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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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – OptometryStudents.com would like to congratulate Dori Carlson, O.D on becoming the president of the American Optometric Association during Optometry’s Meeting on June 18th 2011. Dr. Carlson is the first ever, woman president of the AOA and is succeeding Joe Ellis O.D. Carlson told VMail, “Of course being the first woman AOA …
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Article by: Antonio Chirumbolo & Matthew Geller (SUNY 2013) March 15, 2011 was a monumental day for our profession. The American Optometric Association (AOA) announced its partnership with the 3D @ Home Consortium, with the goal of improving the understanding of 3D viewing amongst individuals all over the world. Both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding …
Dear Optometrists, Optometry students, and especially Pre-Optometry students, As a little background before you begin reading, I’m a second year student at St. John’s University in the seven year program with SUNY Optometry. I want to introduce to you International Service Learning (http://www.islonline.org/). In short, ISL sends medical and educational volunteer teams to several under-served …
First off we would like to thank all of the optometry students who submitted responses to win the free set of NETTER’S ANATOMY flash cards. We hope that Chad Parks from the Illinois College of Optometry will use them to excel in his anatomy course! Congrats Chad, you are the winner! – Please use the …
Today we have an AMAZING article from OptometryStudents.com team member, Antonio Chirumbolo. I really have to give Antonio a round of applause for this article, a real 10/10 article packed with details that are useful for any first year optometry student attending ANY optometry school. He really stole the show with this article and it …
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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