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SUNY Optometry’s new two-year concurrent residency and graduate degree program is now accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education. The program, which merges an accredited residency program with a Master’s degree, is the first of its kind in the country. Typically, residency programs prepare optometrists to specialize in a certain area over a one-year […]

May 1, 2018

SUNY Optometry Names New Chief of Primary Care for University Eye Center

NEW YORK, May 1, 2018 — Dr. Diane Calderon will begin as chief of the primary care service at SUNY Optometry’s University Eye Center on July 9. Dr. Calderon received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) in 2003 and completed a residency in primary care optometry at PCO in […]

April 26, 2018

Meet the Board: Jan Rose Wants to Help Remake the OCNY in the Community’s Image

Ms. Rose leans into her commitment to SUNY Optometry. As partner of AchieveMission, Jan Rose spends her days strengthening leadership and organizational effectiveness in the social sector. This commitment to improving the world also moved her to join the Optometric Center of New York’s board of trustees in 2009. “I’ve focused my career on working […]

April 26, 2018

Meet the Board: Marge Axelrad Documents and Shapes Optometry’s Future

The Optometric Center of New York board member continues to innovate through the power of the press. One of the optometry’s breakthrough thinkers has spent zero days training as an optometrist. Yet, what Marge Axelrad lacks in medical credentials is surpassed by her knowledge of and dedication to the field. And as a member of […]

April 19, 2018

The Passion of SUNY Optometry Alumnus Dr. Gary Gerber

From working to eradicate myopia in kids to helping optometrists grow their practices, he gives the profession his all. Most people are lucky if they find one passion in life. But Gary Gerber, OD has given his heart to three major endeavors. And it all started with a mistake. “I was a math major at […]

April 18, 2018

Meet the Board: Mackenzie Bradley, Class of 2020

As a student member of the Optometric Center of New York board, she always thinks of the greater good. It may sound counterintuitive, but the most important lesson second-year student Mackenzie Bradley has learned during her time at SUNY Optometry is that grades aren’t everything. “The greatest doctor in the room is not necessarily the […]

April 17, 2018

Familiar Faces @ SUNY Optometry: Clarissa Burroughs Builds Strong Community Relationships

The community outreach coordinator shares the work of the University Eye Center throughout New York City. Many people leave work feeling exhausted. Not Clarissa Burroughs. Her days at the University Eye Center (UEC) are a blur of outreach, phone calls, emails and seemingly endless communication to make the Center’s cutting edge technology and skilled optometrists […]

April 16, 2018

Clinical Enhancement Program Advises Students to Become Confident, Career Optometrists

One year into the program, SUNY Optometry is creating stronger, more well-rounded clinicians. A career as a successful optometrist requires more than executing a battery of tests—it involves patient-doctor communication, high levels of professionalism and, of course, confidence. To that end, the College operates the Clinical Enhancement Program (CEP), an advising system that pairs students […]

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