Vanessa A. Tarud, OD

Dr. Vanessa A. Tarud

Dr. Tarud has recently joined the Comprehensive Eye Section, with special interests in primary care ocular diseases and refractive correction, in the form of spectacles and contact lenses, including specialty fittings for astigmatism, presbyopia, dry eye, corneal degenerations and post-surgical patients.

Work address:

Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Yale University School of Medicine
40 Temple Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06510

Telephone:

Office: 203.785.2020
Fax: 203.785.5909

Email:
vanessa.tarud@yale.edu

Education:

2001-2005
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Bachelor of Science of Optometry (2003)
Doctor of Optometry (2005)

2006-2007
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami, FL
Residency in Ocular Disease

1997-2001
Universidad Metropolitana
Barranquilla, Colombia
Optometry Program

Honors:
Beta Sigma Kappa International Optometric Honor Society

Professional:

2003-2004
Ophthalmic Optics Assistant Instructor
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN

2005
Clinical Instructor
Universidad Metropolitana
Barranquilla, Colombia

2005-2006
Associate Optometrist
Centro Optico de la Costa
Barranquilla, Colombia

Licensure:
Current
Connecticut
002716

Florida
OPC 4109

Societies:

American Optometric Association (AOA)
Florida Optometric Association (FOA)

Awards:
April 2004
Jack W. Bennett Endowed Scholarship
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN

Invited Lectures:

October 2007
American Academy of Optometry Meeting
Tampa, FL
Poster presentation:
“Foster Kennedy Syndrome in a Spenoid Wing Meningioma” 

April 2007
Keynote speakers:  Mark T. Dunbar and Vanessa A. Tarud
Pereira/Bogota, Colombia
“Novel New Treatments for Retinal Disease”
“New Horizons in Macular Disease and the Impact of OCT”
“Sherlock Holmes Approach to the Red Eye”

June 2005
Barranquilla, Colombia
Regional Conference
“Case of a Persistent Red Eye”

March 1999
Barranquilla, Colombia
“Overview of Ophthalmic Lens Production”