Tag: children
A Wicked Good Time: How Dr. Emma Vicuna Turned Myopia Management...
When Emma Vicuna, OD, FAAO’s 9-year-old daughter Catalina started displaying signs of myopia, she didn’t delay getting her into her practice for a comprehensive...
OD Mom Turns Birthday Wish Into a Series of Children’s Books
Amanda Mireles, OD, always loved writing. As a child, she filled her journal pages with poems and short stories. She paused her creative pursuit...
SUNY Researcher Publishes Children’s Eye Development Study
SUNY College of Optometry announced that Jingyun Wang, OD, Associate Professor and Director of the Pediatric Vision Research Lab, published a study in Ophthalmic...
OD Focuses on Pediatric Needs After Finding Gap in Own Son’s...
Just a few months after her first son was born, Megan Lott, OD, FOVDR, FIALVS, noticed he was having trouble teaming his eyes. He...
Passion for Myopia Management Drives Eye Care Innovator
By Alexandra Roos, PhD, Director of Global R&D Pediatrics Programs at HOYA Vision Care
I’ve worked in the ophthalmic optics industry for over two...
U.K. Owner Revamps Space to Create Luxurious Eye Care Practice
When Pretty Basra, PhD, BSc (Hons), responded to a local optometry job listing in Doncaster, England, she had no plans of owning a practice....
CooperVision Reinforces Myopia Management Leadership With New Investments
CooperVision announced a series of investments designed to reinforce its worldwide leadership in myopia management, including actions to further bolster commercial infrastructure, pipeline growth,...
Unveiling Two Decades of Pediatric Scleral Lens Success
A recently published study, Pediatric Scleral Lenses: 21-Year Retrospective Review, found that not only are scleral lenses viable for children, but they can also...
New Data Affecting Myopic Astigmatic Patients: NaturalVue Multifocal Demonstrates 100% Astigmatic...
Visioneering Technologies, Inc. maker of NaturalVue® (etafilcon A) Multifocal 1 Day Contact Lenses, unveiled significant findings at the Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS). The...
A Life of Vision: National Vision Network Helps Doctor Give Back...
Born and raised in the Federated States of Micronesia, Asinech Hellan-Pangelinan, OD, always wanted to give back to her community. Originally pursuing a career...
