Madison Millsaps, a UAB softball player, receives a comprehensive eye exam from UAB optometry student, Grant Fowler Student-athletes at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will see their sport in a new perspective through BlazerVision, a new partnership between UAB Athletics, School of Optometry and Department of Ophthalmology. As part of UAB Athletics’ pre-participation examinations, each student-athlete will receive comprehensive […]
Salus University’s Learning Resource Center was officially unveiled to students, faculty, and staff in the beginning of January. Third year Salus Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) student, Alexander Van Dyck mentioned, “My first impression of the Learning Resource Center is that it is somehow bigger than the old library. The open layout and improved lighting […]
The Eye Institute (TEI) of Salus University/PCO has partnered with CityLife Neighborhood Clinics/Ampersand Health, LLC to create a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) within TEI’s Philadelphia clinic. Occupying a space of approximately 8,100 square feet, the University was approved for a $1 million grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The […]
The National Academies of Practice (NAP) inducted several Distinguished Practitioners & Fellows of NAP during a gala banquet on March 18, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA. They are pictured above top from left to right: Dr. William L. Jones; Dr. Donald Egan (KYCO); Dr. Jeffrey A. Myers; Dr. Brett Bence. Bottom left to right: Dr. Gregory […]
Dr. Jingyun Wang, PhD, assistant professor at the Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO), has been awarded the University’s first-ever Innovation in Education grant from The American Optometric Foundation (AOF) in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. The grant is designed to aid recently appointed faculty in advancing their teaching skills in […]
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) accredited SUNY College of Optometry’s human subject research program on Wednesday, March 22. AAHRPP provides accreditation for organizations that conduct or review human research, demonstrate that they have built extensive safeguards into every level of their research operation, and adhere to high standards for […]
Roya Attar, OD, assistant clinical professor and director of professional relations for the University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Optometry (KYCO), recently presented a poster at the 2016 American Academy of Optometry (AAO) in Anaheim, Calif. Internationally recognized, the AAO meeting brings together some of the best and brightest Doctors of Optometry from around the world […]
Dr. Donald J. Egan, in collaboration with colleagues at the Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry, recently had an article, “The effect of multifocal soft contact lenses on corneal wave front aberrations for myopia control,” published in a German journal specifically dedicated to contact lens relevant topics. Egan is the associate dean of […]
The American Optometric Association has named Elizabeth Steele, OD, associate dean for Clinical Affairs in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, its Optometric Educator of the Year. Steele will be honored as the recipient of the 2017 Optometric Educator Award for her “outstanding service on behalf of the profession, optometric education and […]
Southern College of Optometry recently was named the recipient of the Top Workplaces Award for the fourth year in a row. The Memphis newspaper conducted a survey of the city’s employers to select the highest employee satisfaction rates. Southern College of Optometry will award two honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees at its May 4 […]
