VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM/SEPULVEDA AMBULATORY CARE CENTER AND NURSING HOME RESIDENCY PROGRAM

• JOB/CAREER PLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS AT SEPULVEDA VA FROM 1993 THROUGH 2002
• SEPULVEDA VA RESIDENT PUBLICATIONS ARTICLES PUBLISHED FROM 1993 THROUGH 2003
• SEPULVEDA VA RESIDENTS AAO AND AOA POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1993-2002

JOB/CAREER PLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS AT SEPULVEDA VA FROM 1993 THROUGH 2002
Residency training and certification can provide the optometrist with an advantage over non-residency trained peers. It has often been said that upon completion of a residency, one realizes that he has had the equivalent of 5 years more experience than the classmates with whom he graduated. However, a residency provides more than a concentrated work experience. One acquires a different perspective on patient care and new skills which time alone would not provide.

The residency program coordinator receives requests from various institutions and private practitioners who are hiring new optometrists for their staff and who specifically prefer to have residency-trained individuals. Additionally, the program coordinator is often contacted by hospitals to confirm the completion of residency training as they determine newly-hired optometrist’s clinical privileges.

Residents who have completed the training program pursue a variety of career paths. The following is a summary of all practice modes for 26 past residents from Sepulveda VA (completing the program since 1993). Several residents are involved in more than one mode of practice.

• 54% are in private optometric practice (partnership, associateship, employee, or ownership) full or part time.
• 31% of residents are in some sort of interdisciplinary/medical/optometry-ophthalmology private practice setting full time or part-time.
• 27% of residents are involved in teaching optometry residents, optometry interns, or ophthalmology residents at their job sites (i.e., external rotations, NOT on an optometry school campus)
• 19% of residents remained within the VA system
• 8% are in traditional health maintenance organizations and work with ophthalmologists
• 8% are working at university campus clinics
• 8% teach optometry students on campus at an optometry school (part-time)

No residents are currently employed in commercial practice.

SEPULVEDA VA RESIDENT PUBLICATIONS ARTICLES PUBLISHED FROM 1993 THROUGH 2003
VanWoerkom CA, Ferrucci S. Sector Retinitis Pigmentosa. Optometry: accepted with revisions, January 2003.

Pian D, Ferrucci S, Anderson SF, Wu C. Paramacular Coloboma. Optometry and Vision Science: accepted for publication with revisions, February 2003.

Hoobyar AR, Ferrucci S, Anderson SF, Townsend JC. Juxtapapillary Capillary Hemangioblastoma. Optometry and Vision Science, June 2002. 79 (6): 346-352.

Lyons-Wait VA, Anderson SF, Townsend JC. Ocular and systemic findings and their correlation with hemodynamically significant carotid artery stenosis: a retrospective study. Optom Vis Sci 2002 Jun;79(6):353-62.

Lutz SC, Anderson SF, Wu CY, Townsend JC. Non-Hodgkin’s orbital lymphoma: a case report. Optom Vis Sci 2001 Sep;78(9):639-45.

Lee DS, Anderson SF, Perez EM, Townsend JC. Amelanotic choroidal nevus and melanoma. Optom Vis Sci 2001 Jul;78(7):483-91.

Wu CY, Anderson SF. Suprasellar squamous papillary craniopharyngioma: a case report. Optometry 2001;72:299-308.

Holt LJ, Anderson SF. Bilateral occipital lobe stroke. Optometry 2000;71:690-702.

Hari, U, Anderson SF, Ilsen, PF, Townsend JC. Adult onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy. Br J Optom & Disp 2000; 8(3):102-112.

Fujimoto LT, Anderson SF. Iodine-125 plaque radiotherapy of choroidal hemangioma. Optometry 2000;71:431-438.

Chow MT, Anderson SF. Relapsing polychondritis. Optom Vis Sci 2000;77:286-292.

Tam Sing NM, Anderson SF, Townsend JC. The normal optic nerve head. Optom Vis Sci 2000;77:293-301.

Ulloa TU, Anderson SF. Orbital fibrous histiocytoma: case report and literature review. J Am Optom Assoc 1999;70:253-260.

Seino JY, Anderson SF. Mooren’s ulcer. Optom Vis Sci 1998;75:783-790.

Ferrucci SG, Anderson SF, Townsend JC. Retinitis pigmentosa inversa. Optom Vis Sci 1998;75:560-570.

Palmer-Hall AM, Anderson SF. Paraocular sinus mucoceles. J Am Optom Assoc 1997; 68:725-733.

Villa AM, Anderson SF, Abundo RE. Bilateral disc edema in retinitis pigmentosa. Optom Vis Sci 1997; 74:132-137.

Abundo RE, Orenic CJ, Anderson SF, Townsend JC. Choroidal metastases secondary to carcinoma of the lung. J Am Optom Assoc 1997; 68: 95-108.

