Monthly Archives: June 2016

By Norma Spittle, OD—Years ago, my colleague Justin Bazan, OD, in Brooklyn, New York, made the decision to turn off the phone lines during the work day.

Deana LaBrosse, OD, says that she found the location for Evanston Eye Wellness in Evanston, Illinois, by chance in July 2015.

When Kayla Gaddis, OD, stepped into the empty space that had been a high-end clothing boutique but was then only an empty shell, she looked around and decided, “I can work with this,” she says.

By Laurie Lesser, OD—We leave school with the theoretical and technical knowledge of our field but not even close to 10,000 hours of real-world experience. This is why you want mentorship on the job.

As her daughters now enter high school and university, Mona Sandhu, OD, felt the pull to open her own, new practice again. She identified her space in October, after considering a few areas for the perfect location.

Cathy Wittman, OD, had an architect from a large firm draft her dream office space: a 3,200-square-foot design that was not financially feasible when the time came to build.

Cathy Wittman, OD, recalls that a conversation with a friend changed her perspective on naming her practice after its location in Lubbock, Texas.

Pakistan faces significant challenges to vision health. Nearly one in 10 people in Pakistan are visually impaired, including more than 2.6 million children, often from preventable causes.

For the 12 years that Susan Dreyer, OD, was working for a Pearle franchise owner in St. Louis, Missouri, she was very happy. But when the owner sold the practice, she decided she didn’t have an interest in buying it.