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The OCNY board member believes in the importance of serving communities—and in the power of the College to do so. With the appointment of one of its newest board members, P. Gregory Hess, the Optometric Center of New York (OCNY), SUNY Optometry’s affiliated foundation, is poised to benefit from three decades of dedication to and […]

March 20, 2018

SUNY Optometry Alumna Dr. Theresa Ruggiero Explains How the College Led to Her Groundbreaking Work

She is one of the leading authorities on vision therapy and continues to innovate and expand her knowledge in this life-changing field. Theresa Ruggiero, OD, FCOVD, was set to become a lawyer—until a professor completely, as she put it, blew her mind. “As a psychology major undergrad at Stony Brook, I took a class in […]

March 19, 2018

SUNY Optometry’s Dr. Diane Adamczyk, Dr. Daniella Rutner, Sarah Gleason honored by New York State Optometric Association

NEW YORK, March 19, 2018– Two SUNY Optometry faculty members and one of the College’s outstanding fourth-year students were honored during the New York State Optometric Association’s 2018 award ceremony at the organization’s 123rd annual meeting in New York City on Saturday, March 17. Dr. Diane T. Adamczyk was named Optometric Educator of the Year […]

March 19, 2018

Optometric Center of New York Hosts 15th Annual Eyes on New York Gala

NEW YORK, March 19, 2018 — The Optometric Center of New York (OCNY), the affiliated foundation of the SUNY College of Optometry, hosted its 15th annual Eyes on New York Gala on Friday, March 16 at The Plaza in New York City. Kenneth Lombart and Richard Lombart, co-founders of Lombart Instrument, were honored for their […]

March 16, 2018

SUNY Optometry’s Elkie Fung, Tara Mahvelati Receive 2018 Student Innovator of the Year Award

NEW YORK, March 16, 2018 — Seven students, representing four schools of optometry, including SUNY Optometry’s Elkie Fung and Tara Mahvelati, were recognized as this year’s Student Innovator of the Year Award recipients during the Vision Monday Summit at TheTimesCenter in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, March 14. Ms. Fung and Ms. Mahvelati presented Can-See, a […]

February 27, 2018

SUNY Optometry’s Clinical Vision Research Center Receives PEDIG Performance and Quality Award

SUNY Optometry’s Clinical Vision Research Center (CVRC) has received a Performance and Quality Award from the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG) for having the highest patient volume and an outstanding quality index. PEDIG is a collaborative network dedicated to facilitating multicenter clinical research in strabismus, amblyopia and other eye disorders that affect children. The […]

February 27, 2018

SUNY Optometry Student Kathleen Hoang Receives Dr. Pat & Patrick Cummings Scholarship

Kathleen Hoang, a fourth-year student at SUNY Optometry, has won the 2018 Dr. Pat and Patrick Cummings Scholarship from Optometry Cares, The AOA Foundation. The $5,000 scholarship is possible through individual donors and Johnson & Johnson Vision. To be eligible for the scholarship, the recipient must be a fourth-year student in good academic standing and […]

February 26, 2018

Scholarly Activities, Fall 2017 to Winter 2018

Publications Albieri, G., Hue, J., Gleason, S. Cognitive Strategies to Improve Patient Care in Cross-Cultural Settings. Optometric Education 2017, 43: 1 Bittner AK, Seger K, Salveson R, Kayser S, Morrison N, Vargas P, Mendelsohn D, Han J, Bi H, Dagnelie G, Benavente-Perez A, Ramella-Roman J (2017) Randomized Controlled Trial of Electro-stimulation Therapies to Modulate Retinal […]

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