Dr Valerie Lam OD FAAO FCOVD
Clinical Optometrist
Dr. Lam is passionate about treating vision problems that interfere with children’s ability to read, learn, and pay attention.
Some common conditions that she treats are convergence insufficiency, reading difficulties including tracking problems, double vision, lazy eye (amblyopia), and crossed/wandering eyes (strabismus).
She also treats vision problems that result from a traumatic head injury, surgery, or concussion. Dr. Lam provides non-surgical treatment to these conditions through Vision Therapy, a custom program of exercises to strengthen the eyes and brain to eliminate vision problems.
Dr Lam completed her Pediatrics and Vision Therapy residency at the Southern California College of Optometry, at Marshall B. Ketchum University. She then pursued her fellowship from the American Academy of Optometry and the College of Optometrists in Vision Development.
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The Effects of COVID-19 On Your Child’s VisionCan excessive screen time due to COVID-19 bring out underlying vision problems? Author: Dr Valerie Lam The answer is YES! With most everyone either working
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Fix Your Vision After Brain InjuryMany optometrists can help patients with brain injuries, concussions, strokes, brain tumors, and brain surgeries that have left them with numerous visual problems. Author: Dr.
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Treating Amblyopia a New WayRecent research has been widely published that there is a better and even more effective way to treat amblyopia (lazy eye), without the use of the famous pirate patch. This new method is known as ‘Binocular Vision Therapy’.
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Your Baby’s Vision DevelopmentCongratulations! You’re the proud parent of a new baby and you are so curious as to what they can see in their first year of life. The moment a child opens their eyes from birth, they begin to take in all their surroundings and try to make sense of it all. Their vision and the developmental phase of processing occurs over a few stages and sets the foundation of being able to properly navigate through this big world.