ICYMI: SUNY OPTOMETRY, MONOPLEX EYE PROSTHETICS PROVIDE FREE PROSTHETIC EYE FOR PATIENT FEATURED IN HUMANS OF NEW YORK

January 14, 2022

NBC News New York Shares the Story of Kasson Woods and His Recovery Journey Following Viral Social Media Post 

 Drs. Melissa Levine and David Libassi share a joyful moment with Melissa Benjamin and her fiancé/UEC patient Kasson Woods after receiving a custom prosthetic eye.

NEW YORK, NY   This week, following a viral post by Humans of New York detailing the subway assault of Kasson Woods, which rendered him blind, SUNY College Optometry’s University Eye Center, the Optometric Center of New York, and Monoplex Eye Prosthetics LLC teamed together to provide a free prosthetic eye and fitting for Kasson to help restore his confidence as well as months of medical care, as featured this week by NBC News.