Registration for Optometry’s Meeting® 2023
Derek Bryant NSUOCO ‘25 Let me just start by saying WOOOOO HOOOOO! Registration for Optometry’s Meeting® 2023 is finally open! This year’s meeting is already shaping up to be one for the books.Optometry’s Meeting is one of my...
5 Tips & Tricks for Post-Graduation
5 Tips & Tricks for Post-Graduation Author: Nilou Soltanian, O.D., ICO ‘13 Whether you are graduating in a few months or a year or two, you will blink and it will be time to say your doctor’s oath and join the rest of your...
First Real Patient Encounter
Optometry school is full of ups and downs, triumphs and tribulations, and countless impactful events. The most memorable, however, is encountering your very first real patient. When you walk into an exam room and see a stranger...
Retinitis Pigmentosa: The Most Common Retinal Dystrophy
Background: Retinitis pigmentosa is the most common retinal dystrophy (RP), and it can be non-heritable, heritable, or in association with systemic disorders. There is variability between presentation, which correlates with inheritance...
New York Doctors of Optometry Expand Scope
It has been an amazing year for optometry scope of practice expansion. As we recently congratulated our colleagues in Massachusetts for being granted the right to prescribe oral medications and to treat glaucoma, New York is only...