Nguyen AT, Anderson SF, Townsend JC. Circumscribed choroidal hemangioma. J Am Optom Assoc 1995; 66:640-645.

Brown JI, Anderson SF, Townsend JC, Bright DC. Papilledema secondary to metastatic prostate disease. J Am Optom Assoc 1994; 65:585-595.

SEPULVEDA VA RESIDENTS AAO AND AOA POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1993-2002
Sector Retinitis Pigmentosa (Craig Van Woerkom, OD and Steven Ferrucci, OD) Poster Presentation, American Academy of Optometry; San Diego, CA: 2002.

Macular Coloboma”( Debi Pian, OD, Steven Ferrucci, OD and Sheila F. Anderson, OD) Poster Presentation, American Academy of Optometry; Philadelphia, PA: December 2001.

Ocular and Systemic Findings and their Correlation with Hemodynamically Significant Carotid Artery Stenosis: A Retrospective Study, (Vicki A. Lyons-Wait, O.D., Sheila F. Anderson, OD, and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Poster – American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, Florida, December 2000.

Non-Hodgkin’s’ Orbital Lymphoma: A Case Report, (Shannon C. Lutz, O.D., Sheila F. Anderson, OD, Connie Y. Wu, O.D., and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Poster – American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, Florida, December 2000.

Amelanotic Choroidal Nevus and Melanoma, (Dennis S. Lee, O.D., Evelyn M. Perez, O.D., Sheila F. Anderson, OD, and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Poster – American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, Florida, December 2000.

Relapsing Polychondritis: Case Report and Literature Review, (Marcellus T. Chow, O.D. and Sheila F. Anderson, OD), Poster – American Academy of Optometry, Seattle, Washington, December 1999.

Suprasellar Squamous Papillary Craniopharyngioma: A Case Report, (Connie Y Wu,. O.D. and Sheila F. Anderson, OD), Poster – American Academy of Optometry, Seattle, Washington, December 1999.

Orbital Fibrous Histiocytoma: Case Report and Literature Review, (Tanya K. Ulloa, O.D. and Sheila F. Anderson, OD), Poster – American Academy of Optometry, San Francisco, California, December 1998.

Conjunctival and Corneal Dysplasia, Carcinoma In situ and Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma, (Rachael L. Garrett, O.D. and Sheila F. Anderson, OD), Poster – American Academy of Optometry, San Francisco, California, December 1998.

Adult Onset Foveomacular Vitelliform Dystrophy, (Usha Hari, O.D., Sheila F. Anderson, OD, Pauline F. Ilsen, O.D., and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Poster – American Academy of Optometry, San Francisco, California, December 1998.

Retinitis Pigmentosa Inversa, ( Steven G. Ferrucci, O.D. Sheila F. Anderson, OD, and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Case Report - American Academy of Optometry, Sydney, Australia, March 1998.

Bilateral Occipital Lobe Stroke, (Laura J. Holt, O.D. and Sheila F. Anderson, OD), Poster - American Academy of Optometry, San Antonio, Texas, December 1997.

Retinitis Pigmentosa Inversa, (Steven G. Ferrucci, O.D., Sheila F. Anderson, OD and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Poster - American Academy of Optometry, San Antonio, Texas, December 1997.

Bilateral Disc Edema in Retinitis Pigmentosa, (Angelica M. Villa, O.D. and Sheila F. Anderson, OD), Poster - American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, Florida, December 1996.

Paraocular Sinus Mucoceles, (Anita M. Palmer-Hall, O.D. and Sheila F. Anderson, OD), Poster- American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, Florida, December 1996.

Choroidal Metastases Secondary to Carcinoma of the Lung, (Roland E. Abundo, O.D., Christopher J. Orenic, O.D., Sheila F. Anderson, OD, and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Poster - American Academy of Optometry, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 1996.

Choroidal Metastases Secondary to Carcinoma of the Lung, (Roland E. Abundo, O.D, Christopher J. Orenic, O.D, Sheila F. Anderson, OD, and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Poster - American Academy of Optometry, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1995.

Idiopathic Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Orbit, (Sheiva L. Pousti, O.D., Sheila F. Anderson, OD, and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Poster - American Academy of Optometry, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1995.

Circumscribed Choroidal Hemangioma, (Anh-Thu Nguyen, O.D., Sheila F. Anderson, OD, and John C. Townsend, O.D.), Poster- American Academy of Optometry, San Diego, California, December 1994.

Papilledema Secondary to Metastatic Prostate Disease, (co-authored with Joel I. Brown, O.D, Sheila F. Anderson, OD, John C. Townsend, O.D., and David C. Bright, O.D.), Research Paper - American Academy of Optometry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 1994.