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Angela Shahbazian, OD, FAAO

Angela Shahbazian.

Title
Assistant Clinical Professor

Department
School of Optometry & Vision Science

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

Email
a.shahbazian@berkeley.edu

About Dr. Shahbazian

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. Dr. 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.

Dr. 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 200E Clinical Examination and Treatment of the Visual System
  • Optometry 200F Ophthalmic Laser and Minor Surgical Procedures
  • Optometry 236 A/B Systemic Disease and its Ocular Manifestations
  • Optometry 430C Optometry Clinic

Education

OD
UC Berkeley, 2016

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

Lectures, Papers & Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Publications

“Xerophthalmia as the Initial Finding in a Patient with Multiple Vitamin Deficiencies and Alcoholic Cirrhosis: A Case Report” | Case Report 2024: Clinical Insights in Eyecare, 2024;2(5).

“Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration” | Case Study 2018: In Clinical Cases in Eye Care, Rosenfield et al. – Wolters Kluwer.

Peer Reviewed Abstracts: Posters

“Diagnosis of Neurosyphilis in a Patient with Bilateral Tonic Pupils” | Poster 2024: AAO Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN

“Ocular Manifestations of Vitamin A Deficiency: That’s Not Fluorescein, Is It?” | Poster 2023: AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

“Tattoo-Associated Bilateral Intermediate Uveitis in a Patient Without Confirmed Sarcoidosis” | Poster 2022: AAO Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Pseudomembranous Conjunctivitis Secondary to Foreign Body” | Poster 2022: AAO Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Retinal Detachment in Stickler Syndrome: Update on Treatment and Management” | Poster 2022: AAO Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

“Reversible Skew Deviation After Cardiac Arrest” | Poster 2020: AAO Annual Meeting, Online

“A Rare Case of Presumed Peripheral Cone Dystrophy” | Poster 2016: AAO Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

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

Invited Continuing Education

“Optic Neuropathies: A Systematic Approach” | Lecture 2025: UCSF Optometry Course, Online, 4/6/2025

“Your Vision and Parkinson’s Disease” | Lecture 2025: Parkinsonsresources.org, Online, 2/3/2025

“It Just Won’t Go Away: A Case of Ocular Surface Inflammation” | Grand Rounds Lecture 2024: Old Home Week, Berkeley, CA, 5/15/2024

“You’ve Got Some Nerve! An Inflammatory Tale” | Grand Rounds Lecture 2023: AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 10/14/2023

“Through Thick and Thin: A Case of Anterior Segment Inflammation” | Grand Rounds Lecture 2023: Centennial Alumni Reunion, Berkeley, CA, 9/23/2023

“Don’t Stay in Your Lane! Improving Health Outcomes Equitably” | Lecture 2023: OPTOx Lecture Series, Berkeley, CA, 4/4/2023

“The Winding Road to Glaucoma” | On-Demand Lecture 2023: UC Berkeley

“Just the Facts, Ma’am: Evidence-Based Guidance on Ocular Nutrition” | Lecture 2023: Northwest Permanente Ocular Pathology Conference, Online, OR, 2/7/2023

“The Winding Road to Glaucoma” | COPE-Approved Lecture 2022: National Capital Region Federal Optometric Society, Online, VA, 1 hour, 2/25/2022

“Beyond the Pale: Bravely Taking on Optic Nerve Pallor” | COPE-Approved Lecture 2022: National Capital Region Federal Optometric Society, Online, VA, 1 hour, 2/25/2022

“In the Same Vein” | Grand Rounds Lecture 2021: Berkeley Optometry Alumni Reunion, 9/28/2021

“Just the Facts, Ma’am: Evidence-Based Guidance on Ocular Nutrition”| On-Demand Lecture 2021: UC Berkeley

“Beyond the Pale: Bravely Taking on Optic Nerve Pallor” | COPE-Approved Lecture 2020: Berkeley Optometry Alumni Reunion, 10/12/2020

“Ocular Manifestations of Parkinson’s Disease” | Lecture 2017: UC Berkeley bTalks, 6/1/2017

“Adult-Onset Foveomacular Vitelliform Dystrophy” | Lecture 2017: UC Berkeley bTalks, 1/19/2017

“Testing Contrast Sensitivity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration” | Lecture 2017: Alameda and Contra Costa Counties Optometric Society, 1/22/2017