Margaret Moore

About Margaret Moore

Dr. Margaret Moore is a residency-trained, board-certified optometrist specializing in comprehensive ocular health care. She has special interests in glaucoma, dry eye disease, post-surgical cataract/glaucoma care, and diseases of the retina including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. She is also well-versed in low vision care, aiding individuals with visual impairments and addressing binocular vision disorders (i.e, double vision).Dr. Moore has served on the board of directors for the Connecticut Association of Optometrists, the Notre Dame Alumni Club of New Haven, and as an ambassador for YoungOD Connect. She enjoys serving on advisory boards and writing articles for multiple publications, including Eyes on Eyecare and Modern Optometry.While in optometry school, Dr. Moore served as President of the National Optometric Student Association, leading initiatives to perform essential glaucoma screenings in underserved communities. She also played an active role on the Students Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (SVOSH) board, contributing to collecting and sorting donated eyeglasses from Lions Clubs. Dr. Moore\'s commitment to global eye health led her to Toliman, Guatemala, where she conducted eye exams for otherwise underserved patients. Her most recent eye care mission trip was to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, with VOSH-Connecticut.Throughout her residency, Dr. Moore gained experience in various subspecialties, including the retina, glaucoma, cornea, uveitis, and neuro-ophthalmology clinics with Yale Ophthalmology. She provided low vision care to inpatients at the Eastern Blind Rehabilitation Center and offered specialized optometric services to veterans with a history of traumatic brain injury.Dr. Moore is also recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, a designation achieved after rigorous qualification assessments and an oral examination, that fewer than 10% of optometrists hold. She is board-certified in advanced medical optometry from the American College of Medical Optometry. Dr. Moore was named Modern Optometry’s “One to Watch” in October of 2023, and the 2023 Connecticut Young Optometrist of the Year. In September of 2024, Dr. Moore was sworn in as Vice President of the Connecticut Association of Optometrists.

Experience

1. Optometrist

   ReFocus Eye Health

   Aug 2019 — Present · Hamden and Branford, CT, US

   Comprehensive ocular health care (including management of glaucoma, dry eye disease, diabetic eye disease and macular degeneration)- Emergency eye care- Sensorimotor examsOutside of clinic, I served as the sole OD member of our company’s six-member physician board of advisors and have lectured at continuing education events for local referring doctors.

Education

• The Ohio State University College of Optometry

  O.D., Doctor of Optometry

  2014 — 2018

• Yale-West Haven Veterans Affairs Hospital, New England College of Optometry

  Residency, Ocular Disease and Low Vision Rehabilitation

  2018 — 2019

• University of Notre Dame

  B.S., Biological Sciences

  2007 — 2011