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The State University of New York College of Optometry advances visual health and patient care through leadership in education, research and service.

Fourth-Year SUNY Optometry OD student, Vanessa Fimreite, the first recipient of the SUNY Student Innovator Award, on her innovation: Mobile Acuity and Vision Assessment (MAVA)

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.

Scientists have been studying how visual space is mapped in the cerebral cortex for many decades under the assumption that the map is equal for lights and darks. Surprisingly, recent work demonstrates that visual brain maps are dark-centric and that, just as stars rotate around black holes in the Universe,…

Third Year Doctor of Optometry student Pratik Patel talks about going from a small town in Pennsylvania to the bright lights of New York City

Pratik Patel talks about what it’s like to be a third year student in the Doctor of Optometry program at the SUNY College of Optometry

Dr. Jenelle Mallios, chief of the Pediatric Service at the University Eye Center, explains the details of a pediatric eye exam.