By: Antonio Chirumbolo SUNY 2013 November 27th 2011- The Armani and Luxottica Groups have announced the signing of a Letter of Intent, which will see an exclusive license agreement for the designing, manufacturing, and distribution of eyeglasses including prescription spectacles and sunglasses beginning January 2013. The Letter of Intent is only preliminary and will serve […]
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By: Matthew Geller SUNY Optometry 2013 I stumbled upon a video today of your AOA President, Dr. Dori Carlson describing her recent visit to the White House on November 18th 2011. Her visit had a strong purpose; to deliver a pro-access, pro-patient message to those on Capitol Hill. I really encourage every student to read
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An Extra-Ordinary Path in Optometry By: Ji Yun Lee – SUNY Optometry 2013 Dr. Jordan Kassalow saw a need. During his first SVOSH trip, he saw the deep impact of vision loss in his patients’ lives. Fortunately, Dr. Kassalow also found the solution. Most of the vision loss could be corrected with simple reading glasses.
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This message is from Dr. Mary Anne Murphy : Chair, Optometry Giving Sight USA Dear Optometry Student Leaders, World Sight Day is THIS THURSDAY, October 13th and we hope that you will join us in a successful World Sight Day Student Challenge. So far 11 Schools in the USA and Canada* have agreed to raise
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As we begin working in clinic, we’re realizing fast that treating patients in optometry entails much more than simply patching up a patient with glasses or eye drops; once they leave the exam room, we are sending them back out to unsupervised environments marred by non-compliance, inability to afford certain brands of medications, and other
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September 9th 2011 – The New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates have hit a grandslam for underserved children, as they have partnered with Davis Vision’s Focus on America outreach program for the past four years. The partnership has hosted free vision screenings for underserved children while providing a day of fun and enjoyment for
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September 9th 2011 – Be sure to visit AllAboutVision.com’s Facebook page and “like” it. Why you ask? Each “like” the page receives will generate a 5$ donation from now until the end of November to Optometry Giving Sight, (http://www.givingsight.org/our-projects.html) a foundation that generates money to provide an eye exam and a pair of glasses to the
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OptometryStudents.com and it’s team would like to congratulate Paula Vang of SCCO for winning the raffle at Optometry’s Meeting this year! Paula won a Amazon Kindle, Wills Eye Manual and Welch Allyn Penlight! We wanted to take a look into Paula’s world and so we did this interview so you can get a look into
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Article By: Angelica Delgado – PCO 2014 Video By: Angelica Delgado & Arthur Kim SUNY 2013 This year I had the pleasure to be apart of the NJ Summer Games, which is held annually in the second weekend of June. The “Special Olympics – Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes” is dedicated to providing quality eye care to
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This article was written by the best and brightest optometry students out there in our profession. The OptometryStudents.com team was responsible for crafting this article that is more of a collage of different views crafted into one masterpiece of student perspective. As senior editor of OptometryStudents.com, I tip my hat to the writers of this article who
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