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Dorcas K. Tsang, OD, FAAO

Dorcas K. Tsang, OD, FAAO

Associate Professor

College of Optometry

dtsang@westernu.edu

Phone: 909-469-8476 | Fax: 909-706-3505

Website: www.westernu.edu

Join year: 2011

  • Education

    OD, 2000, Southern California College of Optometry

    BS in Chemistry, 1996, University of California at Berkeley

  • Certification

    Lacrimal Irrigation and Dilation, 2009, State of California

    Glaucoma Treatment and Management, 2008, State of California

    Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agent, 2000, State of California

    Laser Therapy for the Anterior Segment, 1999, Northeastern State University College of Optometry, OK

    Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease, 1999, International Association of Boards of Examiners in Optometry

  • License

    OD,2000, California State Board of Optometry

  • Work Site

    Western University of Health Sciences Eye Care Institute, Pomona, CA

  • Academic Interests

    Clinical Techniques

    Advanced Procedures

    Visual Perception

    Glaucoma Treatment and Management

    Geriatrics

    Vision Therapy

  • Research Interest

    Glaucoma

    Myopia Progression and Control

    Visual Perception

    Binocular vision

  • Awards

    Beta Sigma Kappa International Optometric Honor Society (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)

    Student Travel Fellowships, American Academy of Optometry (1997, 1998, 2000)

    Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship, National Institute of Health and National Eye Institute (1997-98)

    Dr. Herbert McCracken Dixon Scholarship, Southern California College of Optometry (1997)

  • Organizations

    American Optometric Association

    California Optometric Association

    American Academy of Optometry

  • Committees

    Admissions Committee

  • Publications

    Tsang DK, Nicholas R. Pellucid marginal degeneration before and after corneal collagen cross-linking treatment. Poster presentation at the 2012 American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Annual Meeting.

    Patel SS, Bedell HE, Tsang DK, Ukwade MT. Relationship between threshold and suprathreshold perception of position and stereoscopic depth. J Opt Soc Am A. 2009;26:847-861.

    Patel SS, Bedell HE, Tsang DK, Ukwade MT. Normalization of suprathreshold perception of position and stereoscopic depth. Poster presentation at the 2000 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Meeting.

    Tsang DK, Bedell HE, Ukwade MT, Sampath VP. Stereothresholds with monocular and binocular blur produced by spectacles and soft contact lenses. Poster presentation at the 1998 American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Annual Meeting.

    Bedell HE, Tsang DK, Ukwade MT. Effects of disconjugate image motion and voluntary head movement on stereothresholds. Poster presentation at the 1998 ARVO Meeting.

    Tsang DK, Ukwade MT, Bedell HE. Stereothresholds during disconjugate retinal image motion associated with voluntary head movement. Poster presentation at the 1997 AAO Annual Meeting.