Bio
Dr. Tamara Petrosyan is an associate clinical professor at SUNY College of Optometry and NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, East New York where she has worked in the Primary Care, Contact Lens, Ocular Disease, Pediatrics, Children With Special Needs, Vision Therapy, and Head Trauma departments. She lectures internationally, has developed over a dozen vision therapy workbooks, and has published articles and book chapters on various topics. Dr. Petrosyan is helping create and develop the profession of Optometry in Armenia and has helped implement free comprehensive pediatric exams and glasses for over 60,000 children through the Armenian Eyecare Project. She developed a comprehensive school vision screening protocol which has been adopted by the Armenian Ministry of Health and as of 2025 her methodology and training has been included in the national screening program for all school children in Armenia.
Dr. Petrosyan is a mentor for doctors pursuing fellowship in Optometric Visual Development and Rehabilitation (OVDRA) and is on the review board of the Optometry and Visual Performance journal. She is the InfantSEE liaison for New Jersey, head of the clinical care committees for pediatrics and vision therapy, and previously on the board of directors for the New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians (NJSOP). She is currently a consultant Bernell and Smart Optometry, on the board of directors for the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF) and part of the American Optometric Association (AOA) Paraoptometric Resource Center Committee. Among others, Dr. Petrosyan has been awarded the Young Optometrist of the Year and Optometrist of the Year from NJSOP, Alumni of the Year by SUNY Optometry, and the Young Optometrist of the Year from the AOA. In her free time, she likes to do paint by numbers, volunteers as a class mom, and is part of the school PTA board for her 4 kids.
