Priya R. Joshi, O.D.

W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center Salisbury, NC Resident in Primary Care and Ocular Disease Management

University of Alabama Birmingham School of Optometry Birmingham, AL Doctorate of Optometry (O.D.)

University of Miami Miami, FL Bachelors of Science (B.S.), Major: Psychology

Family Eye Care Mentor, OH
Primary eye care provider within a multi-location practice treating all age ranges.
Two days a week are used to travel to assisted living and nursing home facilities to consult eye exams for geriatric and special needs patients.

Carrboro Family Vision Carrboro, NC
Primary care provider for adult and pediatric patients. Experience in management/treatment of anterior & posterior segment ocular disease in adults, amblyopia and myopia control treatment in pediatric patients, scleral, RGP, CRT contact lens fittings.

360Care Raleigh/Durham, NC

Primary eye care provider for geriatric patients living in nursing home facilities. Emphasis on management of glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy & macular degeneration.

InView Eye Care Durham, NC

Primary care provider for pediatric and adult patients & RGP contact lens fitting

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute: Clinical Research Coordinator Miami, FL
Assisted in conducting visits for patients enrolled in the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG) studies, and assisted in obtaining IRB approval for research projects.

W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center, Residency Training Salisbury, NC

• Patient care with attending optometrists in primary care, specialty contact lens, and advanced low vision clinics
• Patient care with attending ophthalmologists in anterior segment, retina, and glaucoma clinics
• Physician shadow with retinal specialist observing retinal surgery
• Preceptor in primary care clinic for 4th year optometry students

UAB Eye Care, 4th year Externship Birmingham, AL

• Patient care in primary care, pediatrics, cornea and contact lenses, and ocular disease clinics
• Specialty rotations with Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind and nursing home facilities
• Vision screenings for local public schools, community centers, and athletes at UAB

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, 4th year Externship Miami, FL

• Direct patient care with supervising optometrists and ophthalmologists in refractive surgery clinic, retina clinic, neuro-ophthalmology clinic, cornea clinic, glaucoma clinics and primary care clinics
• Weekly grand rounds, journal club and education seminars

W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center, 4th year Externship Salisbury, NC

• Primary care eye exams with specialty training in advanced low vision
• Weekly education seminars presentations

State University of New York College of Optometry New York, New York

• Observational 6-week externship focused in clinics dedicated to treating patients with glaucoma, ocular disease, pediatrics and neurology clinics.

Malcom Randall VA Medical Center Gainesville, FL

• 10-week internship focused on learning to perform special testing on imaging equipment such as Humphrey visual fields testing, ocular photography, optical coherence tomography, and B-scan

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Clinical Research Assistant Miami, FL

• Responsible for recruiting trial subjects and maintaining documentation and data relevant to each trial visit

Grand Rounds Lecture Presentations at W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center

• Fuchs Heterochromic Iridocyclitis
• Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome
• Ocular Diseases associated with UV/Visible Light Exposure
• Causes of Transient Monocular Vision Loss
• Stargardt’s Disease
• Idiopathic Macular Telangiectasia
• Retinal Vascular Disease for Primary Care Physicians

Poster Presentation at AAO

• Got Fat? A Unique Presentation of Milky Vessels

Class President, UAB School of Optometry

Chair for American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Student Chapter

Treasurer of UAB Chapter of American Optometric Student Association (AOSA)

Student Volunteer Optometry Services to Humanity (SVOSH)

Student Volunteer for VISTAKON vision screenings

Award of Distinction: Southern Council of Optometrists Clinical Excellence Award

UAB School of Optometry Merit Scholarship

Dean’s List with Honors

Gold Key Honor Society Member

Beta Sigma Kappa Honor Society

Walman Optical Scholarship