Halima Khan

Passionate and motivated optometrist concerned for the welfare of patients and preventative eye-care. My knowledge base includes, refractive and contact lens services in addition to the diagnosis and treatment of ocular diseases. Interested in increasing my ocular disease knowledge.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, East NY — Optometric Extern

• February2020 - March2020
• Performed comprehensive and problem oriented exams in a community health care setting on patients5 years and older
• Worked largely with minorities and low-income patient population base
• Independently performed additional testing as need such as AR, OCT, VF, Pachymetry and fundus photos
• Last clinical rotation cut short due to COVID-19 (March instead of May)

Malik Eye Care, Queens/Manhattan/LI NY — Optometric Extern

• November2019 - February2019
• Conducted comprehensive and problem-oriented exams in a diverse private practice setting on patients five and older
• Worked closely with ODs and OMDs to diagnose and treat a variety of ocular diseases using OCT, VF, fundus photography and carotid doppler
• Performed multiple solo dry amnion graft and punctal plug insertions

University Eye Center at Suny College of Optometry, Manhattan NY — Optometric Intern

• August2019 - November2019
• Completed comprehensive and problem-oriented exams in primary care, ocular disease, pediatrics, contact lenses and VT departments
• Fitted soft and specialty lenses
• Devoted additional time to working with children of all ages with and without special needs in pediatric primary care and vision therapy
• Performed Vision therapy evaluations and vision therapy training for adults and children

City Eye MD, Manhattan NY — Optometric Extern

• May2019 - August2019
• Primary eyecare and pre/post surgical exams
• Evaluated large base of ocular surface disease, corneal disease and post surgical patients (cataract, pterygium, and corneal transplant surgeries) along with the corneal specialist
• Observed corneal cross-linking, suture removals, chalazion excisions/injections, laser procedures as well as cataract and pterygium surgery
• Observations at busy retina practice as part of the rotation
• I+R training for scleral lenses, GP and soft lenses