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Kuniyoshi Kanai, OD, FAAO

Kuni Kanai.

Title
Associate Clinical Professor

Department
School of Optometry

Email
kunikanai@berkeley.edu

Telephone
(510) 642-0945

Dr. Kuniyoshi Kanai is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry, class of 2007. He pursued further clinical residency training in Primary Care at UC Berkeley.  After completion, he remained as a clinical faculty member, currently serving as Associate Clinical Professor.  Dr. Kanai’s primary focus is resident education as the Director of Residency Programs.  He has also taught optometrists about systemic diseases and their impacts on the eyes through regional and international conferences. Outside work, Dr. Kanai is a happy husband and a father of two active kids. He enjoys pushing his car to its limit on the racing circuits and himself on the bicycle with hill climbs.

Duties
Director of Residencies, On-Campus Programs

Additional Clinics
Berkeley Outpatient Center
3100 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94702
Phone: (510) 985-5020

Dr. Kanai is an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at UC San Francisco and affiliated with the Alameda County Medical Center, Highland and Eastmont clinics.

Education
UC Berkeley School of Optometry 2007

Residencies
UC Berkeley School of Optometry 2008

Teaching
Optometry 230. Graduate General Clinical Practice

Instructor

Optometry 430. Optometry Clinics
General optometric practice for OD Residents, including optometric examination, dispensing, consultation, and subsequent vision care of patients, performed independently by graduate student clinicians.

Optometry 435. Advanced Procedures in Ocular Disease Diagnosis
Examination of patients in a primary care setting, prescribing of optometric therapy, management of emergency procedures, and vision screenings of children and adults.

Optometry 440. Advanced Optometry Clinic
Examination of patients in a primary care setting, prescribing of optometric therapy, management of emergency procedures, and vision screenings of children and adults.

Professional Activities
Consultant – Accreditation Council on Optometric Education
Retinal image consultant for EyePACS (Eye Picture Archive Communication System)
Journal Reviewer – Optometry & Vision Science, California Optometry