Meet the Optometrists

Dr. Carl Garbus graduated from the Southern California College of Optometry in 1980. He opened two private practices in Valencia, Family Vision Care Optometry and Family Vision Care Optometry Neuro Vision Rehabilitation. Currently the practices emphasize care for children and adults with vision deficits from traumatic brain injury, stroke and developmental and learning problems.

Dr. Garbus has hospital privileges and consults at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara and Henry Mayo Hospital in Santa Clarita. In addition, Dr. Garbus works with the following rehabilitation centers; Centre For Neuro Skills, Solutions At Santa Barbara and the Brain Injury Specialists. He has made various presentations and in-services to optometric societies, occupational therapy groups, and PTA groups regarding vision problems. Another area of interest is working with children who have learning problems. Autism is on the rise and these children have many vision issues that need to be addressed. Family Vision Care has a new office that is equipped to help children who have autism. Dr. Garbus was president of the Los Angeles County Optometric Society in 1993 and is currently serves as vice president on the board for the Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA). He will be president of the organization in 2010.

On her spare time Dr. Babaian enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching movies and going to the beach. Dr. Babaian is fluent in Armenian. 

Dr. Calista Ming earned her undergraduate degree in Biology with minors in Chemistry and History from Nova Southeastern University in 2012. She completed her Doctor of Optometry degree at The University of California Berkeley School of Optometry in 2016. She then returned to Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, where she completed her Optometric Residency in Primary Care with an Emphasis in Cornea and Contact Lenses. Dr. Calista Ming has experience in fitting specialty contact lenses for a myriad of conditions including corneal ectasias, post refractive surgery ectasias, ocular surface disease, myopia control, cosmesis, high ametropias and prebyopia. She is eager to begin practicing the specialty she loves at Family Vision Care Optometry in sunny Southern California. In her spare time, Dr. Ming enjoys travelling the world and promoting Optometry worldwide.

Dr. Benosa received her doctorate in optometry from the Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton, California in 2013. During optometry school, she served as secretary of her class for three years and Vice President of the honors fraternity Beta Sigma Kappa and graduated with magna cum laude honors. Dr. Benosa completed externships at Hoopes Vision in Utah, Veteran's Affairs Sierra Vista Community Based Outpatient Clinic, and the Naval Medical Center in San Diego.

After optometry school, Dr. Benosa furthered her education with a one year residency in Ocular Disease at the Braverman Eye Center in Florida. There, she gained extensive experience in comprehensive eye exams, contact lens fittings, managing ocular disease, and participating in refractive surgery co-management. 

Since residency, Dr. Benosa has returned to her hometown of Valencia. Dr. Benosa strives to use her experience, knowledge, and commitment to lifelong learning to deliver comprehensive eyecare for all patients. She focuses on preventative care, such as detecting disease in early stages, and is glaucoma certified. Dr. Benosa enjoys working with children to identify vision problems early and offer intervention for amblyopia, strabismus, binocular vision conditions, and myopia management. Dr. Benosa also has an interest in fitting specialty contact lenses for patients with keratoconus, as well as post-surgical or irregular corneas and has over 10 years experience of fitting soft, gas permeable, and scleral lenses. Her goal is to enhance each patient's vision and quality of life. She looks forward to building lasting relationships with patients and contributing to the exceptional care at Family Vision Care.