Dr. Susanna Tamkins Joins Visiting Specialist Program

Dr. Susanna Tamkins

The Medical Center welcomes Susanna Tamkins, O.D., F.A.A.O., of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, to its Visiting Specialist program. Dr. Tamkins, who also specializes in pediatric optometry, provides services to patients of all ages.

Dr. Tamkins graduated from the University of California in 1992 and completed her residency at Pennsylvania College of Optometry, which is affiliated with Hahnemann University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology. In 2001 she joined Bascom Palmer Eye Institute as the attending optometric physician at its Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Clinic.

She has served as principal investigator in many research studies with the National Eye Institute and has been published in several optometry- and ophthalmology-related medical journals.

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Tamkins, please contact Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at 786-530-2289. You can learn more about the Institute by clicking here. For more information about the Medical Center’s Visiting Specialist program, click here.