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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 […]

February 21, 2018

Naidoo, Schaeffel to Receive Honorary Degrees from SUNY Optometry

NEW YORK, February 21, 2018 – The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry will recognize two distinguished scholars who have made lasting contributions to eye and vision care with honorary degrees during its 2018 commencement ceremony. Dr. Kovin Naidoo, chief executive officer of the Brien Holden Vision Institute (Australia), will receive the […]

February 15, 2018

SUNY Optometry Receives Grant from the New York Community Trust for Care Coordination Project

NEW YORK, February 15, 2018 — SUNY College of Optometry has received a three-year, $200,000 grant from The New York Community Trust to provide coordinated vision and social services for visually impaired older adults and children with multiple disabilities. The project will merge quality eye and vision care and social work expertise for the benefit […]

February 13, 2018

SUNY Optometry Alumnus and OCNY Board Member Dr. Mark Feder Actively Supports Fellow, Future Optometrists

The 1983 graduate—whose daughter is a 2017 alumna—contributes to the profession by helping others in his field. In a career that spans more than three decades, Mark Feder, OD, has steadfastly pursued one goal: to do work that makes others’ lives better. “Being able to help people and change their lives has been the most […]

February 9, 2018

SUNY Optometry Alumna Dr. Viola Kanevsky is Committed to Optometry, Service

The pediatric optometrist invests in communities near and far. To hear her family tell it, being a doctor was Viola Kanevsky’s only option. “For as long as I can remember, my mom introduced me to people as, ‘My daughter, the doctor,’” says Dr. Kanevsky. “Perhaps because my grandmother was a pediatrician, perhaps because I loved […]

February 5, 2018

SUNY Optometry Alumnus Dr. David Damari Still Lives By What He Learned at the College

The dean of Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University found focus—and a wife!—when he was a student. When Dr. David Damari decided to go to optometry school, he went against the advice of nearly everyone he knew. Today, the dean of Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University is still reaping the […]

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