The associate director of continuing professional education gets optometrists back in the classroom. Fourteen years ago, Betsy Torres started working at SUNY Optometry as a temporary assistant in patient financial services equipped with organizational experience, which is why she was promoted to clinical manager of the ocular disease service in…
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Program seeks to guide and inspire underrepresented students to careers in healthcare New York, NY—State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry welcomed more than 100 aspiring optometry students from close to home and abroad to its newly launched Eye-CARE Summer Camp, a three-day program designed to expose…
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August 7, 2020 Panelists seek sustainable steps for increasing minority representation in the field The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry hosted “Seeking Solutions – Race in Optometry: An Honest Conversation on Optometric Education,” part two of a live webinar series covering the issues and obstacles that…
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Join us Virtually on May 16 & 23 Admission: $105 Full Conference | $25 Per Individual CE Hour 5-hours of COPE Approved CE Credit Live-Streamed – Admission Option COPE Distance Learning COPE CE credits Unlimited access to online handout(s) Unlimited access to the course recording – after 5/28 Course Recording…
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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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Publications Alonso JM, Swadlow HA (2017) Thalamocortical interactions for sensory processing. Neuroscience Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Online Publication Date: Feb 2017 DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264086.013.112 Del Águila-Carrasco AJ, Marín-Franch I, Bernal-Molina P, Esteve-Taboada JJ, Kruger PB, Montés-Micó R, López-Gil N (2017) Accommodation responds to optical vergence and not defocus blur alone. Investigative Ophthalmology…
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September 1, 2020 Online tool called Daily Doc connects ODs and employers seeking to fill fluctuating schedules New York, NY— This spring COVID-19 disrupted the optometric profession in unprecedented ways, leaving many doctors to either close or scale back their practice to urgent care and telehealth visits only. As quarantine…
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