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NEW YORK — Dr. Riccardo Natoli, group leader of The Natoli Group at the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience at Australian National University (ANU), presented on how light exposure contributes to retinal degenerations during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, April 26. Dr. Natoli is interested in novel strategies that reduce the […]

April 24, 2019

SUNY Optometry’s Kyra Dorgeloh Receives 2019 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence

ALBANY, April 24, 2019 – State University of New York Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson today presented 210 SUNY students from across the state, including SUNY Optometry’s Kyra Dorgeloh, with the 2019 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, at the Albany Capital Center. The Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence was created in 1997 to recognize students who […]

April 23, 2019

Focus on New Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Dr. Shelby Leach

Before the new assistant clinical professor knew she wanted to be an optometrist, she was positive that one day—somehow—she would work with children. It was while Dr. Shelby Leach was an undergraduate student at Arizona State University, majoring in biological sciences, that optometry started to look like her career path. Upon graduation with her bachelor […]

April 23, 2019

SUNY Optometry’s SOAPP Cultivates Entrepreneurial Optometrists

Many students are drawn to optometry because the profession can be practiced in a number of settings, from hospitals to schools to private practices. One SUNY Optometry group, the Student Optometric Association for Private Practice (SOAPP), helps students acquire the skills they need to create their own businesses. The organization hosts lunchtime practice management seminars, […]

April 22, 2019

Dr. Louis Pasquale Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. Louis Pasquale, site chair of ophthalmology at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens and vice chair of translational ophthalmology research for the Mount Sinai Health System, presented on the role of nitric oxide signaling in glaucomatous neuro-degeneration during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, April […]

April 18, 2019

SUNY Optometry Breaks Ground on New Center for Pediatric Eye Care

NEW YORK, April 18, 2019 — The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry leadership today hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new Center for Pediatric Eye Care. The 5,000 sq. ft. facility on the 10th floor of the College’s midtown Manhattan campus will consolidate pediatric-related services to accommodate a growing number of […]

April 16, 2019

SUNY Optometry and Community Healthcare Network Unveil Eye Mobile

WATCH Telemundo 47: Clínica móvil ofrece servicios de salud en NYC NEW YORK, April 16, 2019 — The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry and Community Healthcare Network (CHN) today unveiled Eye Mobile, a mobile health unit, during a ribbon cutting ceremony at CHN’s Washington Heights health center. The partnership will expand access to eye and […]

April 16, 2019

Sagnières, Hood to Receive Honorary Degrees from SUNY Optometry

NEW YORK, April 16, 2019 – The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry will recognize Hubert Sagnières, chairman of the Essilor Group and executive vice chairman of EssilorLuxottica, and Dr. Donald Hood, professor of psychology and professor of ophthalmic science at Columbia University, with honorary degrees during its 2019 commencement ceremony on […]

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