Tag: myopia management
Vyluma Completes Last Patient Visit for Primary Analysis of Pivotal Phase...
Multi-center, international clinical study designed to assess the safety and efficacy of novel investigational low-dose atropine eye drops in children 3-17 years old with...
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...
Sisters Set up Their Practice in a Special Place of Childhood...
Even though they are sisters, Jennifer Blaschke, OD, and Kymber Blaschke, OD, came to optometry via distinctly different pathways. Dr. Jennifer Blaschke says, “I’m five...
Doctor’s Goal: Double the Number of Myopic Children She Serves
Tina Douroudian, OD, with MyEyeDr. in Leesburg, Virginia, has her eyes set on her goal for 2022: doubling the number of children for whom...
Making Myopia Management the Standard of Care
As a -12.00D myope, Chandra Mickles, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS, Johnson & Johnson Vision North America professional education lead, myopia, understands that myopia “is...
Personal Experience Inspires Three Students to Take Their Education Deeper
Estimates say 58 percent of U.S. residents are expected to have myopia by 2050, so there is an urgency to increase education and recognition...
Myopia Management Demand Spurs Practice Growth
Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Diplomate ABO, was in optometry school when her father was diagnosed with keratoconus. At the time his doctor said...
Hire Great Associates and Support Them as They Succeed
In 1998, Ann Voss, OD, FCOVD, Diplomate ABO, was ready to open her own office and founded Bellaire Family Eye Care. After 10 years,...
Back-to-School Season Is Looking Strong, Poll Respondents Say
According to a recent Women In Optometry Pop-up Poll, a majority of the respondents said that the back-to-school season has not fully recovered from...
Hunger for Knowledge Leads to Exciting New Projects
Glenda Moheeputh, OD, challenges the idea that corporate-affiliated ODs steer away from myopia management. She has become so involved in the world of myopia...
