Kent Nguyen, OD, FAAO

Kent Nguyen, OD, FAAO, earned his Bachelors degree in Integrative Biology from University of California, Berkeley and his Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University. His training included treating patients with low vision at the Center for the Partially Sighted, pediatric patients in medically underserved communities, and geriatric patients at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Los Angeles. He then completed a residency in ocular disease at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, VT, where he managed patients with glaucoma and diabetic eye disease, and was involved in clinical teaching of interns and residents. He has presented multiple lectures to the community on the importance of healthy vision. Dr. Nguyen is proud to be a member of USC Roski Eye Institute as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology. He strives for quality eye care with confidence, compassion, and enthusiasm.

• American Academy of Optometry: Fellow, 2014

• Comparison of Deep Learning and Clinician Performance for Detecting Referable Glaucoma from Fundus Photographs in a Safety Net Population Ophthalmol Sci. 2025 Jul-Aug; 5(4):100751. . View in PubMed
• Outcomes of Glaucoma Referrals in Adults Aged 18 to 40 Years JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Feb 03; 8(2):e2457843. . View in PubMed
• Expert-Level Detection of Referable Glaucoma from Fundus Photographs in a Safety Net Population: The AI and Teleophthalmology in Los Angeles Initiative medRxiv. 2024 Aug 26. . View in PubMed
• Overcoming cultural barriers to eye care ‘starts with us’ Healio. 2024. . View in PubMed
• Age-Related Changes in Dynamic Iris Behavior Assessed Using a Programmable Closed-Loop Iris Control System Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022 11 01; 11(11):9. . View in PubMed
• Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Contact Lens Spectrum. 2019; 6(34):48-51. . View in PubMed
• Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus: A Teaching Case Report The Journal of Optometric Education. 2014; 2(39):65-73. . View in PubMed

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