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Group and individual sessions are available for students who need to talk about more than optometry. Many mention the stress of school as if it is a rite of passage. But there are people in the SUNY Optometry community who are invested in making sure that while there may be stress, there are also tools […]

April 8, 2019

Familiar Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Andrea Brunhoelzl

The University Eye Center’s director of clinical operations gives staffers the support they need and challenges to help them grow. Before joining SUNY Optometry as director of clinical operations at the University Eye Center (UEC), Andrea Brunhoelzl honed her skills in many roles. She has been a director of revenue cycle management, a project leader, […]

April 3, 2019

Dr. Juan Huang Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. Juan “Jenny” Huang, research assistant professor of optometry at The Ohio State University, presented on myopia during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Tuesday, April 2. Dr. Huang studies the pathogenesis of myopia and develops strategies to prevent the onset and progression of myopia through translational research. She […]

March 30, 2019

Dr. Bryan Jones Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. Bryan Jones, research associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Utah, presented on the ultrastructure of retinal circuitry in health and disease during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, March 29. Dr. Jones focuses on the normal circuitry and aberrant remodeling of the […]

March 29, 2019

SUNY Optometry NextGen: Carol Lin, Class of 2020

The OD/MS student aspires to take care of patients’ eyes to improve their lives. Carol Lin landed on the path that brought her to optometry when she was just a little girl. “My mother loves to tell me that when she used to take me and my five-year-older autistic brother for play time at the […]

March 29, 2019

SUNY Optometry Welcomes Lagos-Based Optometrists for New Clinical Observation Program

Dr. Areke Ogbonna and Dr. John Samssedi spent a month on campus to learn the intricacies of optometric practice in the United States. Members of the SUNY Optometry community may have noticed a few new faces on campus as the Center of International Programs hosted two optometrists from the Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA), Lagos Chapter […]

March 27, 2019

Dr. Yale Cohen Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK — Dr. Yale Cohen, professor of otorhinolaryngology and director of the Hearing Sciences Center at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, presented on neural substrates for perception and decision-making in the auditory cortex during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, March 22. Dr. Cohen’s research […]

March 26, 2019

Optometric Center of New York Hosts 16th Annual Eyes on New York Awards Celebration

NEW YORK, March 25, 2019 — The Optometric Center of New York, the affiliated foundation of the SUNY College of Optometry, hosted its 16th annual Eyes on New York Awards Celebration on Friday, March 22 at Cipriani 42. Drs. Susan and Mark Fromer, Regeneron and Dr. Julia Appel ’91 were honored during the foundation’s signature event. […]

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