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Angela Shahbazian, OD, FAAO

Angela Shahbazian.

Title
Assistant Clinical Professor

Department
School of Optometry

Address
200 Minor Hall Addition
UC Berkeley School of Optometry
Berkeley, CA 94720

Email
a.shahbazian@berkeley.edu

Dr. Angela Shahbazian provides primary eye care exams as well as medical exams including urgent care, glaucoma, complications from diabetes, and other conditions. She has a special interest in community health care. Shahbazian earned her doctor of optometry degree at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry and completed a residency in Primary Care and Community Health at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry. Shahbazian is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. When she is not in clinic, she enjoys spending her time hiking and swimming with her family.

Duties

  • Mentor for Primary Care/Community Health Residency
  • Clinical Instructor

Teaching

  • Optometry 200B Clinical Examination of the Visual System
  • Optometry 200BL Clinical Examination of the Visual System
  • Optometry 435 Advanced Procedures in Ocular Disease Diagnosis
  • Optometry 236 A/B Systemic Disease and its Ocular Manifestations
  • Optometry 430C Optometry Clinic

Education
OD
UC Berkeley School of Optometry, 2016

Residency
Primary Care/Community Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2017

Lectures, Papers & Presentations
“Reversible Skew Deviation After Cardiac Arrest” | Poster
October 10, 2020: American Academy of Optometry

“Beyond the pale: bravely taking on optic nerve pallor” | Lecture
October 12, 2020: Berkeley Optometry 2020 Alumni Reunion Online CE

“Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration” | Case Study
In Clinical Cases in Eyecare, Rosenfield et al. – Wolters Kluwer – 2018

“Ocular Manifestations of Parkinson’s Disease” | Lecture
June 1, 2017: UC Berkeley bTalks

“Adult-Onset Foveomacular Vitelliform Dystrophy” | Lecture
January 19, 2017: UC Berkeley bTalks

“Testing Contrast sensitivity in AMD” | Lecture
January 22, 2017: Alameda and Contra Costa Counties Optometric Society Lecture

“What’s Not Normal about Normal Tension Glaucoma” | Article
Jan/Feb 2017: California Optometry Magazine.

“A Rare Case of Presumed Peripheral Cone Dystrophy”| Poster
November 12, 2016: American Academy of Optometry Resident Poster Session