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• Member of California Optometric Laser Associates

Dr. Jeffrey Fanelli, O.D. was born and raised in West San Jose, where he graduated from Blackford High School and received academic honors including a California State Scholarship award to the University of Santa Clara. In 1979, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Combined Sciences. Before entering Optometry School, Dr. Fanelli worked at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale as a Communication Satellite Operations Engineer. He received his Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern California College of Optometry in 1984. While in Optometry school, Dr. Fanelli was active in many academic, administrative, and professional optometric organizations. Following graduation, Dr. Fanelli started his optometric practice with an established optometrist in San Jose who was world known for his contact lens care products. He spent about two years with him, gaining much experience in the area of contact lenses. In early 1985, Dr. Fanelli began working with one of the top ophthalmologists (eye surgeons) in Santa Cruz, who had an outpatient surgical center adjacent to his office and specialized in cataract surgery, corneal transplants, radial keratotomy, laser treatment, cosmetic eye surgery, retinal photography, and contact lenses. Dr. Fanelli spent over five years, part-time, in Santa Cruz adding to his knowledge of vision care. Dr. Fanelli is a member of California Optometric Laser Associates, the American Optometric Association, California Optometric Association, and Santa Clara County Optometric Society (S.C.C.O.S.), in which he served on the Board as Director of Communications for several years. He has worked extensively in the past on the S.C.C.O.S. "Save your Vision Month" project. Dr. Fanelli has been on local radio stations such as KBAY, KLIV, and KARA, along with the San Jose News channel, KNTV. He has also had several newspaper articles published in many of the local county newspapers, including the San Jose Mercury News, such as "Keep children's good vision and eye safety in mind when selecting toys at Christmas," "Safety Tricks for Halloween," "Vision problems may lead to problems in the classroom," "Tips on selecting the best sunglasses for your eyes," "Medicare vision benefits expanded to include optometry," and "Save your vision month to feature no cost vision screenings and county-wide coloring contest for children." In addition, Dr. Fanelli has helped design many public service messages regarding the above topics for local radio stations. Dr. Fanelli belongs to the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce, University of Santa Clara and Southern California College of Optometry Alumni Associations, Beta Sigma Kappa Honor Fraternity and the Omega Epsilon Phi Fraternity. During the past 30 years, Dr. Fanelli has been practicing optometry, emphasizing family preventive vision care, specialty contact lenses, refractive (including laser vision correction) and cataract surgery co-management, specialized testing for the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma, computer vision ergonomics, and vision perceptual/developmental testing and therapy. In addition, Dr. Fanelli has worked in the practice with 4th year optometry externs from the Illinois College of Optometry, teaching them the clinical and practical skills needed to run a successful optometric practice. Dr. Fanelli and his wife Toinette live in east Campbell. Their son Kevin works in accounting and is studying for his CPA credentials in San Diego. Dr. Fanelli and his family enjoy sports, fitness, boating, traveling, gardening, cooking, and their dog Jillian.

Dr. Jeremy Tsui, O.D. was born and raised in Santa Clara, CA where he resided until 2013 when he left to pursue his undergraduate degree in San Diego. While completing his bachelors degree, he worked as an intern for the EyeMobile at Shiley Eye Institute where he gained experience screening elementary school children for visual disorders in a mobile eye clinic. His time working on the EyeMobile has impressed on him that good vision and healthy eyes can greatly impact a child's success in academics, athletics, and beyond. In 2017, Dr. Tsui graduated from University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and a minor in Cognitive Science. He went on to earn his Doctor of Optometry in 2022 from SUNY College of Optometry in New York City. Dr. Tsui has completed a variety of clinical externships which served to sharpen his clinical skills in the areas of primary care, contact lenses, pediatrics, vision therapy, and ocular disease. He is well practiced in diagnosing and managing patients with conditions such as amblyopia (lazy eye), convergence insufficiency and eye strain, dry eye/ocular surface disorder, glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetic eye disease. Dr. Tsui places a strong emphasis on communication and education and desires every patient to leave their visit clearly understanding the status of their eye health and vision. As a California native, Dr. Tsui is excited to be back in Northern California to serve the community with the knowledge, skills, and perspective that he has obtained in school. Outside of practicing optometry, you will find Dr. Tsui playing guitar, piano, or reading a good book. He also enjoys rooting for the San Francisco 49ers and the Golden State Warriors. Recently introduced to the world of specialty coffee, he also greatly enjoys brewing and enjoying a cup of coffee in the morning with his father.

