Tag: medical
Third-gen OD Follows Dad’s Footsteps In Her Own Way
Optometry runs deep within Tracy Kimmelman, OD. Her grandfather practiced in New York, and her father ran a small private practice in Florida. As...
A Vision Pursued: From Scribe to Hometown Practice Owner
Kassidy Nelson, OD, has long envisioned practicing optometry in Manhattan, Kansas. In April 2025, just months after welcoming her second child, she brought that...
Survey Reveals Need for Patient-Physician Communication in Glaucoma
The Preservative Freedom Coalition, a group of stakeholders across eye health that focus on raising awareness of unmet needs in ocular surface disease, announced...
Breakthrough Gene Editing Technique Offers Hope for Stargardt Disease Patients
Researchers have developed a highly efficient gene editing therapy that could potentially treat Stargardt disease, the most common form of inherited macular degeneration. This...
LifeLink® Tissue Bank Aligns with BioTissue’s Sharing Miracles to Promote Regenerative...
LifeLink Tissue Bank, a globally recognized non-profit leader in providing life-enhancing tissue allografts, made possible by the generosity of tissue donors and their families,...
Meet the Student Advisory Board: Gaby Malave, IUSO
Gabriela “Gaby” Malave has a thing for serving others. When she was younger, she thought she’d turn that innate passion into caring for animals...
Luxury Eyecare Office and Store Brings Neuro Optometry Specialty to Chicagoland
Eversee Boutique Eyecare opened in late 2022 in Winnetka, Illinois, to support the area with a high-quality medical practice and retail offering. Dan Myers,...
A Respectful Team-based Approach
Women In Optometry traditionally features articles by or about female ODs; this story takes a look at the relationship between a woman in ophthalmology and the importance of relationships between the two professions.
