Dear Colleagues and Supporters, I hope that this latest issue of FYEye finds you well and moving toward a return to normalcy. As we close an academic year like no other, I would like to reflect on how we have navigated the challenges as individuals and as a community to…
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The associate director of continuing professional education gets optometrists back in the classroom. Fourteen years ago, Betsy Torres started working at SUNY Optometry as a temporary assistant in patient financial services equipped with organizational experience, which is why she was promoted to clinical manager of the ocular disease service in…
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Dry Eye Syndrome is a common, often chronic, condition that can cause lots of discomfort. Dr. Harriette Canellos, the director of the UEC’s Referral Service and associate clinical professor at SUNY College of Optometry, explains: What is dry eye? Dry Eye Syndrome is a common and often chronic condition…
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Dr. Rebecca Heaps is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Vision Rehabilitation department at the SUNY College of Optometry. She completed her Doctor of Optometry degree at the SUNY College of Optometry, where she then went on to complete her residency in Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation. Her areas of interest…
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Publications, Presentations, Lectures for May 2016 Backus, BT (2016). Progress report on the use of visual deprivation to treat amblyopia. Paper presented at the Patagonia Perceptual Learning Workshop, El Calafate, Argentina (April). Backus, BT (2016). Use of 10-day visual deprivation to treat amblyopia in humans: an early progress report. Invited…
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