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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 […]

July 26, 2018

Flashback: SUNY Optometry’s AOA Reception, Denver

Sixty SUNY Optometry alumni from all decades, students, faculty and supporters gathered at the Hyatt Regency Denver for a mini reunion during Optometry’s Meeting 2018 on Friday, June 22. [slider_image image_1=”18327,large” image_2=”18321,large” image_3=”18322,large” image_4=”18323,large” image_5=”18324,large” image_6=”18326,large” image_7=”18325,large” image_8=”18571,large” image_9=”18334,large” image_10=”18335,large” image_11=”18328,large” image_12=”18329,large” image_13=”18330,large” image_14=”18333,large” image_15=”18331,large” height=”700″]

July 26, 2018

Scholarly Activities, Spring and Summer 2018

ARVO 2018 Annual Meeting, May 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii Ablordeppey R, Zhu X, Troilo D, Benavente-Perez A. Development of a protocol to perform behavioral measurements of accommodative response in naïve marmosets. ARVO 2018 Annual Meeting, May 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii. Akopian A, Kumar S, Ramakrishnan H, Bloomfield S. Delayed blockade of retinal gap junctions still promotes neuroprotection […]

July 25, 2018

Dr. Vivian Choh Visits SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research

NEW YORK CITY — Dr. Vivian Choh, associate professor of optometry and vision science at the University of Waterloo, presented on understanding and altering mechanical stress in the visual system during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, June 22. Dr. Choh’s research focuses on the optics, molecular structure and function of […]

July 20, 2018

SUNY Optometry Alumni Association Merges with the Optometric Center of New York

NEW YORK, July 20, 2018 – The SUNY College of Optometry Alumni Association and the Optometric Center of New York (OCNY), the College’s affiliated foundation, have merged. The New York State Secretary of State certified the merger at the end of June 2018 after securing approval from both boards and getting 95 percent of voting […]

July 19, 2018

What Motivates SUNY Optometry’s NBEO Part I High Scorer Kyra Dorgeloh?

She nearly didn’t come to optometry school—but now that she’s here, she is excelling. Many say that test results only tell part of the story—that the numbers are great, but not the full picture of the person who took the exam. But there are times when a test result perfectly represents the story behind the […]

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