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Brand New, Modern Practice is “Not Your Traditional Optometrist Office”
When Amrit Bilkhu, OD, FAAO, and Manraj Fervaha, OD, look around Northern Sight Optometry now, it’s hard to image that just 12 months ago the floors...
A Posh Practice Across the Pond
When Georgia-raised Valarie Jerome, BSc, OD, moved to England after marrying an Englishman, she wanted to bring a touch of the U.S. optometric experience...
From Technician to OD, Returning to Starting Point is a Perfect...
During her undergraduate studies at University of Nevada Las Vegas, Anne Valdez, OD, took a job in an optometry office as a technician to...
Stepping Out Of Their Comfort Zone
Ashala Mah, OD, says that while she always had a goal of practice ownership, she fell into a comfortable rut working as an associate...
The Second Time Around (or Third, or Fourth)
These ODs know their way around what goes into opening a practice. Or four.
We're featuring four unique practices whose layouts have been upgraded, their...
When One Business Venture Leads To Two More
Hina N. Patel, OD, FAAO, was impacted by the profession from an early age. She was diagnosed with a congenital cataract at just four...
Brand-new Cold Start Brings Specialty Services to the Community
As Jamie Kuzniar, OD, FAAO, FSLS, spent the past five years practicing in the metro Detroit area, she says that it became clear that...
From Keiki to Kupuna: OD Fulfills Eye Care Needs for the...
Charlotte Love, OD, says that she envisioned herself as a practice owner 5-10 years after her 2019 graduation from the Michigan College of Optometry....
Prosperous First Year Paves the Way for Specialty Focus
Next month, Joanne Kim, OD, will celebrate her first anniversary since opening Wink Family Eyecare in Cypress, Texas, in August 2021. She secured an...
Years of Planning and Paying Down Loans Helped OD Realize Independent...
After Tina Ansari, OD, graduated from University of California Berkeley College of Optometry in 2014, having her own independent practice one day was...
