Dr. Karina takes time to raise awareness about health equity and public health in her work to provide access to vision services for communities with minimal access to eye care. Her focus when working with patients is to create a connection between the eye health and systemic health to help patients achieve an overall wellness goal. Dr. Karina’s approach to healthcare is looking at the possible root cause for medical illness and working with patients on an individualized plan toward healing/compliance with care, talking with patients and not at them. While people share a lot more similarities than differences, we all still have very unique experiences that shape our identity and healthcare necessities. When customizing more individualized care for patients, it can be easier to achieve overall wellness. Preventative health is always her primary goal of care. Communication is one of Dr. Karina's strong skills as she is fluent in Russian and conversational in Spanish.

As a naturalized citizen and from her experience when immigrating to the United States at the age of 12, she knows how important proper information comprehension is to optimal healthcare, and how language barriers can affect that comprehension. With family values being at the core character of her Armenian heritage, she often becomes the family eye care provider for patients, addressing vision care for multiple generations ranging from pediatric to geriatric care.