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Payam Zarehbin Irani ODDr. Irani has served the Fruitvale Area since 2004. In addition to routine eye exams and prescriptions for glasses and contact lenses, Dr. Irani also provides treatment and management of many medical eye diseases. He is fully certified to provide comprehensive treatment of glaucoma. He has been honored to give talks on eye health care at the local senior center, has conducted free screenings for seniors, and has served as a volunteer doctor for VSP's mobile eye care clinics. Dr. Irani graduated from the UC Berkeley school of optometry in 2002.
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Dr. Irani is fluent in English, Spanish, and Farsi and has created a fully bilingual (English/Spanish) practice. Before beginning this practice Dr. Irani gained experience working with two ophthalmologists, one specializing in glaucoma treatment and the other in laser surgery. He also conducted school screenings for children, worked in optical chain retail stores, and worked in private practice settings. In his own practice, Dr. Irani has combined many of the best elements from this variety of settings in order to better serve you. He is committed to providing you with the highest quality of care both in the exam room and in the selection of frames and lens options that will best serve your unique vision needs and lifestyle.
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Nancy Luu OD
Dr. Luu has been providing exceptional care to our patients since 2015. An Oakland native, she started working as an optician in Albany in 2006. She was later accepted into UC Berkeley's optometry program and graduated in 2011. She completed part of her clinical training at Alameda County Medical Center and has participated in multiple volunteer trips to Latin America to provide eyecare to under served populations. She is certified to treat glaucoma in addition to many other medical eye diseases.
Dr. Luu speaks English, Spanish, and Cantonese and is now available to see patients Tues-Thurs and Sundays |
Genesta Zarehbin Irani, practice manager
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Genesta graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA with a bachelor's in social anthropology and international development in 2001. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. She worked in a variety of social service settings before joining Dr. Irani in opening Fruitvale Optometry in 2004. Now Genesta spends most of her time at home raising their four children. However, she still checks every single patient chart for accuracy and provides support and ongoing training to our staff to ensure that you are receiving the highest level of service possible. If you have a concern that cannot be resolved by our staff Genesta is always available by phone.
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Stephanie Toledo, insurance specialist
Stephanie has been accompanying her family to our practice since she was a teenager. After watching her grow into a patient, soft-spoken, kind-hearted young woman we were delighted to welcome her to our practice as a respected colleague in September of 2009.
Since then, she has been ensuring that her friends and neighbors all receive the same quality of care that she and her family have come to expect as patients over the years. She has proven exceptionally adept at resolving insurance and accounting questions, and has now taken on a leadership role in supervising and training our staff. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. |
Guillermo O. Aldrete, optical and lab manager
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Omar first came to our practice as a patient in 2006. Over the years, we have watched him grow into an intelligent, thoughtful, and responsible young man. He worked in a variety of customer service positions, including retail stores and rental housing, before joining our practice in 2012. He has enjoyed learning all the steps behind the scenes that go into providing the service he came to expect from us as a patient. Not being a fan of the word "no," Omar excels at finding creative solutions to enhance patient care. He is constantly listening to our patients and bringing new ideas to the table so that we can continue to grow in our ability to offer the best service possible.
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Omar has not only learned the many inner workings of our practice, but is also responsible for creating and improving upon many of our office policies to ensure that we are constantly adjusting to your ever changing needs. In his "spare" time he also does private DJ events and is currently studying for his contractor's license. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.
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Candy Salazar, optician
Candy has been engaged in serving the Fruitvale Village community for many years as a barista at Powderface. In 2015 she decided she was ready for a career change and, as most of us had been her regular customers, we knew she would provide the same excellent service to our patients that she had always given us. Candy has enthusiastically taken on the challenge of learning a new field, asking so many questions that she became an optical expert in record time. Her new knowledge, combined with her natural friendliness and genuine desire to learn how to best serve each patient has made her a wonderful addition to our practice.
She is available to assist you in all aspects of patient care and is bilingual in English and Spanish. |
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Jailene Garibay, optician
Jailene joined our practice just before her high school graduation in 2016, making her one of the youngest staff members we have ever worked with, but we had every confidence that, like her family member Candy, she would bring the same work ethic to the job. She has proven to be more than up to the task as she has learned to juggle both her work and a full time college schedule. We have greatly enjoyed watching her grow in confidence as she has stepped in to manage our collection of frames to ensure that you always have access to the latest fashions in the optical industry.
She is also available to assist you in all aspects of patient care with her characteristic patience and refreshing humility. She is also bilingual in English and Spanish. |
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Elida Zavala, optician
Elida joined our practice in 2016. She and her family had been coming to our practice as patients for several years, and as her friends and a family member worked here, she was already a very respected member of our community. It has been every bit as enjoyable to work with her as a coworker as it has always been to serve her as a patient. Elida's patience, professionalism, and eagerness to find new solutions for our patients has made her a very valuable colleague. She works closely with our labs to ensure that you receive your glasses as quickly as possible and she is now taking on a leadership role in training new staff members to ensure that they, too, meet her high standards of customer service.
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She is bilingual in English and Spanish and is available to assist you with your orders, medical testing, and appointments. She is also a full time student at the California College of the Arts, where she puts the attention to detail she practices here to work in her architecture studies.
TRAINEES
We are pleased to welcome Marlin Soto and Mayra Romero to our practice. Both are members of our patient community and long-time Oakland residents. Full bios will be forthcoming when they complete their training.