Monthly Archives: May 2020
On Being a Patient
By Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Editor, Women In Optometry
When COVID-19 struck, I was about two months overdue on my annual comprehensive eye exam. I’m a flitterer...
AOA Educator of the Year: Mentor Guided Her Toward Career in Education
Newly awarded Optometric Educator of the Year Caroline Beesley Pate, OD, found her calling in academia, not long after she matched into a residency program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry to train under her mentor.
AOA Young Optometrist of the Year: A Go-getter From the Start
Roya Attar, OD, has had a somewhat unconventional path to her success.
5 Ways to Help Your Dry Eye Patients Heal Naturally
By Jenna Zigler, OD, FAAO—We’ve begun to see a surge of patients who come in with dry eye symptoms, and it can sometimes be difficult to know where to start.
Bringing Nature Indoors: Living Moss Displays
The presence of plants indoors always tends to liven up a space. These four ODs incorporated living display or signage with live moss in...
Finding Her Passion in Ocular Health
Practicing in Portland, Oregon—one of the hot-spots of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak—has been an opportunity for Mila Ioussifova, OD, to once again rise to the occasion.
#WOStrong: We’ve Got This
While we continue to face new challenges each day… our collective experiences can help make us all stronger.
OD Celebrates One-year Practice Anniversary Under Stay-at-home Orders
When Dr. Meghan Riegel begins her reopening this week, she'll be flying solo for a while.
Bee Kind
Watching her bees has helped take some of the sting out of pandemic worry for Lisa Wade, OD.
