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SUNY Optometry Ph.D. Candidates Take Top Honors with National Awards New York, NY: Two SUNY College of Optometry PhD candidates received national awards this summer for their work on retinal disease and regeneration. Seoyoung Kang, MMSc, was awarded the Minnie and Roseanna Turner Award for Impaired Vision Research in June for her project on “Retinal […]

September 6, 2023

A MESSAGE FROM DR. DAVID A. HEATH

“It is with great sadness that SUNY College of Optometry learned of the passing of Dr. Max Gomez this past weekend. Dr. Gomez was an award-winning broadcast journalist, Dr. Gomez and a champion of optometry and vision science in the media for many years. His prominence as a respected medical reporter on WCBS brought scores […]

August 22, 2023

SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY RECOGNIZES FOUR ALUMNAE AT ANNUAL ALUMNI AWARDS CELEBRATION

New York, NY: Alumni from across the country will come together in New York City in September to celebrate with former classmates and honor distinguished colleagues in a tradition of leadership and advocacy that has been the hallmark of SUNY College of Optometry for more than 50 years. This year’s honorees include four distinguished alumnae […]

August 7, 2023

SERVING THE NEW YORK AND SUNY OPTOMETRY COMMUNITIES

THE OPTOMETRIC CENTER OF NEW YORK BECOMES SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY FOUNDATION New York, NY: The Optometric Center of New York (OCNY) officially changed its name to better reflect the delivery of its mission to secure critical resources to support SUNY College of Optometry in being a leader in vision health through education, advancing research […]

August 3, 2023

SUNY College of Optometry’s CSTEP Program Receives INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Award Nationally Recognizes Programs That Are Making a Difference for All Underrepresented Groups in the Fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) New York, NY—Today, SUNY College of Optometry’s Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) Program received the 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest […]

July 25, 2023

SUNY OPTOMETRY RECEIVES NIH GRANT TO STUDY THE LINK BETWEEN MYOPIA AND GLAUCOMA

“With this grant we will study how myopic eye growth affects the retina compared to glaucoma, from the cellular to the clinical angle.” New York, NY: SUNY College of Optometry’s Dr. Alexandra Benavente-Pérez was awarded a $2.04 million grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI, Grant #R01EY034086), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), that […]

July 19, 2023

THE OPTOMETRIC CENTER OF NEW YORK NAMES TWO NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

New York, NY: The Optometric Center of New York (OCNY) recently named former New York State Assembly member Aravella Simotas and Dr. Kevin Gioia, MD to its board of trustees for a three-year term beginning earlier this month. Former Assemblymember Aravella Simotas represented the 36th District in Queens for a decade in the New York […]

July 17, 2023

SUNY College of Optometry Addresses Race in Optometry with Panel Discussion

Part VI in an Annual Conversation Exploring Emerging Barriers to Success New York, NY: SUNY College of Optometry’s Office of Continuing Professional Education recently held the Annual Race in Optometry webinar, now in its third year. The series launched in 2020 to stimulate a national, ongoing conversation on race and equity within the profession of optometry. […]

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