Ruth Shoge OD, MPH, FAAO
https://eyecare.berkeley.edu/doctors/ruth-shoge/
Dr. Ruth Shoge received her Doctor of Optometry degree from and completed a residency in Pediatrics and Vision Therapy at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO). She received her Master of Public Health from Temple University with a concentration in Social and Behavioral Science.
- During that time, she developed a special interest in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, which includes addressing health disparity concerns through cultural competency training, recruitment and retention strategies, and curriculum reform.
- Her final master’s project was titled “Social Experiences of Underrepresented Minority Optometry Students.”
- She currently serves as Chair of ASCO's Diversity and Cultural Competency Committee, which promotes racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion initiatives at optometric institutions.
- Dr. Shoge also recently started her own consulting company to deliver lectures and workshops to academic, research, corporate, and student members of the optometric industry.
As a clinical educator, Dr. Shoge’s specialties include pediatric care, binocular vision disorders, vision disorders related to TBI, and vision therapy. In the clinical setting, Dr. Shoge aims to provide and model clinical competence and cultural humility to her students as they care for their patients. She serves as an investigator in several federally funded research studies which investigate pediatric and adult visual conditions such as amblyopia, strabismus, myopia, and concussion-related vision disorders. She has also had the opportunity to present nationally and internationally about binocular vision, vision therapy, and the management of concussion-related vision disorders and has delivered cultural competency workshops.
- -- from her Berkekey.edu bio
Editor's Note: Dr. Shoge was my eye doctor while she was at the The Eye Institute in Philadelphia. Her persistence and kindness made my visits with her memorable. Stan (talk) 09:36, 23 August 2022 (EDT)
