Dr. Rebecca Chippior
Dr. Rebecca Chippior graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry on the Dean's Honours List following the completion of her Honours BSc degree in Biomedical Science. Dr. Chippior had a passion for eye care since high school and has worked in a number of eye care settings as a university student in the Ottawa Valley and in Waterloo, ON. In her externship year she participated in a volunteer eye care mission in Mexico, trained in a primary care setting in a private practice in Boston, MA and completed an ocular disease rotation in Mobile, AL. She was very...
Dr. Brandon Stephens
Dr. Brandon Stephens graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry on the Dean’s Honours List after also completing an Honours Bachelor of Science degree. During his final year of training, Dr. Stephens completed an externship focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of ocular disease at an ophthalmic surgical centre in Mobile, Alabama alongside cataract, glaucoma, oculoplastic and vitreo-retinal specialists. Dr. Stephens also received advanced contact lens training in Jacksonville, Florida and was one of twelve members of his graduating class selected to attend an ophthalmic therapeutics course in Fort Worth, Texas. Upon graduation, Dr. Stephens was the recipient...
Dr. Tiffany Nazareth
Dr. Tiffany Nazareth graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science on the Dean’s Honour List, after completing her Bachelor of Science in Anatomy and Cell Biology from McGill University. During her externship year, she worked at the Veterans’ Affairs Medical Centre in Lexington, Kentucky, managing diabetes, glaucoma, pre- and post-operative cataract procedures and macular degeneration. Dr. Nazareth is originally from the Toronto area, and has worked alongside optometrists in North York, Woodbridge and Brampton. She has also served on an eye-care mission to Peru with Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH). As a certified member...
Dr. Alexander Yowakim
Dr. Alex Yowakim graduated with Dean’s Honours from the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Waterloo. He received early acceptance into the program after only three years in undergraduate Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, where he was awarded the Dean’s Award of Excellence. In his final year of studies, Dr. Yowakim completed an externship at the Tallahassee Veteran’s Affairs Hospital in Florida, where he worked alongside eye surgeons and managed ocular diseases including cataracts, diabetes, glaucoma, uveitis and macular degeneration. He is fully licensed to prescribe ocular therapeutics and is an active member of...
Dr. Samantha Chapman
Dr. Samantha Chapman graduated from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry on the Dean’s Honour List, after having completed her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from McGill University. As part of her training, she completed several externships, including one in Pinellas Park, Florida, where she worked with retinal, cataract, and oculoplastic specialists. She also completed primary care externships in Orangeville and Mississauga. Dr. Chapman was the president of the Canadian Association of Optometry Students (CAOS) and an active member of the student Lion’s Club at the University of Waterloo. She was an executive of the student Volunteer Optometric...
Dr. Erin Runté
Erin graduated from the University of Waterloo Doctor of Optometry program after completing her Master's of Optometry at Aston University and a Bachelor's degree in Microbiology & Immunology at Dalhousie University. She is now licensed in both the UK and Canada as an optometrist. During her externships she completed placements at a primary care clinic in Guelph and an ophthalmology clinic in Brantford that had an emphasis on cataract surgery and glaucoma management as well as seeing emergency patients on call. Erin has always been passionate about eyes and has been wanting to pursue a career in optometry since she...
Dr. Roman Meda
Dr. Roman Meda graduated Magna Cum Laude from Ivano-Frankivsk Medical University in Ukraine in 2003 where he received his MD degree. After completing a residency program in Ophthalmology he worked as a general ophthalmologist at the Regional Hospital in Ivano-Frankivsk. In 2010 Dr. Meda moved to Canada where he worked as a clinical research assistant and went on to obtain a Master's degree in Biomedical Science from the University of Montreal in glaucoma treatment. In 2018, after completing the Optometry Bridging Program at the School of Optometry at the University of Montreal he started working as an optometrist in the Montreal area. In 2019, Dr. Meda became...