Susan A. Cotter, O.D. Professor
Phone:	714.449.7488
Email:	scotter@scco.edu
Fax:	714.992.7846

Susan Cotter, O.D. received her doctor of optometry degree in 1983 from the Illinois College of Optometry. She then completed a residency in Children’s Vision at the Southern California College of Optometry in 1984. Following her residency, Dr. Cotter taught at ICO until 1997 after which she took a position at SCCO where she is currently a professor and teaches in the classroom, clinic, and residency program. Dr. Cotter is active in the American Academy of Optometry where she is a Diplomate and past Chair of the Academy’s Binocular Vision, Perception, & Pediatric Optometry Section, a member of the Nominating Committee, and on the editorial council of Optometry & Vision Science. She is also a fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development, serves on the American Optometric Association’s Council on Research, and the Council on Optometric Education’s Residency Committee. At present, Dr. Cotter is involved with several clinical research studies funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) as well as an FDA drug trial (PIR-205) for myopia progression. The NEI studies include the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Ethnicity and Refractive Error (CLEERE), the Amblyopia Treatment Studies (ATS1, ATS2, ATS3), and the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial (CITT). Dr. Cotter is editor of the textbook, Clinical Applications of Prisms and lectures internationally in the areas of pediatric optometry and binocular vision.