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A look at the activities of the SUNY College of Optometry supported by its foundation the Optometric Center of New York.

South African optometrists must acquire 600 clinical hours in a facility providing exposure to therapeutics. SUNY Optometry has partnered with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban to expose more of the country’s optometrists to therapeutic care. Dr. Lynette De Smedt of De Smedt Optometrists in Pretoria discusses her hands-on training…

SUNY Optometry has partnered with the Snowvision Charitable Trust since 1998. The New Zealand-based organization is dedicated to improving the clinical skills and knowledge of its country’s optometrists. Nearly three dozen New Zealanders have participated in the program to date.

The University Eye Center’s chief for Neuro-Optometric Vision Rehabilitation, Dr. Daniella Rutner, discusses how traumatic brain injury can affect vision and what we can do to help those who are struggling.

Dr. MuEn Yang, a graduate of the University of Montreal’s School of Optometry, is the College’s first residency/MS student. Her interest in optometry, particularly low vision and ocular disease, developed as she witnessed her own grandmother’s experience with cataracts.

The College’s Career Development Center presented is sixth annual career symposium on Sunday, April 9, 2017. This year’s theme, Communication: A 20/20 Approach, was conceived to provide participants with a better understanding of communication styles. Check out the digital program – https://sunyopt.edu/pdfs/misc/CareerSymposium6th.pdf

The College’s 43rd commencement was featured during CBS New York’s 11 p.m. news broadcast thanks to honorary degree recipient Dr. Max Gomez.

Studies estimate that half of the world’s population will have myopia by 2050. SUNY Optometry’s Dr. Xiaoying Zhu discusses how University Eye Center’s Myopia Control Center gives children immediate help and provides parents with information they can use to make the best long-term decisions for their kids’ vision.

Is your child’s prescription progressing at a high rate? SUNY Optometry’s Dr. Xiaoying Zhu discusses how University Eye Center’s Myopia Control Center helps slow the progression of myopia, or nearsightedness.