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On average, 30% of the world is myopic (nearsighted) and by 2050, based on current trends, almost 50% will be myopic. Dr. Xiaoying Zhu (OD, MD, PhD), lead clinician at University Eye Center’s Myopia Control Clinic, discusses the global crisis. Reach out to (212) 938-4015 or myopia@sunyopt.edu to make an…

Pratik Patel talks about what it’s like to be a third year student in the Doctor of Optometry program at the SUNY College of Optometry

Dr. Jenelle Mallios, chief of the Pediatric Service at the University Eye Center, explains the details of a pediatric eye exam.

Grayson was born with a cataract. At the University Eye Center, his family found the care that they needed to help him see better.

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.