American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) announces Eugene Appenteng Osae, OD, UHCO PhD Candidate, as the 2018 Joseph T. Barr Early Career Cornea and Contact Lens Research Award Recipient.
The American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) has announced that four UHCO researchers – Maria Walker, OD, MS, FAAO; Gareth Hastings, BOptom; Suraj Upadhyaya, OD, FAAO; and Laura Pardon, OD, MS, FAAO – have been selected as recipients of the 2018 William C. Ezell Fellowships. They were among a total of 13 recipients awarded this […]
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Dr. Mario Gutierrez ’84 to the Texas Optometry Board (TOB) and he will also serve as the board’s presiding officer. According to Dr. Gutierrez, the TOB will modernize the continuing education recording process to make it more efficient and easier for licensees to track. The board will also expedite new […]
The American Academy of Optometry Foundation announced in early June the 2018 Johnson & Johnson Vision Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care recipients, 23 in all, and among them was recent PCO graduate Samantha Myers, OD ’18. The award and grant recognizes outstanding fourth-year student clinicians who have demonstrated excellent overall knowledge of the contact […]
Pictured, from left: Adam Hickenbotham O.D., MPH, PhD, KYCO associate professor of optometry, and KYCO students Sha’Mia Stinson, Kristen Lantz, Breck Dakin, Nitya Murthy and Catherine Donaldson Five students from the University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Optometry – Breck Dakin, Catherine Donaldson, Kristen Lantz, Nitya Murthy and Sha’Mia Stinson – attended the 2018 Association for […]
New England College of Optometry (NECO) is pleased to announce the opening of its new NECO Clinical Training Center for students. The Clinical Training Center (CTC) provides a state-of-the-art learning facility with traditional and high-tech eye care instruments and advanced learning technology. The College aims to prepare students to provide care in all types of […]
Kaila Osmotherly, OD, FAAO, Associate Dean of the Arizona College of Optometry, has been selected as a member of the Phoenix Business Journal’s annual “Forty-Under-40” class. The “Forty-Under-40” list annually recognizes up-and-coming leaders in business and the community. This year, the Phoenix Business Journal selected its Class of 2018 from a pool of more than […]
Vivid Vision, a San Francisco-based eye care start-up, has signed an exclusive license agreement with The Research Foundation for The State University of New York to employ a new device to treat lazy eye and other disorders of binocular vision invented by Dr. Benjamin Backus, an associate professor at the SUNY Optometry, with his colleagues […]
The Arizona College of Optometry at Midwestern University has instituted new residency programs in family practice and cornea/contact lenses. The new residency programs last for a period of one year, and there is one position available in each residency. Each program provides opportunities for residents in continuing education, as well as education and lecture via […]
“We are here to celebrate victory.” With those words, former mayor and Manchester, New Hampshire icon Sylvio L. DuPuis ’11 (Hon.) opened the formal dedication ceremony of MCPHS University’s newest achievement: an optometry clinic built in collaboration with the Manchester Community Health Center, with generous funding support provided by Northeast Delta Dental Foundation, the McIninch […]
