The new chief of primary care is excited to use her full toolbox at the College. Dr. Diane Calderon-Villanueva, the University Eye Center’s new chief of primary care, was drawn to optometry after she was paired to work with an undergraduate classmate with low vision. “I was intrigued by the…
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The OD/MS graduate returns to the College she knows and loves as an assistant clinical professor. Many alumni love the SUNY Optometry community, but few show it like Dr. Christy Sell. A graduate of the OD/MS program (’01 and ’02), she recently returned to the College for her third stint…
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“I am learning a lot so that I can be a well-informed advocate for my fellow classmates.” Many optometrists come to the field because of positive memories of a childhood spent at the eye doctor. But Erin Lutley had just one eye exam under her belt when she entered SUNY…
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Amid the hustle of labs, classes and exams, the program offers a calm—and informative—respite. In the caffeine-fueled world of academia, SUNY Optometry decided to nurture student success with something gentler: tea. And thinking. Those are two of the guiding ideas behind T-Chats session, the central component of the Academic, Clinical…
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One day, Jennifer Gould got it. Completely. “I was being quizzed by one of my preceptors about a certain disease,” she recalls. “I’d never taken all of the basic science information and the clinical and pulled it together. He asked me a question and suddenly, all the threads came together…
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Dozens of eye care providers gathered to meet the College’s students during the annual event. On September 7, SUNY Optometry students attended the College’s sixth annual Student Externship Expo. They had the opportunity to meet with about 40 institutions, including community health centers, hospitals, military hospitals, referral centers, private practices,…
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The president of Weiss, Savedoff & Ciccone, Doctors of Optometry, PC is looking to add another member of the College community to the practice. The work of Dr. Leonard Savedoff ’79 may be credited to a curious mix of intercession and luck. The New York City-native was well on his…
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The Study Demonstrates How Brains Form Visual Maps NEW YORK, NY – ICYMI, in a new paper entitled “A Theory of Cortical Map Formation in the Visual Brain” published in Nature Communications, SUNY College of Optometry Distinguished Professor Dr. Jose Manuel Alonso and PhD student Sohrab Najafian, offer a theory that…
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NEW YORK, NY – On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, over 120 industry professionals, alumni, board members, friends. faculty, and staff gathered at Bryant Park Grille to honor and celebrate the remarkable career of SUNY College of Optometry President Dr. David A. Heath. He is retiring as President in June after…
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