Dr. Farrah Sunderji is the past president of the Calgary Society of Optometrists (CSO). She is an active member of the Alberta Association of Optometrists and the Canadian Association of Optometrists. She is passionate about eyes and is committed to helping you protect your vision for life.

Dr. Farrah graduated with Honors from the New England College of Optometry in Boston, Massachusetts. She is part of the Beta Kappa Sigma: International Optometric Honors Society. She completed a residency in Pediatrics and Vision Therapy at the Southern California College of Optometry and received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta. During her residency, Dr. Farrah has provided eye examinations to patients of all ages including the blind and visually impaired at the Blind Children’s Learning Center. She has helped patients with strabismus, double vision, amblyopia, head trauma rehabilitation, and special populations. She has had additional training in pediatric contact lenses and pediatric low vision. Dr. Farrah completed her externship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida,which has been ranked as the #1 eyecare hospital in the USA. There she trained with both Optometrists and Ophthalmologists in the areas of retina, cornea, glaucoma, neuro, pediatrics, and primary care.

Dr. Farrah’s vision of eye health and eye care led to the creation of EyedeologyTM in Centennial Clinic – a multidisciplinary health center providing an integrated approach to health care in the heart of downtown Calgary.She believes the eyes provide insight into a person’s overall health and that yearly exams are critical to keeping both the eyes and the body in good health. As part of her passion for eyes, she enjoys blogging about the latest in eyecare and eyewear, so be sure to check out our blog that also feature her published articles in Calgary’s Child magazine.

Dr. Farrah, a native Calgarian, understands the dilemma of dry eyes. She started the Calgary Dry Eye Clinic at EyedeologyTM after experiencing dry eyes herself and finding treatment options that helped her with this condition. Based on her successful dry eye treatment, she gives lectures on Dry Eyes to her fellow colleagues across the country. Dr. Farrah has found that patients that followed her dry eye treatment were able to wear their contact lenses with greater comfort and clearer vision.Dr. Farrah enjoys fitting contact lenses and has had great success fitting multifocal contact lenses for those looking for another option to wearing progressives or bifocals.She also fits specialty contact lenses for Keratoconus, corneas damaged from eye diseases and trauma, and dry eyes.

Dr. Farrah is multilingual and fluent in French, Spanish, Katchi, Urdu, Hindi, and Gujrati.She is a mom to two beautiful children and enjoys spending time with family.

Dr. Jessica Yang is a proud Calgarian and completed her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Calgary. She then pursued her passion for optometry and earned her Doctor of Optometry degree at the University of Waterloo. During her final year of training, Dr. Jessica completed an ocular disease externship at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma where she worked with an incredible team of optometrists and specialists. This experience fostered her interest in ocular disease and she gained valuable knowledge on the treatment and management of glaucoma, macular degeneration, dry eye disease and diabetic retinopathy.

In addition to ocular disease, Dr. Jessica is also interested in specialty contact lenses such as multifocal and scleral lenses which can help provide improvement in comfort and vision not offered by glasses alone.

Dr. Jessica is passionate about giving back to the community and providing eye care to patients of all ages. She has performed eye examinations at senior’s homes for the elderly as part of a mobile clinic, as well as attending optometry mission trips overseas. Dr. Jessica has been to Peru and Mexico to volunteer her eye care services to the under-privileged and is looking forward to her next trip.

Having good vision is about more than being able to see clearly, and taking care of our visual health can enhance our sense of well-being and overall quality of life. Dr. Jessica strongly believes in providing personalized eye care with an emphasis on education and prevention. She is thrilled to be a part of the amazing team at Eyedeology and to share her passion for ocular health and vision.

Dr. Jessica is an active member of the Canadian Association of Optometrists, the Alberta Association of Optometrists and the Calgary Society of Optometrists. She is happy to provide eye examinations in English and Cantonese. During her spare time, Dr. Jessica enjoys hiking, baking and learning new languages.

Dr. Marilyn is privileged to be an associate of Dr. Farrah Sunderji after practicing optometry in downtown Calgary for many years. She is excited to provide eyecare to her patients downtown where she can specialize in fitting multifocal contact lenses, prescribing computer and lifestyle eyeglasses, caring for dry eye, and remaining up to date on eye health technology.

Raised in Moose Jaw, Sask, Dr. Marilyn graduated with a B Sc in Biochemistry from U of S, then attended the University of Waterloo for the Doctor of Optometry program. She worked with Drs. Joshua Josephson and Barbara Caffery in Toronto in their renowned contact lens practice, assisting with their contact lens studies and publications. After moving to Calgary she became the owner of two offices downtown and continued to work part time after having her three sons.

Dr. Marilyn has 3 teenage sons now, and from their upbringing, she values public education, languages, sport, and being involved in community work. “ My sons have all gone through late French Immersion and I have served for ten years being on their school councils, and community associations. It was a tremendous amount of work but the rewards are greater than the time and work, seeing the work that teachers, school administrators do, they are heroes to me.”

The role of fitness and sport in children and adults’ lives and their health cannot be underestimated, each of Dr. Marilyn’s sons have played hockey, high school football, rugby, basketball, golf and skiing.