CNS Consultants

Penelope Sholes Suter

1714 Verde Street
Bakersfield, CA 93304
(661) 323-2393 Home
(661) 869-2010 Office
(661) 664-2373 CSUB Vision Lab
Email: psuter@ymail.com

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Optometry - May, 1984
Bachelor of Science, Optometry - December, 1982

California State College, Bakersfield
Bachelor of Science, Biology - August, 1979

Bakersfield Junior College
Preoptometry - September, 1977 to June, 1976

PUBLICATIONS

Suter, P. S., Suter, S., Brand, P. M., Mourton, T., & Gragg, B. J. (2004).
Two physiological visual subsystem deficits in reading disability.
Manuscript in preparation.

Suter, P. S. (2003).
Vision rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury.
In M. J. Ashley (Ed.), Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation,
Second edition, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Suter, P. S. (1999).
A quick start in post-acute rehabilitation following brain injury.
Journal of Optometric Vision Development, 30, 73-82.

Suter, S., Suter, P. S., Perrier, D. T., Parker, K. L., Fox, J. A., & Roessler, J. S. (1996).
Differentiation of VEP intermodulation and second harmonic components by dichoptic, monocular, and binocular stimulation.
Visual Neuroscience, 13, 1157-1166.

Suter, P. S. (1995).
Vision rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury.
In M. J. Ashley & D. K. Krych (Eds.),
Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation (pp. 187-220). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Suter, P. S., Suter, S., Roessler, J. S., Parker, K. L., Armstrong, C. A., & Powers, J. C. (1994).
Spatial-frequency-tuned channels in early infancy: VEP evidence.
Vision Research, 34, 737-745.

Suter, P. S., Bass, B. L., & Suter, S. (1993).
Early and late VEPs to reading stimuli are altered by common binocular misalignments.
Psychophysiology, 30, 475-485.

Suter, S., Armstrong, C. A., Suter, P. S. , & Powers, J. C. (1991).
Spatial-frequency-tuned attenuation and enhancement of the steady-state VEP by grating adaptation.
Vision Research, 31, 1167-1175.

Suter, S., Suter, P. S., & Crow, C. D. (1991).
Infant and adult grating acuity estimated by VEPs and heart rate change.
Infant Behavior and Development, 14, 365-382.

Suter, S., Suter, P. S., & Deegan, J. F. II. (1990).
Steady-state VEP phase stability and acuity in adults and infants.
Clinical Vision Sciences, 5, 71-80.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Optometrist, Private Practice
July, 1985 to present

Optometrist, Laurelglen Eye Medical Clinic: General optometry and visual electrophysiology
September, 1984 to April, 1985

Assistant Director, Visual Evoked Response Clinic, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley: Instruction and supervision of VER Clinic
1983-84 academic year

Optometric Intern, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley
June, 1983 to May, 1984

Vision Therapist, private optometric practice: Pretesting, therapy, designing orthoptics and perceptual motor therapy programs under optometric supervision intermittently, 1975 to 1979

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Preceptor
Pennsylvania College of Optometry
2004

Grant Reviewer
Langeloth Foundation
2002 to present

Qualified Medical Examiner
State of California
1999 to 2002

American Board of Disability Analysts
Fellow - 1998 to present

College of Optometrists in Vision Development
Member - December, 1986 to present
Fellow - 1990 to present

Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association
Treasurer, April 2002 to present
Advisory Board Member, April 2000 to April 2002
Member - February 1995 to present
Fellow - 1999 to present

Kern County Optometric Association
Member - September, 1984 to present
President - l988 to l989

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Member - February, 1985 to present

Optometric Extension Program
Member - May, 1981 to present
UC Berkeley liaison - January, 1983 to May, 1984

American Optometric Association
Member - December, 1981 to present

Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Advisory Board (Kern County)
Member - January, 1986 to December, 1991
Chair - Subcommittee on Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment;
August, 1990-1991

HONORS

California Young O.D. of the year (1989)
Bestowed by the California Optometric Association

Outstanding Alumnus (1985-86)
School of Arts and Sciences
CSU, Bakersfield