"Tara C Vaz, OD, FAAO, joined CooperVision in April 2022 as Senior Manager of Professional & Academic Affairs, supporting key customers and the schools and colleges of optometry. She has over 20 years of eye care industry experience that includes clinical practice, research and product development. Most recently, Dr. Vaz held a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology position at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, where her practice focused on medical contact lens treatments as well as ocular surface disease. While there, she also participated in research for their Advanced Physiological Optics laboratory and their Ocular Surface Laboratory. Dr. Vaz has previously worked within contact lens industry as a principal research optometrist where she managed the execution of clinical trials involving contact lenses, contact lens solutions and artificial tears. She has also held a faculty position at the State University of New York, College of Optometry, and practiced in the retail and private sector.
Dr. Vaz obtained her Doctor of Optometry degree from the State University of New York, College of Optometry, where she subsequently completed fellowship training in Cornea and Contact Lens. She is a member of the American Optometric Association and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. She currently resides in Pittsford, NY."