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Judy Tong

Judy Tong
Judy Tong, OD, FAAO
Education

BS, University of California, Berkeley
OD, SCCO
Residency in Primary Care Optometry, The Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Biography

Dr. Judy Tong is an Associate Professor of Optometry and Assistant Dean of Residencies at the Southern California College of Optometry of the Marshall B. Ketchum University. She received her BS degree in Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley and her OD degree from the Southern California College of Optometry. She completed a one-year residency in Primary Care Optometry at the Eye Institute of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (Salus University). As the Assistant Dean of Residencies since November 2003, Dr. Tong serves to provide global administrative and educational direction to 24 residency programs across 6 different states. Her main academic responsibility is teaching anterior segment diseases, basic and advanced procedures including lasers, injection, and suturing. Dr. Tong is one of the core instructors of the glaucoma certification courses and grand rounds program in California. Dr. Tong’s research activities include being the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on two phase III antibiotic drug trials and major allergy study.