2025 | Women In Optometry

Start Your Year Centered: Smart Goal-Setting

Make 2026 the year of smart goal-setting. Jennifer Martin Maples, OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO, offers these suggestions to help keep goals more attainable and aligned...

What Surfing Taught Me About Medical Affairs

By Aimee Mesenburg, OD, Senior Medical Science Liaison, Thea What has surfing taught me about medical affairs? Absolutely nothing. Just kidding! In serious reflection, though, after returning...

The Confidence Boost That Changed My Practice

Damaris Raymondi, OD, FAAO, revised her patient approach after hearing “no” repeatedly from patients and parents at her practice. The larger lesson: repeated refusals...

Type 5 Diabetes Officially Recognized, Caused by Malnutrition

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has officially recognized a fifth type of diabetes. Type 5 diabetes is classified as a distinct form of diabetes in...

Be the Leader Who Others Want to Follow

In a recent Visionary Voices conversation brought to you by Alcon, Kristen Brotherson, general manager, US Vision Care at Alcon, and Kristin Anderson, OD,...

Doctor-founded Peared App Aims To Simplify Optometry Fill-in Work

Jing Huang, OD, had long noticed a recurring problem in the day-to-day life of optometry practices: when a regular doctor was out, finding reliable,...

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Cost of Health Care Most Urgent Problem, Say 29% of Poll Respondents

The percentage of Americans worried that cost is the "most urgent health problem" in the U.S. rose from 23% a year ago to 29%...

For Every Overwhelmed Perfectionist: A Simpler Way Through the Season

By Taryn Doherty-Majewski, OD ‘Tis the season for dry eyes, last-minute insurance rushes, contact lens emergencies and every patient who suddenly must get in before...

Visionary Voices: Dr. Carla Mack and Dr. Kristin Anderson on Mentorship

In this special edition of Visionary Voices, brought to you by Alcon, Carla Mack, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, and Kristin Anderson, OD, FNAP, FAAO, discuss how mentors...