Tiffenie Harris, OD, FAAO
Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, Associate Professor
College of Optometry
E-Mail: 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