Paul Chen

Growing up in Paris ON, I gained plenty of exposure to optometrists as a high myope which guided my pathway to UW for both my undergraduate degree and optometry school. As I went through my clerkships and ocular emergencies impacted my family, I started understanding that my interest in ocular disease was important enough that I wanted to explore further training to shape my career around this pillar of optometry. Thus, I am very excited to be the UWOVS Ocular Disease Resident for the next year!

I am currently working in the Ocular Health and Acute Care clinic at the WEI under the supervision of Dr. Sarah MacIver and Dr. Lisa Prokopich. After my residency, I intend to collaborate with local GPs, OMDs, and other healthcare professionals to establish an ocular health focused private practice, with long-term aspirations of supervising/teaching optometry students.