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Tiffenie Harris, OD, FAAO

Tiffenie Harris, OD, FAAO

Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, Associate Professor

College of Optometry

harrist@westernu.edu

Phone: 909-706-3857 | Fax: 909-706-3905

Website: www.westernu.edu

Join year: 2008

  • Education

    OD, 1993, Indiana University School of Optometry

    BA, 1989, Indiana University-Bloomington

  • Certification

    Fellow, 2007, American Academy of Optometry

  • License

    California, 2008,State Board of Optometry

    Indiana, 2004,State Board of Optometry

  • Work Site

    Western University of Health SciencesEye Care Institute, Pomona, CA

  • Teaching Experience

    Clinical teaching began in 2004 at Indiana University. Served as Chief of Primary Care until joining WesternU in 2008. Didactic teaching in the clinical procedures of optometry began in 2007.

  • Courses

    Principles and Practice of Optometry IV: Anterior Segment Tissue Evaluation, College of Optometry

    Principles and Practice of Optometry V: Posterior Segment Tissue Evaluation, College of Optometry

  • Awards

    Western University College of Optometry (WUCO), 2nd Year - Faculty of the Year, 2013

    Western University College of Optometry (WUCO), Teaching Award, 2012

    Western University College of Optometry (WUCO), Teaching Award, 2011

    Western University College of Optometry (WUCO), Woman of the Year, 2011

    Excellence in Optometric Teaching Award, 2009

    Consultant of the Year, 2007, 2006, 2005

    Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award, School of Optometry, 2006

  • Organizations

    American Academy of Optometry

    American Optometric Association

    National Optometric Association

    California Optometric Association

    American Society of Hypertension

  • Committees

    Member, Clinical Education Group

  • Publications

    2011 Meetz, RE, Harris T., The Optometrist's Role in the Management of Hypertensive Crises. Optometry 2011;82(2):108-116

    2008 Harris T., Marshall E. Ocular Syphilis Associated with Syphilitic Resurgence in an HIV Infected Male. Optometry-Journal of the American Optometric Association. Nov 2008; 79(11)687-691.

    2008 Harris, T., Optometric Education, Volume 34, Number 1, Fall 2008. My Best Day in Optometric Education: Teaching will touch a Life Forever

    2008 Optometric Education, Think Tank, Volume 33, Number 2, Spring 2008.Participants from the ASCO Summer Institute for Faculty Development Discuss How the Schools and Colleges of Optometry Can Attract and Develop the Next Generation of Faculty Leaders

    2007 Harris T., Clinical Findings and Management of Pseudopapilledema Due to Optic Nerve Head.Drusen. Indiana Journal of Optometry, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2007

    De La Rosa R.., Harris T., Henderson P. Paracentral Homonymous Visual Field Defect Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythtematous, American Academy of Optometry, October 2008

    Parsons K., Sandell L., Harris T. Idiopathic Intracranial hypertension in the Presence of a Chiari I Malformation. American Academy of Optometry, October 2007

    Harris T., Prange V. The Resurgence of Luetic Disease. American Academy of Optometry, December, 2006

    Harris T., Grogg JA. Transverse Myelitis as a Precursor to Multiple Sclerosis. American Academy of Optometry, December 2006

    Gray K., Harris T., Lyon D. A Case of Septo-Optic Dysplasia in a Ten-Year Old Male. American Academy of Optometry, December 2006

    Grogg JA, Harris T., Kohne K., Malinovsky V. Ectrodactyly-Ectodermal Dysplasia (EED). American Academy of Optometry, December 2005