ESTHER J. WERNER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE DR. MAX COHEN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR VOLUNTEER COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE The journey from student to clinician in optometry for Raymond Bryant Farmer is rooted in his dedication to service and scholarship. As president of the SUNY Optometry chapter of NOSA…
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Value of Vision Luncheon Keynote Speaker: TBD MARCH 21, 2024 | 11:30am – 1:00pm SUNY College of Optometry Student Center 33 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036 RSVP: MICHAEL ARIAS | marias@sunyopt.edu or (212)938-560
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SUNY Optometry hosted 2018 Capstone for its graduating ODs on Tuesday, May 22. The annual event provides newly minted doctors with current information on their rapidly changing profession and starts them on the path toward lifelong learning. Dr. Mark Wright, a nationally recognized contributor on optometric practice, delivered the keynote…
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DR. LOUIS HERRMANN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMPASSION IN PATIENT CARE New York-native Emily Aristizabal describes herself as a lifetime competitor, especially when it comes to sports. In between classes and clinics at SUNY Optometry, Aristizabal served as captain of the 2021 softball team at the annual school tournament and…
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NEW YORK — Dr. Louis Pasquale, site chair of ophthalmology at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens and vice chair of translational ophthalmology research for the Mount Sinai Health System, presented on the role of nitric oxide signaling in glaucomatous neuro-degeneration during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision…
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THE JOSH WALLMAN, PHD MEMORIAL RESEARCH AWARD Keying Yan was 12 years old when she journeyed from China to the United States with her mother, who was working on her post-doctorate at Southwest Medical Center in Texas. What was to be just a year-long visit turned into a new…
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The Class of 2022 is a musician-blogger-IT specialist who loves optometry in its midst. One glance at Constantinos Bacas’s weekly schedule leaves the impression that this must be the “to do” list of four people. There are classes and labs for the first year student in the doctor of optometry…
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