Dr. Jaymeni Patel
Dr. Jaymeni Patel is an Assistant Professor and the Assistant Dean for Community Based Education at the Illinois College of Optometry. She oversees the externship program at the college and precepts students in the Primary Care Clinic, Glaucoma Unit, and Urgent Care Clinic. She teaches the Ocular Disease Seminar course and coordinates the Ocular Disease laboratory.
Dr. Patel received her Doctor of Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) and completed her residency in Ocular Disease and Primary Care at ICO. She is the current co-chair of the ASCO Externship Directors special interest group, a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, and a member of the Illinois Optometric Association and American Optometric Association.
