amy_watts@meei.harvard.edu
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About My Research
Center/Research Area Affiliations
Research Summary
Dr. Watts is a full-time optometrist who specializes in both routine contact lens fittings and specialty contact fitting for corneal disease, status post penetrating keratoplasty, keratoprosthesis, aphakic, pediatric, and trauma patients. She has extensive experience and interest in fitting scleral lenses.
Education
1997: AB, cum laude, Biology, Bowdoin College
2002: OD, Beta Sigma Kappa, New England College of Optometry
Postgraduate Training
2003: Residency, Cornea and Contact Lens, New England College of Optometry
Academic Appointments
2010-present: Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
2003-2005, 2010-present: External Adjunct Faculty, New England College of Optometry
Professional Memberships
2009-present: American Academy of Optometry
2010-present: Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists
Honors
2016: Norman Knight Leadership Development Award in Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
2002: New England College of Optometry Clinic Award, New England College of Optometry
2002: Vistakon Contact Lens Award, Vistakon and New England College of Optometry
2002: George Mertz Contact Lens Residency Award, American Optometric Foundation
1999: New Hampshire Optometric Award, New Hampshire Optometric Asssociation
- Inpatient Virtual Vision Clinic Improves Access to Vision Rehabilitation Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl. 2021 Mar; 3(1):100100.
- In vivo measurement of shear modulus of the human cornea using optical coherence elastography. Sci Rep. 2020 10 15; 10(1):17366.
- Latanoprost-Eluting Contact Lenses in Glaucomatous Monkeys. Ophthalmology. 2016 10; 123(10):2085-92.
- Local anesthesia affects physiologic parameters and reduces anesthesiologist intervention in children undergoing general anesthesia for dental rehabilitation. Pediatr Dent. 2009 Sep-Oct; 31(5):414-9.
