Dr. Patricia Modica is promoted to Clinical Professor, effective July 1, 2019. Dr. Modica is a graduate of Rutgers University and the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. She is residency-trained in neuro-optometry, a diplomate of the American Board of Optometry and a fellow of the American Academy of Optometrists. She is a…
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ORLANDO, FL, October 29, 2018 – SUNY Optometry third-year student Samuel L. Stack is a recipient of the 2018 J. Pat Cummings Scholarship from Johnson & Johnson Vision in collaboration with the American Academy of Optometry Foundation. The award recognizes a second- or third-year optometry student who demonstrates the ideal…
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SUNY Optometry’s student chapter of the American Public Health Association presented its second Dining in the Dark Experience in honor of World Sight Day on Thursday, October 18. The annual event raises awareness of low vision and preventable blindness by serving dinner in dim illumination with blindfolds to enhance attendees…
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From delving into your family tree to wearing proper eyewear, there are lots of things you can do to give your eye health a boost. Know your family history. Are there any eye conditions that run in your family? Ask around, then let your eye care provider know so they can…
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ORLANDO, June 4, 2019 — SUNY Optometry congratulates alumna Dr. Nicole Poon as she receives the 2019 Johnson & Johnson Vision Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care. The award is given by the American Academy of Optometry Foundation to recognize outstanding fourth-year student clinicians who have demonstrated excellent…
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In 1949, when Dr. Eugene I. Cohen graduated from Northern Illinois College of Optometry, the WWII veteran who was attending school courtesy of the GI Bill did not know he was about to begin a family legacy. Fast forward more than 30 years later, his son, Dr. Roy B. Cohen…
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