Tag: optometric education
Academy 2026 Anaheim Draws More Than 7,600 Attendees, Highlights Research and...
More than 7,600 optometrists, vision scientists, students and industry professionals gathered in Anaheim, California, from Sept. 30 through Oct. 3 for Academy 2026 Anaheim,...
Lost in New York, Found in Translation
By Marta Brunelli, VT
I was born in a small country town in Italy. At the age of 14, thanks to vision training, my performance...
SUNY Optometry Upstate Offers Innovative Model for Optometric Education
SUNY College of Optometry is bringing its OD program to upstate New York with a new campus in Syracuse at SUNY Upstate Medical University....
NECO’s 2025 Industry Collaborative Explores the Future of Optometric Education in...
New England College of Optometry (NECO) brought together more than 100 leaders
from education, health care and industry this week for its 2025 Industry Collaborative....
Accreditation Council on Optometric Education Announces New Leadership
The 13-member Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) is announcing changes at the leadership level with the appointments of Julie DeKinder, OD, FAAO, as chair,...
SUNY College of Optometry Appoints Dr. Lisa Ostrin as VP and...
After more than a decade on the faculty at the University of Houston College of Optometry, Lisa Ostrin, OD, PhD, will join SUNY College...
PCO Welcomes New Dean, Dr. Josephine Ibironke
Josephine O. Ibironke, OD, MPH, FAAO, has been appointed dean of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO), following a national search, effective September 15,...
Registration Open for AOA on Capitol Hill, Sept. 28-30
AOA on Capitol Hill is the AOA’s single-largest federal advocacy event in Washington, D.C., directly connecting optometry’s advocates with our nation’s policy leaders to advance...
CooperVision Hosts New Graduate Summit to Support Transition into Practice
To help bridge the gap from student to practicing clinician, CooperVision recently hosted its 2025 New Graduate Summit, welcoming more than 100 new doctors...
Dr. Jennifer Maples: Bringing Mindfulness Into Patient Conversations
In this episode of WO Voices, Jennifer Martin Maples, OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO, founder of Eye Teach, LLC, discusses her new program designed to...
