Résumé

Dr. Lora Pond has been practicing optometry in Novato since 1986. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley with honors and received her Bachelors of Science in Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences. She received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia and graduated in the top 2% of her class. Dr. Pond has been very active in the community through the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. She currently spends many of her days off helping out in her daughter, Noel's, classroom and Girl Scout Troup.

 

 

 

Dr. Tania Mantua grew up in Bodega Bay, California and attended Tomales High School. She went on to Santa Rosa Junior College and then transferred to the University of California, Davis and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences in 1985. She then attended and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry in 1990 and completed a residency at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Medical Center in Low Vision and Rehabilitative Optometry in 1991. She worked for the Livermore Veterans' Affairs Medical Center for 4 years and then has worked at Optima Medical Associates for the last 7.5 years. At Optima, Dr. Mantua works closely with a corneal specialist who also specializes in LASIK surgery. She was also a clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry. She is active in volunteering her time for service trips for Volunteers in Optometric Service to Humanity, the Lions Club, and Help the World See and has visited far off lands like Nepal, Peru, Brazil, Ukraine and the Philippines with Lions in Sight. Her other interests include studying Spanish, spending time with her family.