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Taras Litvin
OD PhD
Optometrist
Explorer of history, cultures and cuisines
Dr. Taras Litvin is an optometrist who practices comprehensive eye care. He has a special interest in caring for patients with glaucoma and diabetic eye disease.
Litvin's research focuses on developing and applying novel diagnostic techniques in the management of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, a condition in which high blood sugar damages blood vessels in the retina.
Litvin earned his doctor of optometry degree at the University of California, Berkeley. He then completed a residency in ocular disease at UC Berkeley School of Optometry, where he stayed on as an assistant clinical professor. Embracing an interest in clinical research, he later earned a doctorate in vision science at UC Berkeley.
Litvin is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.
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Education
University of California at Berkeley School of Optometry, 2009
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Residencies
UC Berkeley School of Optometry, OD, 2009
UC Berkeley School of Optometry, Ocular Disease, 2010
UC Berkeley, PhD, Vision Science, 2016