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.…
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The Confucius Institute held an event that taught a practical skill—tea making—alongside another, life-changing one. Many of SUNY College of Optometry’s students and doctors admit that one of the most satisfying aspects of their profession is the chance to interact with patients. Yet there is a skill that underlies this…
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SUNY Optometry congratulates Dr. Ayah Ahamed as she receives the 2018 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 overall knowledge of the contact lens…
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Become a Visionary Nearly 250,000 patient visits each year means that community members rely on SUNY College of Optometry and the University Eye Center for high-quality, accessible vision care. They come from every corner of the city – and even beyond the boroughs – to be able to see better,…
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SUNY Optometry’s University Eye Center hosted a workshop and lunch and learn lecture on meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and dry eye diagnosis and management and featuring Drs. Donald Korb and Caroline Blackie on Tuesday, November 29. Dr. Korb has named ten ocular conditions, including MGD, giant papillary conjunctivitis, and lip…
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The virtual meeting space launched in September. A school’s community is only as strong as the alumni it sends out into the world, and a recent SUNY Optometry initiative aims to flex some major muscle. Launched in September 2017, SUNY Eye Network is a virtual meeting space for alumni to…
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