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…
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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.
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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.
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SUNY Optometry recently introduced a state-of-the-art, virtual reality simulation laboratory that gives students a unique new way to hone their critical diagnostic skills
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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.
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At the University Eye Center and the SUNY College of Optometry, we take heart health very seriously. Watch and learn how we create awareness within our community about heart health issues and what the implications of heart-related health issues on your eyes and vision.
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The SUNY College of Optometry Alumni Affairs office, in conjunction with its Continuing Professional Education office, hosted an alumni reunion reception at the Princeton Club in New York City. The classes of 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009 were honored, as well as the Alumnus of the…
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Dr. Rebecca Marinoff, assistant clinical professor at the SUNY College of Optometry and a member of the University Eye Center’s Vision Rehabilitation Services team, discusses some of the devices that patients with low vision can use to them them see better.
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