Dr. Allison Bridge
Dr. Allison Bridge graduated with honours from the School of Optometry at the University of Waterloo in 2011. Previous to optometry, she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences, graduating from Brock University on the Dean’s honour list. Dr. Bridge grew up in Shelburne, Ontario and is a member of the Canadian Association of Optometrists as well as the Ontario Association of Optometrists. During her optometric training, Dr. Bridge had the opportunity to work alongside several ophthalmologists, locally...
Dr. Jenna Astorino
After receiving an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from York University, Dr. Jenna Astorino earned her Doctorate of Optometry from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science, graduating as a member of the Dean's Honour List. Throughout her training, Dr. Astorino completed several internships that focused on ocular health and disease, therapeutics, binocular vision, sports vision, paediatrics, low vision, contact lenses, and refractive surgery co- management....
Dr. Monica Lee
Dr. Monica Lee earned her Doctor of Optometry degree at the University of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science. She has a keen interest in myopia control and dry eye management and has worked with a wide array of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, including atropine, specialized soft contact lenses, and orthokeratology. During her training, she completed an Ocular Disease externship at John D. Dingell Medical Center. Dr. Lee is grateful to be a part of a profession where she...
Dr. Christine Chow
Born and raised in Markham, Ontario, Dr. Christine Chow graduated with her Doctor of Optometry on the Dean’s Honours List, courtesy of the University of Waterloo. She completed clinical externships across Canada in New Brunswick and Manitoba and was awarded the OSI Vision Entrepreneurship Award for her perspectives on independent optometry and rural access to care. Her interests include scleral lenses and behavioural optometry (in the forms of neuro-optometric visual rehabilitation and vision therapy). Prior to optometry school, Dr. Chow...
Dr. Terry Chalaturnyk
Dr. Terry Chalaturnyk graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Doctor of Optometry in 1978. After graduation, he worked with Dr. Price in Kitchener, Ontario before moving to his home province of Manitoba, where he gained experience in determining what kind of optometric practice he wanted to establish. In 1982, a small optometric practice was for sale in the town of Newmarket just north of Toronto. It did not take long to realize that this area would be the...