Yohanna Emun has given her all both inside and outside the classroom, but she’s most proud of her work with the National Optometric Student Association. “We started an initiative with the purpose of reaching out to high school programs serving students from underserved and underrepresented communities and giving them presentations…
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Drs. Barbara Pelletier and Laurie Capogna are optometrists who practice separately in Ontario, Canada. Through their daily interactions with patients, both doctors recognized a distinct lack of knowledge among the public about the relationship between diet and eye and vision health and wanted to do something to address it. After…
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NEW YORK, April 16, 2019 – The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry will recognize Hubert Sagnières, chairman of the Essilor Group and executive vice chairman of EssilorLuxottica, and Dr. Donald Hood, professor of psychology and professor of ophthalmic science at Columbia University, with honorary degrees during…
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This semester, SUNY Optometry welcomed Dr. Jianfeng Wu, an ophthalmologist from Shandong, China and the latest participant in the China Optometry and Ophthalmology Resource Development (COORD) Visiting Scholars Program. The international collaboration is an effort to address China’s urgent need for optometrists and access to eye care and the recent…
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Program Details: Course Director: Dr. Murray Fingeret Speakers: Dr. Robert Fechtner & Dr. Michael Sullivan-Mee Date: Sunday, February 25, 2024 | Time: 8:00 am- 3:oo pm 6-hrs of Accredited Credits Attend In-person, Virtually, or through Hybrid Continental Breakfast and lunch for in-person attendees. In-person courses will take place at SUNY College of Optometry.…
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