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How many successful businesses can one guy run? So many. Dr. Barry Eiden always knew he would go into health care, but a visit to an optometrist pushed him toward eye care. “I visited various health care professionals during my undergraduate years and once I visited a local OD’s practice and saw the diversity of […]

August 10, 2018

Familiar Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Lorena Maldonado

Every day offers the referral service coordinator new and different ways to help University Eye Center patients. Lorena Maldonado unintentionally found her professional destiny when she was just nine years old. “I had just moved to New York from Ecuador, and my mom took me to the doctor,” she recalls. “I saw the person at […]

August 9, 2018

Architecture Group Recognizes Excellence in SUNY Optometry’s Redesigned Center for Student Life and Learning

Kliment Halsband Architects—the creative minds behind the newly redesigned SUNY Optometry Center for Student Life and Learning—received the American Institute of Architects New York State’s Excelsior Merit Award, which recognizes excellence in state-funded public art and architecture. From sculpted landscapes to education centers to courtyards, the 12 winning projects illustrate how responsible, impactful, beautiful design […]

August 7, 2018

For SUNY Optometry Alumnus Dr. Leonard Savedoff, Furthering the College’s Legacy is Paramount

The president of Weiss, Savedoff & Ciccone, Doctors of Optometry, PC is looking to add another member of the College community to the practice. The work of Dr. Leonard Savedoff ’79 may be credited to a curious mix of intercession and luck. The New York City-native was well on his way to becoming an attorney, […]

August 7, 2018

Familiar Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Patricia Lambert

After decades in the eye care industry, the clinic manager for advanced care services at the University Eye Center continues to change lives every day. Patricia Lambert knew there was a place for her at SUNY Optometry. Which is why for years, when she would walk past the building on 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan, […]

August 6, 2018

Hundreds of New Yorkers Attend University Eye Center’s Second Annual Health and Wellness Expo

NEW YORK, August 6, 2018 – More than 800 New Yorkers attended Health and Wellness Expo 2018, University Eye Center’s open house, on Saturday, August 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at SUNY College of Optometry in midtown Manhattan. Now an annual event, the Expo brings community partners together to promote healthy behavior changes […]

July 31, 2018

For Award-Winning SUNY Optometry Professor Dr. Diane T. Adamczyk, the Future is Now

The director of residency education is honored with the Iron Mike award for her innovative work in neuro-optometric rehabilitation. For those who know Dr. Diane T. Adamczyk, her dedication to the role of director of residency education for SUNY Optometry should come as no surprise. She barely remembers a time when she didn’t know she […]

July 31, 2018

SUNY Optometry Students Join VOSH International Mission to Grenada

SUNY Optometry’s student chapter of VOSH International (Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity) traveled to Grenada this July to help provide eye exams to 1,286 Grenadians alongside optometrists from the organization’s North Carolina chapter. Many patients visit VOSH vision clinics every year and rely on these services for their eye care. “We could not be more […]

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