With more than a decade of work on the industry side of optometry, his product initiatives are helping the world to see better. Many optometrists were once children with vision problems, firsthand witnesses to the wonders made possible by dedicated eye care professionals. And while Dr. Joe Rappon ’00 did…
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Recently honored by one of the top optometry organizations, he must now decide which career path to take after the College. If there is a checklist of the personal and intellectual skills needed to be a successful optometrist, Dr. Reynolds Ablordeppey had them all by high school. Good listener, empathetic,…
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Myopia (nearsightedness) and hyperopia (farsightedness) develop through different molecular pathways, according to a study published October 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by SUNY Optometry’s Dr. David Troilo and Dr. Alexandra Benavente-Pérez and collaborators at Columbia University. The finding provides a new understanding of eye growth and the development…
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Jason Gebran wanted to become a dentist—until he knew he had to be an optometrist. That major change of mind has been nothing but fortunate for the eye care profession. The former president of the SUNY Optometry chapter of Student Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (SVOSH), an organization dedicated to…
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NEW YORK, May 14, 2019 — Dr. Stephen Massey, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the McGovern Medical School of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Dr. Josh Tenenbaum, professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were the keynote speakers during…
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Once upon a time, Brandon Harnos wanted to be an airplane pilot so he could, he says, “view nature and the world from a different perspective through the cockpit.” Here, this year’s recipient of the Morton L. Kimmelman Memorial Award for Student Leadership in Organized Optometry and the College of…
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NEW YORK — Dr. Jacob Feldman, professor of psychology at Rutgers University’s Center for Cognitive Science, presented on the complexity of decision rules in shape classification during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, April 5. Dr. Feldman focuses on computational models and empirical studies of human…
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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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Dr. Areke Ogbonna and Dr. John Samssedi spent a month on campus to learn the intricacies of optometric practice in the United States. Members of the SUNY Optometry community may have noticed a few new faces on campus as the Center of International Programs hosted two optometrists from the Nigerian…
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