Sunny M. Sanders, O.D. Assistant Professor
Phone:	714.992.7818
Email:	ssanders@scco.edu
Fax:	714.998.7833

Dr. Sunny Sanders received her Doctor of Optometry degree in 1978 from the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO). She then completed a residency in Optometric Education with an emphasis on Cornea and Contact Lenses in 1979. Following her residency, Dr. Sanders joined the faculty at the Illinois College of Optometry serving in numerous administrative and teaching positions. She obtained additional training and initiated the only prosthetic eye course and clinical service in any of the schools of optometry. After leaving Illinois, she went into private practice in San Diego County, California in 1983. At the same time, she also served as an adjunct faculty member teaching ocular prosthetics at the Southern California College of Optometry from 1987 to 1999. Dr. Sanders left private practice in 1999 and has served as an Assistant Professor at the Southern California College of Optometry since that time. Her primary teaching interests include contact lenses, ocular prosthetics, clinical techniques, practice management and interpersonal communication. Her clinical teaching responsibilities are in the Contact Lens Service and Ocular Prosthetic Service of the College's Eye Care Clinic in Fullerton. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. Her research interests include the effects of contact lenses on corneal stability and refractive surgery effects.