This is when it all begins for SUNY Optometry’s first year OD class. Today marks the first day of an extensive, two-day orientation program at the College designed to introduce the new class of 100 students to their academic program as well as provide them with their first opportunity to…
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For the second straight year, SUNY Optometry hosted a day-long Capstone Program for its graduating class of ODs. The event is designed to provide the newly-minted doctors with a variety of up-to-date information on their rapidly-changing profession and start them on the path toward continuous, life-long learning. “Optometry is evolving…
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The Care Coordination for Patients with Vision Loss program offers joint vision and social services for patients often relegated to the margins. The SUNY Optometry community embarked on a new journey to provide coordinated vision and social services for visually impaired older adults and low-income children, in coordination with Stony…
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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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NEW YORK — Dr. James Elder, professor and York research chair in human and computer vision at York University, presented on 2D and 3D shape from contour during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, March 15. The Elder laboratory develops novel and useful computer vision algorithms…
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NEW YORK, July 25, 2019 — The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry received their notification letter and final accreditation report from the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) following the April 8-10 campus visit by the evaluation team. The Council voted to continue the classification of “Accredited”. The next scheduled evaluation visit will…
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“It is with great sadness that SUNY College of Optometry learned of the passing of Dr. Max Gomez this past weekend. Dr. Gomez was an award-winning broadcast journalist, Dr. Gomez and a champion of optometry and vision science in the media for many years. His prominence as a respected medical…
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