Will Perez
GAMBILL EYE MEDICAL CENTER
San Jose,California
1
Certification
27
years of professional experience
Promote employee motivation and keep department operation aligned with goals by leveraging proactive management style. Encouraging with employees and diplomatic in mediating conflicts to enhance satisfaction and team collaboration. Excellent relationship-builder with good communication, time management and multitasking skills focused on boosting business short- and long-term success.
Work History
- Preparing Patient Work Ups - including visual acuity and refraction, lensometry, Goldmann tonometry, history taking, visual fields, pupil and extra ocular muscle assessment, corneal topography, pupil assessment, Manual and Auto keratometry, contact lens insertion and removal/teaching, medical documentation, other specialized tests for refractive surgery.
- Patient Triage and Counseling. Front Office work (checking in patients), Scheduling patients and ophthalmology education courses.
- George and Eva Hewes (Cataract and Blepharoplasty Assisting) Surgical and OR Training
- Job Duties: Patient Work up for Cataract Extraction procedures and IOL Implantation Biometry Slit Lamp Goldmann Tonometry -B-Scan – BAT testing- Humphrey Visual VF Testing, Head Team and Technician Leader / Trainer
- United States Army Boot Camp Training Fort Jackson Battalion Guild on and US ARMY Bugler US ARMY IET Training Fort Sam Houston Training Army Field Medic/Eye Technician Training
- US ARMY Basic Field Medic Training Certificate
- US ARMY 91Yankee ARMY Eye Technician Certification
- US ARMY 670th Military Police / Army Medic
Clinical / Surgical Department Manager/Scrub Technician
12 Years 10 Months- Preparing Patient Work Up: Chief Complaint, Visual Acuity and refraction (Plus or Minus Cyl), lensometry, Goldmann tonometry, Icare,Itrace,IOL Master, Tonometry,Tonopen,OCT,Optos,Itrace,Pentacam, History taking, visual fields, pupil and extra ocular muscle assessment, Pupil Assessment, Biometry Ascan, Vario, BAT testing, corneal topography/tomography, keratometry (Auto and Manual), contact lens insertion and removal, Contact Lens Training. Monovision Trials, Medical documentation, other specialized tests for refractive/Cataract Refractive surgery.
- Patient Triage and Counseling.
- Technician Staff Training
- Surgical Assisting History: (LASIK and PRK, Kamra, Raindrop, Smile, ICL, CLR, Ptosis repair, Blepharoplasty surgery preparation and assisting, Strabismus procedure assisting, Cataract Extraction with IOL Implantation surgery. patient information for surgical calculations, Visumax and Allegretto 500 Wave laser technician, scrub technician, pre-operative and post-operative patient care, draft operative reports for physician, care and preparation of surgical instruments, support surgeon, manage schedule changes, organize stock room, ordering drops and maintaining clean and sterilely room. Maintain instrumentation and preventive maintenance.
- Staff Training - teach staff technical and surgical skills, develop new protocols, maintain protocol and procedure manuals, training manuals, and procedure cards.
- Stock supplies, maintain inventory, order equipment and supplies.
- Liaison between clinic and pharmaceutical & medical supply companies.
- Organize training and implementation of new equipment.
- Hiring/Firing Process of Technicians
- Create Technician Schedules
- Scrub Technician Cataract and ICL procedures
Lead Ophthalmic Technician
13 Years 9 Months- Surgical Assistant for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (LASIK and PRK, Refractive Lens Exchange, Implantable Contact Lens, Astigmatic Keratotomy); ophthalmic surgical assisting.
- Surgical Trainer – trained new staff, developed new learning programs. Assist with writing Clinical Protocols
- Scrub/Circulating Technician for Refractive Surgery ophthalmic surgical assisting, central supply room clerk; care and preparation of surgical instruments, Visx laser technician.
- Surgical Trainer – developed training schedules, trained new staff, developed, and updated onsite-training Clinical manuals and protocols, Visx System Operator Training Certification
- Bausch and Lomb University Zyoptix XP Microkeratome training and completion. (assisted in over 13,000 bladed procedures)
- Certificate of Outstanding Achievement Employee of the Month July 2008
Education
High School Diploma
Opthalmic Technician Diploma - Ophthalmic Technician
Skills
Customer service
Staff management
Team leadership
Team supervision
Affiliations
- Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology
- United States Army Veteran 91 Yankee (Eye Technician)
- United States Army 670th Military Police (Iraq Wartime Veteran)
- United States Army Basic Life Support
- American Legion Member (Current)
Certification
Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (JCAHPO)
Timeline
Clinical / Surgical Department Manager/Scrub Technician
Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley/East Bay
08.2013 - 06.2026Read More
Lead Ophthalmic Technician
Furlong Vision Correction
11.1999 - 08.2013Read More
United States ARMY
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San Jose Medical
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GAMBILL EYE MEDICAL CENTER
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Silver Creek High School
High School Diploma
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Bryman College
Opthalmic Technician Diploma from Ophthalmic Technician
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Continuing Education
- April 2025 JCHAPO’s Technician & Nurse Program, Los Angeles (ASCRS)
- MAY 2023 JCAHPO’s Technician & Nurses Program, San Diego (ASCRS)
- MAY 2022 JCAHPO’s Technician & Nurses Program, Washington, (ASCRS)
- MAY 2019 JCAHPO’s Technician & Nurses Program, San Diego (ASCRS)
- March 2017 JCAHPO’s Technician & Nurses Program, Wash. D.C. (ASCRS)
- March 2015 JCAHPO’s Technician & Nurses Program, New Orleans (ASCRS)
- March 2013 JCAHPO’s Technician & Nurses Program, Chicago (ASCRS)
- March 2011 JCAHPO’s Technician & Nurses Program, San Diego (ASCRS)
- August 2010 Healthcare Provider BLS (CPR and AED) Program
- June 2009 Certification Program on Intralase Technology – AMO
- April 2009 JCAHPO’s Technician & Nurses Program, San Francisco (ASCRS)
- September 2006 TLC Laser Eye Centers Gold Standard Workshop
- August 2006 Refractec ViewPoint CK System Certification
- May 2006 Zyoptix XP Microkeratome Certification
- March 2006 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium (Clinical and Surgical Program)
- November 2005 Hansanote Excellus Microkeratome Certification
- October 2005 VISX Laser System Operator Training
- February 2005 Certified Ophthalmic Assistant, JCAHPO
- Bryman College, Ophthalmic Technician Diploma