12/29/2025
We are so excited to welcome Dr. Avisado to the AMIGOS Board!✨
Dr. Mary Avisado is a residency-trained optometrist and Assistant Professor at Pacific University College of Optometry. She teaches in both the classroom and clinic and conducts research in the field of contact lenses. She is passionate about helping students bridge the gap between, research, learning, and real-world patient care.
Dr. Avisado spent most of her years in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She earned dual OD/MS degrees with Distinction from Pacific University, where she also completed a Cornea and Contact Lens Residency before joining the faculty. Her clinical expertise and research interests include specialty contact lenses, myopia control, and anterior segment disease. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry.
After a three-year pandemic pause in AMIGOS trips, Dr. Avisado helped revive the organization, leading eye care service trips to communities in all corners of Oregon all the way to Guatemala (twice!). She’s thrilled to see the program growing and travelling farther each year. She hopes to one day bring the team to the Philippines, where her parents grew up (in a little treehouse on a farm!)
Dr. Avisado enjoys music, staying active, collecting coasters from breweries, and spending time with family and friends. She misses her Jack Tzu dearly!
