeley Optometry admits the best qualified post-graduate optometrists and provides them with advanced clinical education and concentrated clinical experience in specialty areas of optometry. Our residents encounter many interesting cases during their year of specialized study.

The 2025 Resident Forum features online grand round presentations by residents from the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of California, San Francisco, the San Francisco VA, Palo Alto VA, Reno VA, and Fresno VA. The Resident Forum 2025 will be offered as a live online webinar on Zoom, allowing attendees to interact with the speakers and ask questions in real-time.

Event Details

June 8, 2025
Online Zoom Webinar
7 CE hours (California credit)

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Morning Session (4 CE Hours)

Below is the schedule of speakers and topics from the Resident Forum morning session. Each online lecture will be 18 minutes, and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the residents. To earn CE credit, full session attendance was required. Schedule is subject to change.

Morning Session (8:00 AM - 11:35 AM PT)

A New Syndrome Expands the Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Systemic Causes of Episcleritis (TPA- Ocular Inflammation)
Dr. Michael Chang
San Francisco VA

A Retinal Ischemic Triad: PAMM, NAION, and CLRAO (TPA-Systemic Medications)
Dr. Jesse Wang
Palo Alto VA

Spots and Dots (TPA-Ocular Inflammation)
Dr. Chloe Yeung
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Microcystic Macular Edema Case Series: Explaining a Common Optical Coherence Tomography Finding (TPA-Ocular Inflammation)
Dr. Jessica Ngo
San Francisco VA

The Natural Progression and Management of Adult-onset Foveomacular Vitelliform Dystrophy (MISC)
Dr. Bao Chau Vu
Palo Alto VA

When Vision Doesn’t Align: Identifying Microtropia (MISC)
Dr. Julie Ling
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Diagnosing and Managing Sagging Eye Syndrome (MISC)
Dr. Vivian Nguyen
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

What the PEHCR? A case of peripheral exudative hemorrhagic chorioretinopathy (TPA- Systemic Medications)
Dr. Fay Liu
Fresno VA

The Many Faces of Herpetic Eye Disease (TPA- Ocular Inflammation)
Dr. Missael Serna-Marin
Fresno VA

Legal Blindness (MISC)
Dr. Vanessa Morales
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Birth Control and the Eye (TPA- Systemic Medications)
Dr. Ahmad Ahmadzada
Reno VA

Afternoon Session (3 CE Hours)

Below is the schedule of speakers and topics from the Resident Forum afternoon session. Each online lecture will be 18 minutes, and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the residents. To earn CE credit, full session attendance was required. Schedule is subject to change.

Afternoon Session (12:30 - 3:45 PM PT)

Serous-ly Stressed: Unpacking Central Serous Retinopathy (TPA- Ocular Inflammation)
Dr. Eva Chung
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Ocular Ischemic Syndrome (TPA-Systemic Medication)
Dr. Dhara Patel
University of California, San Francisco

Using Higher Order Aberration Correction to Improve Visual Acuity in Keratoconus (MISC)
Dr. Laura Belle Morel
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

MA Growing Concern: Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment of Pathological Myopia (MISC)
Dr. Jennifer Le
Fresno VA

See the Future, with Myopia Control Glasses (MISC)
Dr. Jessica He
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Glaucoma in High Myopia (TPA- Glaucoma)
Dr. Jiawen Huo
University of California, San Francisco

Unraveling the Bilateral Uveitis (TPA- Glaucoma)
Dr. Haomin Mai
San Francisco VA

Trabeculectomies and Complications (TPA- Glaucoma)
Dr. Vivan Pham
Palo Alto VA

The Extruded Scleral Buckle: Insights and Complications of Scleral Buckles (TPA- Ocular Inflammation)
Dr. Mitchell Dang
Palo Alto VA

Continuing Education Credits

This event IS NOT COPE ACCREDITED, CA Credits will be available upon completion.

Daily CE Breakdown
Sunday, April 27, 2025 AM Session: 4 hours of CE (2.5TPA hrs)
Sunday, April 27, 2025 PM Session: 3 hours of CE (2TPA hrs, 1GLC hr)

California Board of Optometry CE Guidelines
This program meets California State Board of Optometry’s live, interactive CE coursework requirements, allowing the hours to count toward live CE credits in California (not “self-study”).

Questions?

View our Frequently Asked Questions page for information on registration, CE credit guidelines, certification letters, cancellations, and refunds.