The summers of 2007 and 2008 come with blazing temperatures, yet I find myself sheltered in the air conditioned walls of Optix Family Eyecare Center, a private practice on Long Island operated by O.DÂ Joel Kestenbaum who graduated from the New England College of Optometry. I sit in the dimly lit pre-test room behind the …
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This is the story of Matt Geller, the creator of OptometryStudents.com and his journey to becoming an Optometrist. I am woken by the sun shining through my dorm room window at SUNY Albany. Crawling out of bed, I rub my eyes and bring my day into focus. It is the fall semester of my sophomore …
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My Home Is California – My Optometry School Is New York Today we have a special guest writer, Quy Nguyen, who is a SUNY 2013 Optometry Student. He is going to share with us his decision to go to optometry school in New York City even though he lived in California for the majority of …
Distance PD is the distance between the pupils when viewing a distant target. Near PD is the distance between the pupils when viewing a near target. Near Centration Distance (CD) is the distance between the visual axes in a spectacle plane when viewing a near target. Near PD is actually impossible to measure unless you …
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It has been a very fulfilling year for us at OptometryStudents.com Many of our team members have completed their first semester in Optometry School and some of our other staff members have been accepted into Optometry school. Everyone here at OptometryStudents.com would like to wish you happy holidays and a happy new year. Our gift …
Lensometry What is lensometry? A lensometer measures vergence and prism power amongst other aspects of a lens. If a patient presents a pair of spectacles to you and does not know the Rx of the lenses, a lensometer will enable you to determine the sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism present in each lens. It can …
