Meredith W. Morgan Eye Center

03/07/2026

We are delighted to congratulate Assistant Clinical Professor Emily Gorski on being named a recipient of the 2026 Silverman Excellence in Community Partnerships Award.

Dr. Gorski was honored at the Lowenfeld-Akeson Early Years Symposium, where she and Dr. Deb Orel-Bixler presented a lecture on Cerebral Visual Impairment. Notably, nominations for the award are submitted by family members of children with vision impairment, underscoring the meaningful impact of the recipient’s care and community engagement.

We are proud to celebrate this achievement and grateful for the compassion and leadership she brings to our community!

Read More: https://optometry.berkeley.edu/dr-gorski-wins-silverman-award/

03/05/2026

Big Give 2026 is on March 12th — just one week away! This year, we’re excited to introduce Apple Pay to our campaign. Watch as third-year OD student and UCOSA President Monica Thu Do shares a quick look at how it works. Go Bears!

Big Give 2026 is on March 12th – just one week away! This year, we are excited to introduce Apple Pay to our crowdfunding campaign! Check out third year OD s...

03/05/2026

Early registration is closing at 11:59PM PST on March 8th for Morgan-Sarver 2026!

The 41st Annual Morgan-Sarver Symposium is taking place April 10–12, 2026. This COPE-accredited program offers up to 10 hours of CE and includes Glaucoma Roundtable Discussion Panel — now two hours by popular demand — with the opportunity to earn up to 4 Glaucoma CE hours. COPE-accreditation TBA.

Learn more about the speakers, topics, and register at: https://optometry.berkeley.edu/continuing-education/morgan-symposium/

03/02/2026

Congratulations to our community members recognized at the recent California Optometric Association (COA) House of Delegates on February 20–21, 2026!

Ashley Robinson, our AOSA Trustee, received the George I. Deane Award, presented to one student from each school of optometry. Dr. Debora Lee Chen was honored as Educator of the Year.

Four of the five Young OD of the Year awards were presented to Berkeley alumni: Sloan Rajadhyaksha (San Diego County Optometric Society), Karen Molina (San Francisco Optometric Society), Melissa Tawa (Orange County Optometric Society), and Angel Barajas (Inland Empire Optometric Society).

Read More: https://optometry.berkeley.edu/coa-house-of-delegates-2/

02/28/2026

In case you missed it, a recent Daily Californian article featured optometry students Angelina Chen and Benjamin Zietz for their role in a memorable Berkeley milestone.

As co-founders of Cal Twirlers – launched in 2024 with undergraduate student Angelina Wang – they took the field at Memorial Stadium for the first baton twirling performance alongside Cal Band in its 134-year history. Congrats to the Cal Twirlers!

Read More: https://optometry.berkeley.edu/opto-twirlers/

02/24/2026

Congratulations to Matangi Kumar, Vision Science PhD candidate (Gronert and Flanagan Labs), on the publication of her first first-author paper, which was published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS). The study investigated the regulation and role of Müller Glia in ocular hypertension induced retinal ganglion cell degeneration.

Photo: Glial Fibrially Acid Protein and Vimentin Co-staining of Activated Primary Müller Glia.

Read the full paper at: https://vision.berkeley.edu/posts/new-paper-by-vs-student-matangi-kumar

02/20/2026

Registration is now open! Join us for the 41st Annual Morgan-Sarver Symposium: a three-day, live online continuing education event taking place April 10–12, 2026.

This COPE-accredited program offers up to 10 hours of CE and includes Berkeley Glaucoma Day — now two hours by popular demand — with the opportunity to earn up to 4 Glaucoma CE hours. COPE-accreditation TBA.

Learn more and register at: https://optometry.berkeley.edu/continuing-education/morgan-symposium/

02/18/2026

Big Give 2026 is next month! On March 12, join the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science community in supporting our mission of advancing optometric education and world-class vision research.

Whether you give to our new Emeryville clinic, the Annual Fund, or the Meredith Morgan Eye Center, your contribution makes a lasting impact. Mark your calendars to help us champion the future of vision care.

Go Bears!

02/14/2026

After a rigorous and thoughtful selection process, we are pleased to announce and congratulate the following faculty members on their appointments as Chiefs of our specialty clinics at Emeryville:

Dr. Anne Tasaki – Pediatrics Clinic
Dr. Celia Gong – Myopia Control Clinic
Dr. Debora Lee Chen – Binocular Vision Clinic
Dr. Samuel Mainieri – Sports Vision Clinic

We are grateful to all who participated in the process, and we look forward to the leadership, expertise, and vision that each of these individuals will bring to their respective clinics. Please join us in congratulating them on these well-deserved appointments.

Learn More: https://optometry.berkeley.edu/specialty-clinic-chiefs-appointed/

02/12/2026

Members of our Low Vision student group volunteered at a Goalball Clinic hosted by BORP Adaptive Sports and Recreation and the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), supporting blind and visually impaired athletes through hands-on drills and gameplay.

Six optometry students – Hanna De Bryun, Harjot Kaur, Suzuka Kawaguchi, Vickie Kuo, Tiffany Ng, and Ananya Parimi – assisted throughout the day, serving as referees and learning about the sport’s history, while also meeting Paralympic silver medalist Joseph Hamilton.

Read More: https://optometry.berkeley.edu/goalball-clinic/

02/10/2026

Save the date for the 41st Annual Morgan-Sarver Symposium: a three-day, live online continuing education event taking place April 10–12, 2026.

This COPE-accredited program offers up to 10 hours of CE and includes Berkeley Glaucoma Day — now two hours by popular demand — with the opportunity to earn up to 4 Glaucoma CE hours. COPE-accreditation TBA.

Registration will open soon, stay tuned for updates!

Learn More: https://optometry.berkeley.edu/continuing-education/morgan-symposium/

02/07/2026

We’re pleased to share two new publications from the lab of Jorge Otero-Millan, advancing research in visual perception and gaze-contingent measurement.

Title: "Distortion of perceived visual space after prolonged horizontal eccentric gaze holding"
Published In: Vision Research
Authors: Terence L. Tyson; Dennis F. Perez; Jorge Otero-Millan

Title: "A method for measuring closed-loop latency in gaze-contingent rendering without extra equipment"
Published In: Behavior Research Methods
Authors: Matt D. Anderson; Emily A. Cooper; Jorge Otero-Millan

Links to each paper are available on our website at:
https://vision.berkeley.edu/posts/new-publications