Brier Creek Vision Care.

Dr. Durham attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY and graduated cum laude with a BA in Biology and a minor in German Language. During her senior year at Ithaca, she studied abroad at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria. In 1989, she received her Doctor of Optometry degree and Bachelor of Science in Visual Sciences from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia where she graduated in the top 10% of her class. In 1995, Dr. Durham was selected by Rotary International to be a member of a four-person group study exchange team for a one-month assignment in the Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna regions of Italy. Originally from Medford, NY, Dr. Durham practices full scope primary care optometry with special interests in developmental vision and rehabilitative optometry. She has been in private practice in North Carolina since 1989. In October 1998, Dr. Durham completed all of the requirements to earn her Fellowship in the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD). Members of COVD are optometrists who specialize in working with patients experiencing difficulties in the areas of binocular vision, eye tracking, eye focusing, strabismus, amblyopia and visual processing skills. Dr. Durham is an active member of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA). Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation is an individualized treatment regimen for patients with visual deficits as a direct result of acquired brain injury and other neurological insults. Dr. Durham provides treatment for patients with visual field loss, double vision, visual balance disorders, visual midline shift syndrome, post trauma vision syndrome, cranial nerve paresis, photophobia and reading disorders. Dr. Durham is a clinical associate of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF), an organization dedicated to education and research in vision and behavioral neuro-optometry. She is also a member of the International Sports Vision Association, the American Optometric Association and the NC State Optometric Society. She and her husband, Jeff reside with their three children in Raleigh. In her free time Dr. Durham enjoys cycling, pilates, yoga, traveling, spending time with her family and friends and cheering on the Carolina Hurricanes.