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CURRICULUM VITAE

Mckenna Yahr OD
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
8915 W Connell Court
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
08/2015 - 05/2019 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
09/2019 - 05/2023 Doctor of Optometry, Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024 Pediatric Optometry Resident, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
09/01/2024 - 06/30/2025 Instructor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/01/2025 - Present Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
11/2024 - Present American Academy of Optometry (Fellow)

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
McKenna Scott OD, Pediatric Eye Care for Urgent Care, Society for Pediatric Urgent Care, Webinar, 05/16/2024
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
McKenna Scott OD, Tracey Strombeck OD, Retinal Detachment as a Late Childhood Complication of ROP, American Academy of Optometry, New Orleans, LA, 10/13/2023
Tracey Strombeck OD, Edward Randerson MD, McKenna Scott OD, Pediatric Uveitis, American Academy of Optometry, Boston, MA, 10/11/2025
 
Regional
McKenna Scott OD, Tracey Strombeck OD, The Spectrum of Morning Glory Anomaly and Peripapillary Staphyloma, Heart of America Eye Care Congress, Kansas City, MO, 02/09/2024
 
Local
McKenna Scott OD, Traumatic Iritis in Pediatric Patients, UMSL Optometry Residency Day, St. Louis, MO, 10/17/2023