Melissa Zarn

Melissa Zarn Urankar is an associate professor and chief of vision therapy at Southern College of Optometry (SCO). She was previously the lead instructor for the Interprofessional Education Series course and the Foundations of Clinical Care course. Her clinical assignments include pediatric primary care and vision therapy; she also provides patient care to local inpatient rehabilitation hospital facilities. She has been a member of the Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA) since 2007 and an advisory board member since 2020, has co-taught the Foundations of Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation course since 2020, and is currently the NORA board vice president. She is a member and the founding chair of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry IPE and Collaborative Practice Special Interest Group, co-chair of the Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Consortium’s Membership and Communications Working Group, and a previous co-chair of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative Program Committee’s mentoring program workgroup.