The Optometric Center of New York, the affiliated foundation of the SUNY College of Optometry, has announced that Mr. Michael Daley, chief executive officer of The Vision Council, and Mr. Jerry Warner, president, North America for CooperVision, will serve as the corporate co-chairs at its 13th Annual “Eyes on New…
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With more than a decade of work on the industry side of optometry, his product initiatives are helping the world to see better. Many optometrists were once children with vision problems, firsthand witnesses to the wonders made possible by dedicated eye care professionals. And while Dr. Joe Rappon ’00 did…
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NEW YORK — Dr. Pablo De Gracia, assistant professor of optometry at Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Optometry, presented on vision in a blurred world, including object motion, eye movements and optical blur, during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Tuesday, June 4. Dr. De Gracia divides…
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Recently honored by one of the top optometry organizations, he must now decide which career path to take after the College. If there is a checklist of the personal and intellectual skills needed to be a successful optometrist, Dr. Reynolds Ablordeppey had them all by high school. Good listener, empathetic,…
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Jason Gebran wanted to become a dentist—until he knew he had to be an optometrist. That major change of mind has been nothing but fortunate for the eye care profession. The former president of the SUNY Optometry chapter of Student Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (SVOSH), an organization dedicated to…
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Want to learn more about making the transition from optometry school to practice? Want to get the inside scoop on some of the latest health care trends? Want to find out what it’s like to open an optometry practice cold or learn how you might be able to find your career…
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NEW YORK, May 14, 2019 — Dr. Stephen Massey, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the McGovern Medical School of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Dr. Josh Tenenbaum, professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were the keynote speakers during…
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Once upon a time, Brandon Harnos wanted to be an airplane pilot so he could, he says, “view nature and the world from a different perspective through the cockpit.” Here, this year’s recipient of the Morton L. Kimmelman Memorial Award for Student Leadership in Organized Optometry and the College of…
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NEW YORK — Dr. Jacob Feldman, professor of psychology at Rutgers University’s Center for Cognitive Science, presented on the complexity of decision rules in shape classification during SUNY Optometry’s Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research colloquium on Friday, April 5. Dr. Feldman focuses on computational models and empirical studies of human…
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