Dr. Jenny Cha, O.D.

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Get to know Optometrist Dr. Jenny Cha, who serves patients in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

A highly trained optometrist, Dr. Cha is the Co-Founder of OculusDocs, LLC – the leading provider of quality vision care products and personalized optometric services located in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Serving the Connecticut community since 1997, Dr. Cha considers it a privilege to be entrusted with her patients’ eye healthcare. She and her talented team at OculusDocs, LLC offer comprehensive vision examinations and specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide array of eye diseases, conditions, and problems.

Embarking on her educational journey, Dr. Cha graduated with her Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Waterloo in Canada in 1993, Subsequently, she obtained her Doctor of Optometry Degree from the New England College of Optometry in 1997. 

On a professional level, Dr. Cha is an active member of both the American Optometric Association and the Connecticut Association of Optometrists. 

Optometry is a health care profession that involves examining the eyes and applicable visual systems for defects or abnormalities, as well as diagnosing and managing eye disease. Optometrists are healthcare professionals who provide primary eye care through comprehensive eye examinations to detect and treat various visual abnormalities and eye diseases. Being a regulated profession, an optometrist’s scope of practice may differ depending on the location. Thus, disorders or diseases detected outside the treatment scope of optometry (i.e. those requiring certain surgical interventions) are referred out to relevant medical professionals for proper care, more commonly to ophthalmologists who are physicians that specialize in the tertiary medical and surgical care of the eye. Optometrists typically work closely together with other eye care professionals, such as ophthalmologists and opticians, to deliver quality and efficient eye care to the general public.

Outside of practicing optometry, Dr. Cha enjoys shopping, traveling, reading, as well as spending quality time with her husband, two wonderful children, and adorable dog. Her philanthropic endeavors extend to Breast Friends Fund and South Church.

On a more personal note, she is fluent in both English and Korean.

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