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BAOC-UCBSO Optometric Extern/Mentor Doctor Program 2014

On behalf of the Bay Area Optometric Council (BAOC) in cooperation with the Optometric Societies of Alameda Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Redwood Empire and Santa Clara and the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry (UCBSO) and its optometric student association (UCOSA), we once again thank you for your continued support and interest in shaping the future of our optometric profession.

We invite you to share your experience, knowledge and expertise in the field of Optometry as MENTOR DOCTOR for the 2014-15 academic year. The purpose of this program is to expose the Optometric students to successful patient care and practice management skills in a variety of professional Optometric practice settings.  By providing guidance, advice and the opportunity for the students to observe your practice, you will greatly enrich the student's optometric educational experiences beyond the formal training at the University of California.

There are a number of ways to mentor, including: 
    (1) Office Visitation and Shadowing for Optometry graduate students. Students will “shadow” you and meet with you in the office, ask questions and learn about patient care and office management. Mutually convenient times are to be arranged to meet. 
    (2) Clinical Grand Rounds in your office. You, as the mentor doctor, may provide clinically interesting patients that the students will observe and discuss with you. You may wish to teach and discuss or demonstrate useful, practical diagnostic and patient management skills in your delivery of high quality Optometric care.  
    (3) Visitation and Shadowing for Pre-Optometry undergraduate students at U.C. Berkeley can be arranged through Foresight PreOptometry Club and the Student Affairs Office at U.C. Berkeley.
    (4) Counseling and advising U.C. Berkeley Optometry graduate students for career development and employment or practice opportunities.

We value your support and participation in these programs. Please join us in extending a hand to our future Optometrists that will ensure continued strength, vitality and leadership in our profession.  

Interested doctors who want to volunteer as mentors can email baoc.rep@gmail.com to receive an enrollment participation form or by clicking on the following link: https://sites.google.com/site/baocmentorship/

Current UC Berkeley undergrad pre-optometry students requesting to shadow optometrists:

Michelle Antonucci    (661) 433-1665    mantonucci@berkeley.edu
Natalie Wong    nmwong@gmail.com

Current Mentors and Mentees for the 2014-15 academic year are shown below:

Mentor Society Email # of mentees Mentee(s)
Kim Burdick ACCCOS drburdick@eyetoeyedoctor.com 1 Elizabeth Yeh
Elizabeth Cheng SMCOS lizje216@gmail.com 1 Michelle Wong
Karen Collom SMCOS kscollom@gmail.com 1 Angela Shahbazian
Kristine Eng ACCCOS kriseyedoc@aol.com 1 Steven Chang
Karen Griffith REOS drgriffith@westsideoptometry.net 1 Sandra Harpster
Richard Hom SMCOS richard@careerland.biz 3 Tracy Nguyen
Megan Lopez
Heeyoon Kim
Carole Hong SMCOS chong2see@gmail.com 2 Josh Poulter
Sarah Maasarani
Michael Le SCCOS michael.le.od@gmail.com 1 Kevin Wu
MinJung Lew SMCOS drlew@winkingbee.com 2 Kathie Huang
Ciara McCaffrey
Jocelyn Liao SMCOS drliao@winkingbee.com 2 Judy Hu
Jessica Chin
Eileen Linder ACCCOS drlinder@eyetoeyedoctor.com 1 Joyce Lee
Randall Lum SMCOS drlum@sbcglobal.net 1 Hiep Tran
Jennifer Ong ACCCOS drjenniferong@gmail.com 3 Patricia Le
Margaret (Pei-Yu) Kao
Molly Duong
Raymond Pedersen ACCCOS mariah2ski@earthlink.net 1 Carol Chang
Kelly Shintani ACCCOS Kelly@orindaoptometrygroup.com 1 Alise Chin
Beverly Smith ACCCOS srfoptometry_drb@yahoo.com 2 Stephanie Chui
Danielle Luce
Erik Smith ACCCOS srfoptometry_dre@yahoo.com 1 Diana Chen
Jim Winnick SJOS jimwinnick@hotmail.com 4 Kevin Yang
Nikki Esver
Jenna Buckley
Milan Lockhart
Matthew Wong SMCOS matt.wong.od@gmail.com 1 Crystal Wang
Page Yarwood ACCCOS pageyarwood@yahoo.com 2 Shelby Leach
Jennifer Parks

2015 Mentorship Program Closing Reception

This photo was taken at the BAOC-UC Berkeley Mentorship Program closing reception held on 4/12/2015.  It was a successful event led by Britney Kitamata-Wong (UCBSO c/o 2016) and Karen Wong (UCBSO c/o 2017).  The evening consisted of exchange between students and mentors, Q & A, and a delectable buffet dinner.
April 12, 2015

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