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One year before she will graduate from SUNY Optometry with her doctorate, Monique Mohammed already knows one thing about next year, the year after that and every day of her future career: she will remain dedicated to helping and inspiring others. The Roosevelt, New York-native has already taken a mission trip to Jamaica to bring […]

May 9, 2019

SUNY Optometry Remembers Dr. William Folsom, 1920-2019

Dr. William “Bill” C. Folsom, Jr., a longtime Optometric Center of New York (OCNY) trustee and former SUNY College of Optometry associate clinical professor, died on Thursday, May 2 in Cape Cod, Mass. He was 98. Dr. Folsom’s association with the College began more than 50 years ago. He was on the staff of the […]

May 1, 2019

SUNY Optometry to Proceed with Middle States Commission of Higher Education Self-Study

NEW YORK, May 1, 2019 — The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry’s written plan to conduct an extensive self-study process required for continued Middle States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE) accreditation has been accepted after a February 12 campus visit by MSCHE vice president Dr. Stephen Pugliese. MSCHE is a regional […]

April 30, 2019

SUNY Optometry’s Dr. Lloyd Haskes Named 2019 Doctor of the Year by NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, East New York

NEW YORK, April 30, 2019 — SUNY Optometry associate clinical professor Dr. Lloyd Haskes today was named Doctor of the Year by NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, East New York, which is one of the College’s clinical affiliates in Brooklyn. Each NYC Health + Hospitals facility selects one provider to be Doctor of the Year. […]

April 29, 2019

Dr. Riccardo Natoli Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

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, […]

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