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Years of Preparation Lead to Fast Cold Start

Amina Ebrahim, OD, started working in an optometry office at the age of 16 to see if it was a good fit after a career aptitude test matched her love of numbers and logic to optometry.

Associate, Partner, Owner

After her 2008 graduation from the Southern California College of Optometry, Jennifer Wademan, OD, moved back to northern California and started working part-time in three offices.

Use Smart Money to Help Patients Accept the Full Treatment Plan

Offering financing options through CareCredit can make patients' full treatment plans more accessible.

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Dr. Lauretta Justin: Building Ramps – Strategies for Working With Special Needs Kids

Lauretta Justin, OD, of Orlando, Florida, shares strategies for working with children with special needs, many of them gleaned from her own experience navigating doctors' visits and other events with her own sons.

Providing Greater Access for Rural Eye Care

Maegan Sauer, OD, was a teenager waiting to get her driver’s permit when she says that she came to the shocking realization that she couldn’t see the eye chart at the Department of Motor Vehicles office.

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Dr. Melissa Barnett and Dr. Melissa Zaleski: Different Perspectives

Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS, from Sacramento, California, and Melissa Zaleski, OD, MPH, from Tampa, Florida, share their perspectives as an experienced OD and new graduate. Dr. Barnett is the co-author of Contemporary Scleral Lenses: Theory and Application and Dr. Zaleski graduated in 2018 from Nova Southeastern University with an optometry degree and also earned a Masters of Public Health.

Despite Ongoing Lease, Move Made Sense

Heavin Maier, OD, says that she saw potential for the future in the Spokane, Washington, strip mall where she founded Eyes for Life in 2005.

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Dr. Melissa Barnett and Dr. Melissa Zaleski: Staying Grounded and Enthusiastic

Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS, from Sacramento, California, and Melissa Zaleski, OD, MPH, from Tampa, Florida, return to ask each other questions and share some strategies for staying grounded and enthusiastic about their work. Dr. Barnett is the co-author of Contemporary Scleral Lenses: Theory and Application and Dr. Zaleski graduated in 2018 from Nova Southeastern University with an optometry degree and also earned a Masters of Public Health.

Doodling to Become Debt-free

Earlier this summer, Nicole Nguyen, OD, says that she saw her cousin using an Apple Pencil when inspiration struck.

Loan Repayment Program Gives a Big Boost

Brandi Johnson, OD, graduated from University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Optometry with an accumulated student loan debt of about $180,000 in 2007.

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