Dr. Reid completed her Bachelor of Science degree (Honours, 2006) at Lakehead University in her hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario. She graduated in 2010 on the dean’s honour list with a Doctor of Optometry degree at the University of Waterloo and received the David J. Kerko award for excellence in low vision care. While at the School of Optometry, Dr Reid did an undergraduate research internship studying the effect of sodium fluorescein on human corneal cells. She also completed an ocular therapeutics externship with a focus on corneal and anterior segment disease at the VisionAmerica Center in Huntsville, Alabama. She is an affiliate doctor with the TLC Laser Centre, holds a certificate in Advanced Ocular Disease and Therapeutics and has a special interest in low vision care.