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NEW YORK, February 25, 2019 – Drs. Susan and Mark Fromer will receive the 2019 Eyes on Leadership Award during the 16th annual Eyes on New York Awards Celebration at Cipriani 42 in New York City on Friday, March 22. The gala is the signature event of the Optometric Center of New York (OCNY), the […]

February 25, 2019

SUNY Optometry President David A. Heath to SECO2019 Special Session: ‘See the Vision of Tomorrow’

An excerpt from SECO Daily, February 22, 2019 Download PDF NEW ORLEANS — We are deep within the fourth industrial revolution, according to one of yesterday’s special session speakers, David A. Heath, OD, EdM, State University of New York College of Optometry. Superintelligence, private equity opportunities and vast therapeutic updates are all coming to your […]

February 19, 2019

SUNY Optometry’s NOSA Chapter Installs Inspiration Wall for Black History Month

NEW YORK, February 19, 2019 — The SUNY Optometry chapter of the National Optometric Student Association (NOSA) has developed and installed an Inspiration Wall in the College’s Student Center for Black History Month 2019. The chapter’s community outreach chair Mariah Marshall, Class of 2021, led the initiative to express appreciation for the achievements of College-affiliated […]

February 13, 2019

SUNY Optometry’s Christian Crespo Receives 2019 Student Innovator Award

NEW YORK, February 11, 2019 — SUNY Optometry third-year student Christian Crespo received the 2019 Student Innovator Award following the College’s fourth annual competition on February 8. Mr. Crespo presented a 3D printed retinoscope design to help address refractive error blindness around the world. He believes access to more affordable optometric equipment would allow more […]

February 12, 2019

Hirsch, Vetter Visit SUNY Optometry for VisioNYC

NEW YORK, February 12, 2019 — Dr. Judith Hirsch, professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California, and Dr. Monica Vetter, professor of neurobiology and anatomy at the University of Utah, were the keynote speakers during SUNY Optometry’s VisioNYC, a meeting for vision scientists in greater New York, on Monday, February 11. Dr. […]

February 11, 2019

SUNY Optometry Alumnus Dr. Roy B. Cohen Takes Pride in Being a Second Generation Optometrist

In 1949, when Dr. Eugene I. Cohen graduated from Northern Illinois College of Optometry, the WWII veteran who was attending school courtesy of the GI Bill did not know he was about to begin a family legacy. Fast forward more than 30 years later, his son, Dr. Roy B. Cohen ’83, graduated from the SUNY […]

February 8, 2019

Dr. Regan Ashby Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. Regan Ashby, head of the visual neuroscience group within the Centre for Research into Therapeutic Solutions at the University of Canberra, presented on the signaling pathways underlying ocular growth during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Tuesday, February 5. Dr. Ashby’s research focuses on how environmentally-driven changes in […]

January 29, 2019

SUNY Optometry’s Dr. Jennifer Hue Knows No (International) Boundaries

The assistant clinical professor and international programs coordinator shares her mission to provide eye care to an underserved parish in Jamaica. Most optometrists cite the opportunity to serve patients as the reason they got into the field. But few exemplify that dedication to service like Dr. Jennifer Hue ’13, assistant clinical professor and international programs […]

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