Seeking to improve eye health awareness and encourage regular eye care among at-risk groups, Transitions Optical hosted a roundtable discussion exploring the need for eyecare professionals to collaborate with other key influencers —including general health professionals and health-based community and cultural organizations — to provide enhanced consumer education. The roundtable event, which was held in […]
Dr. Ian Bailey, Professor of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of California at Berkeley School of Optometry (UCB), is retiring this summer. Considered a “Berkeley Optometry legend,” Dr. Bailey is an international authority in the field of low vision. His contributions to vision science and low-vision rehabilitation have been recognized with such honors […]
Members of the optometric community, including representatives from the companies that are ASCO Corporate Contributors, gathered June 25 in Philadelphia for the Association’s Annual Leadership Luncheon, which was generously sponsored by Hoya. Among the happenings at the event, ASCO President Dr. Jennifer Coyle addressed the attendees on ASCO priorities over the past year including progress […]
Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry (NOVA) has been awarded up to $556,532 from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health for the work it will do along with other research centers as part of the national Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial – Attention and Reading Trial. Dr. Rachel A. “Stacey” Coulter is […]
A new elective course — Supplement Facts for Health Care Professionals — was offered for the first time this spring to third-year students at the Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry (WUCO). Professor of Nutrition Dr. Ron Waltman, a chiropractor who was contracted to teach the class, said the goals of the class […]
The New England College of Optometry (NECO) and its patient care subsidiary New England Eye, along with the Essilor Vision Foundation, conducted a pilot program this spring and summer called KidsVision for Life, providing free vision screenings, comprehensive eye exams and eyeglasses to children in need at The Boys and Girls Club of Boston’s Yawkey […]
The State University of New York College of Optometry (SUNY) partnership with The Bowery Mission, one of New York City’s most respected organizations providing services to the city’s homeless and residents in need, has expanded to East Harlem. Last year the college signed an agreement to provide those served by The Bowery Mission’s lower Manhattan […]
This summer, Southern College of Optometry (SCO) launched its new TearWell: Advanced Dry Eye Treatment Center. The standalone clinic is dedicated solely to dry eye treatment and is the first clinical facility in the area to offer the LipiFlow thermal pulsation treatment. Drs. Whitney Hauser and Alan Kabat, both known for their research and work […]
Dr. Earle L. Hunter, former Executive Director of the American Optometric Association (AOA) and Special Assistant to Dr. Larry Davis, Dean of the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Optometry (UMSL), and former Dean Dr. Jack Bennett, passed away in April. The UMSL EyeWire newsletter noted that Dr. Hunter “was the epitome of a gentleman: […]
The University of Houston College of Optometry (UHCO) is part of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study to determine whether commercially available soft bifocal contact lenses slow the progression of nearsightedness in children. Investigators at UHCO and The Ohio State University College of Optometry were awarded grants from the NIH’s National Eye Institute, worth […]