Dr. Larry Fabian, O.D. graduated Cum Laude from California State University at Northridge, where he received a Bachelors Degree in Biology. He earned an additional Bachelors and his Doctor of Optometry degree upon graduating Magna Cum Laude and class Salutatorian from the Southern California College of Optometry in 1980. During his clinical externship, Dr. Fabian received the following awards: the California Optometric Association Auxiliary Achievement Award for outstanding general clinical abilities, the Vodnoy Vision Therapy Award, the Dow Corning Contact Lens Award, the Designs for Vision/Low Vision Award for excellence in working with the visually handicapped, and the Bernell Clinical Science Award for outstanding performance within the specialty of vision therapy. In addition to these clinical awards, he also received the California Optometric Laboratory Research Award for research into applications of measuring the electrical activity in the visual portion of the brain. He also was named to the Gold Key Honor Society for leadership qualities while in optometry school. In 1980, Dr. Fabian was published in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges. Following graduation, Dr. Fabian worked in a Southern California contact lens clinic specializing in designing cosmetic contact lens effects for the movies and television. He was involved with many designs and fittings, the most well known being the green and white contact lenses used in the television show, The Incredible Hulk. Dr. Fabian's career next led him to the U. S. Army Medical Service Corp, with which he was stationed in West Germany for 3 years. During his assignment as chief of the clinic, Dr. Fabian organized and participated in one of the most active contact lens fitting clinics and one of the very few military clinics to offer a vision therapy program in its community. During the past 30 years, Dr. Fabian has been practicing optometry in a multi-specialty practice in San Jose where he specializes in vision perceptual and developmental testing and therapy for school age children, contact lens fittings, and laser vision correction. He educates parents and teachers on the topic of preventing vision related learning problems. In addition, Dr. Fabian helps his patients understand the importance of good visual ergonomics when working in today's more complex workstation environments. In the time away from their professions, Larry and his wife, Caryn, enjoy snow and water skiing, camping, and are avid travelers. Staying fit is a big emphasis in the Fabian family. They have completed many 10Ks, half marathons, marathons, and triathlons.

Dr. Mary E. Dougherty, O.D. graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, with degrees in Biology and Chemistry. She then went on to the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, Illinois for her Doctor of Optometry. Her optometric training included rotations in the following areas: primary care, contact lens service, pediatrics, low vision, and general opthalmologic service. In the primary care rotation, she diagnosed, treated and managed ocular disease, used diagnostic and therapeutic drugs and also helped patients select frames, fit glasses, and repaired glasses. In the cornea and contact lens section, she fit patients with a wide variety of rigid gas permeable and soft contact lenses. This included lenses to correct astigmatism and bifocal contacts. The pediatric experience consisted of comprehensive optometric care of infants and children. This included evaluation of visual development, binocular vision, strabismus (eye turns), and contact lens fitting. The low vision rotation allowed her to evaluate and manage the care of visually impaired patients. She dispensed magnifiers, telescopes and other low vision devices. Dr. Dougherty's clinical training was extensive and thorough. She was also very active in professional and academic organizations. Dr. Dougherty was honored with the Pediatric/Binocular Vision Department Award for outstanding clinician. Dr. Dougherty also did an internship at the Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. In this experience, she worked closely with opthalmologists (eye surgeons) in the pre-operative and post-operative care of patients with cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic changes, and retinal abnormalities. The large retired population that she worked with at the clinic allowed her to expand her skills in visual field interpretation and retinal photodocumentation. Dr. Dougherty moved to the Bay Area in 1995 and worked with an ophthalmologist who specialized in cataract surgery and glaucoma care. She has worked with Drs. Fabian and Fanelli since 1997. Dr. Dougherty is married and has two children.