Speakers

Dr. Bhakhri is an assistant professor at SCCO in low vision and ocular disease. He currently teaches the retina and low vision courses at SCCO. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and received his Doctor of Optometry degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University. Dr. Bhakhri completed a post-graduate residency at the Illinois College of Optometry/Chicago Lighthouse in low vision and ocular disease. He is currently a member of the Orange County Optometric Society, California Optometric Association, and the American Optometric Association. Dr. Bhakhri is also a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and currently serves as the vice chair of their Faculty-Student liaison committee. Dr. Bhakhri lectures frequently at the local, state, and national level on various ocular disease topics and low vision rehabilitation.

Justin Kwan, OD, FAAO is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley where he also earned his Doctor of Optometry degree. He then completed a research fellowship and residency at Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) where he has taught for the past seven years. At the University Eye Center, he served as chief of the contact lens service and also directed the dry eye clinic. He specializes and is passionate about dry eye, keratoconus, refractive surgery, orthokeratology, myopia control and multifocal contact lenses. Dr. Kwan is a reviewer for many professional journals and collaborates with optometrists and ophthalmologists nationwide in clinical research and professional meetings. He has also served on the board of the Orange County Optometric Society as the legislative chair and won “young optometrist of the year” in February 2018 from the California Optometric Association. He is currently a full time associate optometrist at Professional Eye Care Center in Chicago, Illinois.