Susan Cotter

Susan A. Cotter is a professor of optometry at the Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) at Marshall B. Ketchum University where she teaches in the classroom and clinic, works with the residents, and conducts clinical researches. Her scientific work is related to related to clinical management strategies for strabismus, amblyopia, non-strabismic binocular vision disorders, and childhood refractive error.

Education Cotter holds an undergraduate degree from Loyola University Chicago. Cotter is a fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development and a recipient of an Ezell fellowship from the American Optometric Foundation.

She has also worked on a leading positions for such NEI-funded studies as the Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study (MEPEDS), the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Refractive Error (CLEERE), the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial (CITT), and the CITT-Attention & Reading Trial (CITT-ART).

Professional associations American Academy of Optometry: board of directors, diplomate, past chair of the Binocular Vision, Perception, & Pediatric Optometry Section American Optometry Association: Council on Research National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health: National Expert Panel Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG): vice chair Editor of the textbook Clinical Applications of Prisms