Tag: pediatrics
InfantSEE Workshop Trains 100+ Students at Optometry’s Meeting
Over 100 students teamed up with veteran ODs to conduct eye exams on young children during the InfantSEE® workshops at Optometry's Meeting this past...
A Vision for the Future: Accommodating a Growing Community
Amanda Walls, OD, realized that her optometry practice, Falcon Family Eye Care, had outgrown its original space. With only two exam lanes, the need...
From One Industry to Another, Her Mission Remains the Same
Jennifer Lambert joined CooperVision nearly five years ago, and today, as the company’s first Vice President of Myopia Management and Cornea Care, she has...
CooperVision Urges Families to Prioritize Eye Health This Back-to-School Season
As families across the U.S. prepare for the new school year, CooperVision is urging parents to make children’s eye health a back-to-school priority through...
From High School Goal to Reality
Nancy Phung, OD, has known since high school that she wanted to open her own private practice. She worked as a technician through college,...
Expertise and Entrepreneurial Spirit Elevate Patient Care
During her last year at the University of Houston College of Optometry, Sarah Zaver, OD, FAAO, completed three rotations. One of them was at...
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....
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...
