The Pediatric Eye Exam Quick Reference Guide: Office and Emergency Room Procedures

Lily Zhu-Tam graduated from SUNY College of Optometry and completed her residency program at Salus University in pediatric and binocular vision. Thereafter, she joined the faculty at SUNY College of Optometry as an Assistant Clinical Professor. She was then promoted to Director of the Optometry Residency Program at the Bronx Care Health System. Where she was the co-founder of the Primary Care and Ocular Disease Residency Program for advance clinical training at the hospital and the creator of the on-call program for optometry residents in the hospital’s emergency department. Later she created the first Pediatric Optometry Clinic for Mt. Sinai at Queens General Hospital. She has published clinical articles, lectured at CE classes and was an active research examiner in the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial, a national randomized multi-center trial sponsored by the National Eye Institute. Along with her decade of academic experience, she also has experience working as the medical director of a multi-office private practice. Given her academic and clinical experiences combined with her passion for pediatrics, it has led her to become the founder of Citywide Eye Care.

Ida Chung is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and associate professor of optometry at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Cornell University in 1989, her Doctor of Optometry from the SUNY College of Optometry in 1993 and completed a residency in pediatrics and binocular vision at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1994. Dr. Chung obtained her fellowship in developmental vision and vision therapy from the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) in 1996 and became a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry in 2001. She taught for 19 years at the SUNY College of Optometry where she served as Chief of Pediatrics at the Eye Care Institute and a vision consultant for various community agencies. Dr. Chung is currently serving as the President of the California Optometric Association, is past president of COVD, and served on the executive board of the New York State Optometric Association. She is a principal investigator for the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group with research interest in the areas of pediatric vision care. Dr. Chung has published extensively and is a frequent invited lecturer to practicing optometrists both domestically and internationally.