According to the American Optometric Association, an estimated 45 million Americans of all ages wear contacts lenses, including infants. If you’re among the many considering contacts, take time to learn why and how contact lenses can serve your sight from SUNY College of Optometry’s cornea and contact lens expert, David…
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SUNY College of Optometry professor Dr. Mark Rosenfield has conducted extensive research on digital eye strain (which is also known as Computer Vision Syndrome), evaluating both the causes and the potential treatments for a condition that has become increasingly prevalent in our computer-smartphone-tablet-obsessed society. But how harmful is this screen…
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The primary purpose of frames is to hold the lenses in the correct position in front of your eyes so that you can see properly and comfortably. But they also have to look good. Frames come in many styles, colors, shapes and materials. At the Essilor Eyewear Center, we help…
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SUNY Optometry works to contain an increasingly common vision condition. In the 1970s, one in four children had myopia, the medical term for nearsightedness. Fast forward to today and that number has jumped to 40 percent of kids—nearly one in two. Studies estimate that by 2050, half of the world’s…
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WATCH Telemundo 47: ClĂnica mĂłvil ofrece servicios de salud en NYC NEW YORK, April 16, 2019 — The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry and Community Healthcare Network (CHN) today unveiled Eye Mobile, a mobile health unit, during a ribbon cutting ceremony at CHN’s Washington Heights health center. The partnership will…
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Bringing Over 16 years of Clinical, Laboratory, and Faculty Experience to SUNY Optometry Patients and Students, Dr. Amster Will Lead the Implementation of New State-of-the-Art Center for Pediatric Eye Care NEW YORK, NY— SUNY College of Optometry’s University Eye Center recently announced that Dr. Deborah Amster has officially joined as…
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