Kristine Eng named Optometrist of the Year

As an optometrist, one of the most meaningful recognitions that we get as eye doctors is from our patients, but next to that, the most meaningful is from our colleagues. Being selected to receive the recognition of OD of the Year from our own colleagues has very special meaning.

Dr. Kristine Eng graduated from the UC Berkeley School of Optometry in 1998.  She was awarded the ACCCOS Young Optometrist of the Year in 2009, and the American Optometric Association Young Optometrist of the Year in 2005 for her service to her community as well as the optometric profession. She also had the honor of being included in Vision Monday's 2006 "Fifty Most Influential Women in Optometry."

The last few years she has dedicated more time locally and enjoys participating on the local preschool board as well as being an active member of the Lamorinda Moms Club. In her free time she enjoys skiing, golfing and traveling with her family. In the photo is her husband, Michael T. Smith, Kristine Eng, and her two children, Anarose and Pierson.

Andrea De Souza wins COA Young OD of the Year award

ACCCOS' own Dr. Andrea De Souza won COA Young OD of the Year for 2015 and was awarded at this year's House of Delegates meeting. Dr. De Souza, a native Canadian, received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the New England College of Optometry and completed her residency training in Primary Care and Contact Lens at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. Today, Dr. De Souza works as a clinical instructor at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry teaching third and fourth year students in the field of ocular disease, contact lenses and primary care. She also provides pre-operative and post- operative care at the University's Refractive Surgery Center and assists in the glaucoma certification of Optometrists during Glaucoma Grand Rounds lectures at UC Berkeley. 

Since 2014 she has served on the board of the Alameda and Contra Costa Counties Optometric Society, first as Director of Education and currently as President-Elect. She has published two articles in COA's Online CE on the topics of Herpetic Epithelial Keratitis and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome.