General Meeting

Joy Harewood, OD, MPH, FAAO, Dipl ABO is an Associate Clinical Professor at

SUNY College of Optometry. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of

Optometry, completed a residency in ocular disease at SUNY College of

Optometry and a Master of Public Health from CUNY School of Public Health. Dr

Harewood spent almost a decade working and teaching in hospital-based

academic medical centers in medically underserved areas of New York City prior

to starting her role at SUNY Optometry.

Dr. Harewood’s research interests include ocular manifestations of systemic

disease and access to eye care. She was a member of the American Academy of

Ophthalmology’s (AAO) Task Force on Disparities in Eye Care, which was

recognized with the AAO Secretariat Award in 2023. She was recently named the

2026 “Optometric Educator of the Year” by the New York State Optometric

Association. Dr Harewood lectures nationally and internationally on a wide range

of topics including ocular disease and access to eye care.