Dr. Tamara Petrosyan is an associate clinical professor at SUNY College of Optometry in the Primary Care, Ocular Disease, Pediatrics, and Vision Therapy departments. Dr. Petrosyan lectures internationally and has published articles and book chapters on various topics. Dr. Petrosyan helped implement free pediatric exams for over 30,000 children through the Armenian Eyecare Project, developed over a dozen vision therapy workbooks, and helped start and previously worked with Anteo Health where she developed all of the vision therapy content. She is helping develop the first Armenian Optometric Association. 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). Among others, Dr. Petrosyan has been awarded the Young Optometrist of the Year and Optometrist of the Year from NJSOP and the Young Optometrist of the Year award from the AOA.
Education
OD, Doctor of Optometry, SUNY College of Optometry, 2009
Residency/Other Post Graduate Training
- Northport VA Medical Center, 2010
Awards/Honors
Merit Award, 2021
SUNY Optometry Merit Award, 2021
SUNY Optometry Merit Award, 2020
Dr. Paul Berman Distinguished Service Award, 2019
David Sullins Jr. InfantSEE Award, 2019
Optometrist of the Year, 2019
Optometrist of the Year, 2019
Optometrist of the Year, 2019
Merit Award, 2018
President's Recognition Award, 2018
Merit Award, 2017
Merit Award, 2016
Optometric Journalist Award, 2015
Young Optometrist of the Year, 2015
Young Optometrist of the Year, 2014
Chairperson of the Year, 2013
Beta Sigma Kappa International Optometric Honor Society, 2009
William Feinbloom Low Vision Award, 2009
President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, 2006
Professional Experience
Associate Clinical Professor, NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, East New York, 2017 - Present
Associate Clinical Professor , SUNY College of Optometry, 2017 - Present
Optometrist, Community Healthcare Network, 2019 - 2021
Assistant Clinical Professor, SUNY College of Optometry, 2011 - 2017
Publications
Dos and Don'ts of Binocular Vision Testing. Review of Optometry 2021;158(1):44-49., 2021
Pediatric Vision Development and the Importance of Comprehensive Eye Exams.” American Optometric Association Paraoptometric Resource Center. Nov 2020. , 2020
Multitasking a perceptual activity. Vision Dev & Rehab 2020;6(4):284-94., 2020
Perceived importance of and equipment used for home vision therapy activities. Vision Dev & Rehab 2020;6(2):166-9., 2020
Appropriate Testing by Age for Pediatric Comprehensive Eye and Vision Examinations, Eye on New Jersey Winter 2020 10-11 10-11, 2020
Helping Patients Succeed During Digital Screen Overload, Eye on New Jersey Winter 2020 12-14 12-14, 2020
Chalazia, Clinical Cases in Eye Care 2019
Ocular Effects of Hypertension , Clinical Cases in Eye Care 2019
Pupil Testing in the Optometric Practice. American Optometric Association Paraoptometric Resource Center. April 2019. , 2019
What is Visual Motion Hypersensitivity.” Vision Dev & Rehab 2019; 5(1): 8-13. http://pubs.covd.org/VDR/issue5-1/index.html. , 2019
New Jersey InfantSEE Update, Eye on New Jersey Spring 2019 12-13 12-13, 2019
Pupil Testing in the Optometric Practice, American Optometric Association Paraoptometric Resource Center April 2019 (https://www.aoa.org/documents/paras/PUPIL-TESTING-April-2019.pdf): 2019
What is Visual Motion Hypersensitivity, Vision Development and Rehabilitation 5 (1): 8-13 8-13, 2019
New Lens Technologies for the Technology Filled World, Eye on New Jersey Fall 2018: 15 15 15, 2018
Should You Have Your Infant’s Eyes Checked?, Eyecare.org 2018
The Ultimate List of Toys to Help Visual Development, Eyecare.org 2018
Vision, Reading, and Academic Performance, Eyecare.org 2018
Visual Dysfunction in Patients with Autism, Eyecare.org 2018
Visual Information Processing, Eye on New Jersey Fall 2018 23-26 23-26, 2018
Cosmetics and the Eye: How Your Beauty Products Could Be Harming Your Eyes, American Optometric Association Paraoptometric Resource Center 2018
New Release of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline: Comprehensive Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination, Current Advances in Ophthalmology 5-6 5-6, 2017
EnChroma, Color for the Colorblind, Eye on New Jersey Spring 2017 14-15 14-15, 2017
“Introducing Vision Therapy into your Practice and How To Bill for It, Eye on New Jersey Summer 2017 13-18 13-18, 2017
Ocular and Visual Adverse Reactions of Common Systemic Medications, American Optometric Association Paraoptometric Resource Center 2017
Identifying patients who need vision rehabilitation and therapy, Women in Optometry 2016
Your Baby's Developing Vision and the InfantSEE Program, NJSOP Members Showcase 2016
Characteristics and management of vertical deviations in an urban academic clinic: A retrospective analysis, Vision Development and Rehabilitation 2 (2): 123-131 123-131, 2016
Impact of makeup on the ocular surface and dry eye disease, Eye on New Jersey Spring 2016 12-13 12-13, 2016
Updates in Spectacle Prescribing for the Pediatric Population, Eye on New Jersey Fall 2016 14-16 14-16, 2016
How Important is Vision in Learning to Read, PreK Pages 2016
Let Them Play! Toys That Also Improve Vision, OLC Spirit 2016
Pink Eye 101, OLC Spirit 2016
Tips for Applying Eye Makeup Safely, SUNY Health Insights 2016
What To Do When Your Kids Need Glasses, New Jersey Family 2016
Characteristics and management of vertical deviations in an urban academic clinic: A retrospective analysis., Vision Development & Rehabilitation 2 (2): 123-131 123-131, 2016
Amblyopia: The Pathophysiology Behind It and Its Treatment, American Optometric Association Paraoptometric Resource Center 2016
Optometric Special Testing , (4): 2015
Adverse Drug Reactions of Oral Medications, Eye on New Jersey Winter 2016 15 15, 2015
Shaw Lens can help patients with Aniseikonia, Eye on New Jersey Winter 2015 2015
Vision as an Essential Health Benefit – A Review for Nurses and Educators, Eyecare.org 2014
Focusing, eye teaming, and eye tracking dysfunctions, Eyecare.org 2013
Identifying Patients in Your Office Who Need Vision Rehabilitation and Therapy, Eye on New Jersey Winter 2013 5-7 5-7, 2013
Pregnancy and the Eye, The Heartbeat of Refuah December 2013 29-30 29-30, 2013
