Education
Experience
Leadership
Scholarship
Membership
Community Service
Timeline
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Jessica Yeh

Education

Doctor of Optometry (O.D) -

Western University of Health Sciences
Pomona, CA
05.2025

Bachelor of Science - Biology With A Minor in Psychology

University of The Pacific
Stockton, CA
05.2019

Experience

Internship | Western University of Health Sciences - Pomona, CA

  • Rotation through various modules in the clinic during second and third year: primary care, ocular disease, contact lens, vision therapy, pediatrics, low vision


Externship | Omni Eye Services - Iselin, New Jersey                                                                          06/2024 - 08/2024

  • OD/MD practice commuting to 4 different locations
  • Ability to work with multiple optometrists and various ophthalmologists including a retina specialist, corneal specialist, oculoplastics, neuro-ophthalmology, cataract/glaucoma specialist
  • Evaluation and interpretation via fundus photos, Goldmann applanation tonometry, Humphrey visual field, Zeiss Cirrus OCT, fluorescein angiography, B scan, Oculus Pentacam topography, Immersion A-scan biometry


Externship | Harper's Point Eye Associates - Cincinnati, OH                                                           08/2024 - 11/2024

  • Private practice turned corporate with 2 main optometrists
  • Comprehensive exams with an emphasis on glaucoma
  • Evaluation and interpretation via Octopus visual field, Dynamic Contour Tonometry, fundus photos, ultrasound biomicroscopy, anterior segment OCT, Optovue ONH/macula OCT


Future Externship | Lee & Associates - Merced, CA                                         11/2024 - 02/2025

  • Private practice and ocular referral site for local emergency room


Future Externship | Indian Health Services - Grand Terrace, CA                                         02/2025 - 05/2025

  • Rotation between 4 disease heavy clinics


Leadership

  • President of Optometric Extension Program 2022-2023

-Organize various webinars to spread knowledge of the practice of optometry in an entertaining format 

Scholarship

  • CooperVision End of 3rd Year Scholarship

-Awarded to a third year student who has shown growth and interest in contact lenses, has demonstrated a commitment in clinic, proactive in identifying contact lens candidates with follow ups to ensure satisfaction

Membership

  • Beta Sigma Kappa Honors Society 2022-2024
  • American Academy of Optometry: Student Fellowship 2022


Community Service

  • VOSH trip to San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico

March 17th - 26th, 2023

-Served over 1,400 patients 


  • SVOSH trip to The Mission at Natuvu Creek in Fiji

July 28th-Aug 6th, 2023

-Served over 700 patients 


  • WesternU's Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP TA)

-Introduce undergraduate students to slit lamp skills and optometry school


  • Interprofessional Education (IPE)

-Collaborate with Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, USC School of Pharmacy, and our WesternU Colleges of Graduate Nursing and Health Sciences - Physical Therapy about our roles in healthcare 


  • Lion's Club Vision Screening in Chino Hills, CA


  • Healing California in Los Angeles

-Community Builders Group Clinic Vision Screening 

 

  • Care Harbor in Los Angeles

-Vision Screening for the community along with medical and dental care 

Timeline

Doctor of Optometry (O.D) -

Western University of Health Sciences

Bachelor of Science - Biology With A Minor in Psychology

University of The Pacific
Jessica Yeh