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amarchi2Archila2 Associate-Deans Contact-Lens Primary-Care UH-Main-Campus Faculty UHCO-ALL UHCO-Faculty-Staff Clinical-Operations OPT WEB ALL Administration Attending Clinical-Sciences
Clinical Professor
Associate Dean for Clinical Operations
- amarchila@uh.edu
- 713-743-7888
Dr. Andrew M. Archila grew up in the Chicagoland area before moving to South Texas. There he obtained his Bachelor of Science and Doctorate in Optometry from the University of Houston College of Optometry. Dr. Archila went on to enjoy a 22-year Naval career attaining the rank of Captain, where he was able to use his administrative and clinical talents. While in an out service Navy program he was able to earn an MBA in Health Care Administration from the City University of New York while concurrently earned a Fellowship in Clinical Administration and Optometric Management at the State University of New York College of Optometry. Dr. Archila has held several naval leadership roles in clinical practice environments, such as Officer in Charge, Executive Officer, and Commanding Officer, which encompassed all aspects overseeing daily operations, budget, and patient care of these healthcare facilities. He was selected as the Navy’s Junior Optometrist of the Year in 2003 and the Armed Forces Optometric Society’s Navy Optometrist of the Year for 2014. In addition, Dr. Archila has earned several Navy service medals.
Dr. Archila recently joined the University of Houston College of Optometry as Associate Dean for Clinical Operations and as a Clinical Professor.
jbergma2Bergmanson9999 Contact-Lens Specialty-Contact-Lens UH-Main-Campus Faculty UHCO-ALL UHCO-Faculty-Staff OPT WEB ALL Clinical-Translational-Research Ocular-Biology Attending Clinical-Sciences Research
Area of Research
Clinical Translational ResearchOcular Biology
Interests
contact lens designs and materials, effects on the ocular surface, ocular histopathology
Professor
- jbergmanson@uh.edu
- 713-743-1950
Jan PG Bergmanson, OD, PhD, PhD h.c., DSc, is the Brien A. Holden Professor of Optometry at University of Houston College of Optometry, founding Director of the Texas Eye Research and Technology Center, is licensed in Texas as a Therapeutic Optometrist and an Optometric Glaucoma Specialist. He is a Fellow of American Academy of Optometry (AAO), where he is a Diplomate in the Cornea, Contact Lens and Refractive Technologies Section and a Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society. He is a Lifetime Honorary Member of the Swedish and Dutch Optometric Associations, was elected 2013 to Life Fellowship of The College of Optometrists, United Kingdom. Awards received include British Contact Lens Association’s Gold Medal (1998), Texas Optometric Association’s Educator of the Year Award (2002), AAO Max Schapero Lecture Award (2006), 2014 American Optometric Association Legend Award, IACLE America’s Contact Lens Educator of the Year Award (2017), 2018 Joseph Dallos Award presented by Contact Lens Manufacturers Association and 2019 Pioneer Excellence Award by International Summit of Specialty Contact Lenses. Scholarship encompasses over 160 clinical and scientific publications, 9 chapters in texts, one book, now in its 29th edition and one patent.
daberntsBerntsen7 Department-Chairs UH-Main-Campus Faculty UHCO-ALL UHCO-Faculty-Staff OPT WEB ALL Biomedical-Optics Clinical-Translational-Research Administration Attending Clinical-Sciences Research
Area of Research
Clinical Translational ResearchBiomedical Optics
Interests
myopia, contact lenses, and aberrations of the eye, clinical research
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Clinical Sciences
Golden-Golden Professor of Optometry
- dberntsen@uh.edu
- 713-743-5836
David A. Berntsen, OD PhD is an Associate Professor and the Golden-Golden Professor of Optometry at the University of Houston College of Optometry where he teaches in the graduate and professional programs. He is the Chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences and conducts research on myopia, contact lenses, visual performance, and aberrations of the eye. He completed his Doctor of Optometry degree at the University of Houston and a Cornea and Contact Lens Advanced Practice Fellowship, MS, and PhD at The Ohio State University. He conducted the Study of Theories about Myopia Progression (STAMP), a two-year clinical trial evaluating theories of juvenile-onset myopia progression, and is the Principal Investigator of the University of Houston clinical site for the Bifocal Lenses In Nearsighted Kids (BLINK) Study and the BLINK2 Study, a multicenter study sponsored by the National Eye Institute evaluating contact lenses for myopia control. Dr. Berntsen serves on the American Academy of Optometry’s Scientific Program Committee.
