2018 Speaker Bureau Book

Sherry J. Bass, OD, FAAO, FCOVD

Title: Professor at SUNY State College, Co-Author, consultant to the Office of Professional Discipline for New York State

Location: Woodmere, NY

Specialty: Retinal, Corneal and Glaucoma

Type: Lecture, CE, National, International

Bio: Dr. Sherry J. Bass is a 1980 graduate of the SUNY State College of Optometry and has been in private practice since 1981. In addition, Dr. Bass is a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the SUNY State College of Optometry where she has been a member of the faculty since 1980. She has taught courses and examined patients in the Ocular Disease and Special Testing Clinic, where she works closely with retinal, corneal and glaucoma specialists. Dr. Bass has over 100 articles in print and has co-authored several textbook chapters in examination of the eye. She is currently co-authoring a book entitled "Avoiding Malpractice: The Do's and Don’ts of Rendering Optometric Care". Dr. Bass served on the New York State Board for Optometry for 10 years and is currently a consultant to the Office of Professional Discipline for New York State. Dr. Bass is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development. She is also a member of the prestigious Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and has presented results of her research projects at their annual meeting for the past 27 years. She has been a member of the New York State Optometric Association and American Optometric Association for 36 years.

Dr. Bass has a national and international reputation as a continuing education lecturer and has presented at over 100 meetings across the country and around the world.

Dr. Bass also maintains her private practice in Woodmere, New York, where she uses her expertise to offer services in all aspects of eye care to patients of all ages. In addition, her specialty in private practice includes the evaluation of children with learning related vision disorders and adults with functional vision problems.