Dr. Virginia Donati graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 2006 with a citation for clinical excellence, and earned the Student Award in Clinical Ethics presented by the American Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO). Since that time, she has been involved in the ongoing process of expanding vision therapy in Canada. Dr. Donati was the founding vice president of Vision Therapy Canada (formerly COVT&R) and was president until 2021.
Dr. Donati lectures internationally on the subject of binocular vision and vision therapy and is involved extensively in training. She is the lead instructor for VTC’s Practical Vision Therapy Accreditation Program (PVTAP) and is an instructor for the Optometric Extension Program (OEP).
Dr. Donati is the chair of the Continuing Education Committee and sits of the board of directors for the Ontario Association of Optometrists. She is board certified in vision therapy as a fellow in the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) and a fellow in the Canadian College of Specialties in Optometry (CCSO).
Dr. Donati is a mother of three young children, including one reformed anisometropic amblyope and one reformed intermittent strabismic.