machand2Chandler9999 Pediatrics-and-Binocular-Vision UH-Main-Campus Faculty UHCO-ALL UHCO-Faculty-Staff OPT WEB ALL Biomedical-Optics Clinical-Translational-Research Attending Clinical-Sciences Research
Area of Research
Clinical Translational ResearchBiomedical Optics
Clinical Asst Prof
- machand2@Central.UH.EDU
- 713-743-0215
hchengCheng9999 Primary-Care UH-Main-Campus Faculty UHCO-ALL UHCO-Faculty-Staff Biomedical-Optics Clinical-Translational-Research Visual-Neuroscience Attending Clinical-Sciences Research
Area of Research
Clinical Translational ResearchBiomedical OpticsVisual Neuroscience
Interests
Noninvasive functional and structural evaluation of the visual pathways under normal and pathological conditions
Clinical Professor
- hcheng@central.uh.edu
- 713-743-2580
Dr. Cheng earned both her PhD and OD degrees from the University of Houston, College of Optometry. After graduation, she became an associate in a private practice at Sugarland, Texas. She joined the MacGregor Medical Association in 1999 and practiced optometry there until she became a faculty member at the UH College of Optometry in 2002.
mafittaFitta9999 Primary-Care UH-Main-Campus Faculty UHCO-ALL UHCO-Faculty-Staff OPT WEB ALL Attending Clinical-Sciences
Clinical Asst Prof
- mafitta@Central.UH.EDU
- 713-743-4813
Dr. Meron Fitta was born and raised in Silver Spring, MD. She was in the Honors Humanities College at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in General Biology and minor in Global Poverty in 2015. She received the College of Optometrists in Vision Development Award for Excellence in Vision and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University in 2021. While at Pennsylvania College of Optometry, she was the President and Founder of the D.C/Maryland/Virginia (DMV)Optometric Student Association, served as Class Council Vice President, and held leadership roles in the National Optometric Student Association and the College of Optometrist in Vision Development. After graduation, she pursued a residency in Ocular Disease at Seidenberg &Protzko Eye Associates in Havre De Grace, MD. Dr. Fitta is a Beta Sigma Kappa International Optometric Honors Society member and a Student Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.
algaumeGaume9999 Contact-Lens Dry-Eye UH-Main-Campus Faculty UHCO-ALL UHCO-Faculty-Staff OPT WEB ALL Biomedical-Optics Clinical-Translational-Research Attending Clinical-Sciences Research
Area of Research
Clinical Translational ResearchBiomedical Optics
Clinical Professor
- agaume@uh.edu
- 713-743-1935
Dr. Gaume Giannoni is a 2001 graduate of the University of Houston College of Optometry (UHCO), where she also completed a Fellowship in Cornea and Contact Lens Research with the Texas Eye Research and Technology Center. She is currently a Clinical Professor at UHCO and is the Director of the Dry Eye Center at the University Eye Institute. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, she recently added the role of Director of Infectious Disease for the College.
Dr. Gaume Giannoni teaches in all aspects of the optometry program, including the didactic curriculum, clinical laboratories, and direct patient care, and is a clinical examiner in the NEI-sponsored BLINK2 study (Bifocal Lenses in Near Sighted Kids). She has received numerous teaching awards, including the prestigious UH System’s Provost Award for Teaching Excellence (2015), the Women’s Gender Resource Center Distinguished Clinical Faculty Award (2016), the Cora and J. Davis Armistead Teaching Excellence Award (2017) and ten “Outstanding UHCO Faculty” Awards, determined by the student body.
She is a Stage III Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. She serves on the Editorial Boards for Advanced Ocular Care and the Journal for Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disease and has been the co-editor for Ocular Surface News and a columnist for Contact Lens Spectrum since 2008.
aticakGostovic9999 Contact-Lens Dry-Eye UH-Main-Campus Faculty UHCO-ALL UHCO-Faculty-Staff OPT WEB ALL Biomedical-Optics Clinical-Translational-Research Attending Clinical-Sciences Research
