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Loan Repayment + Student Debt Support
Are you a recent optometry school graduate looking to pay back your student loans? Or a current student hoping to lighten the debt load...
Catch Up With Previous Grads—2026
Graduation may often feel like the finish line, but for these recent optometry graduates, it was just the beginning. In the few short years...
AFOS Launches Travel Fund in Honor of the Late Dr. Carla...
Carla Engelke, OD, FAAO, has passed away.
Dr. Engelke was a 2005 graduate of Southern College of Optometry and completed a residency in primary care...
The Experiences of 30 Years Come Together in New Practice Home
When Laureen Waldron, OD, set out to build a new home for her practice, she did more than add square footage. She translated three...
Thirteen Years in the Making: New UIWRSO Dean Talks Next Chapter
When Stephanie Schmiedecke Barbieri, OD, FAAO, ABCMO, Dipl. AAO, FNAP, looks at the University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry (UIWRSO) today,...
VA Optometrists Achieve Pay Parity
Pay rates for doctors of optometry working in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are finally on par with physicians’ rates. An executive order published...
U.S. House, Senate Approve VA O.D. Physician-Level Recognition Legislation
On Jan. 2, President Joe Biden signed into law the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. The reform bill...
Do You Offer Low-vision Services?
At WO, we're curious about what you're curious about! A reader asked if we could gauge colleagues' confidence with low vision services So here...
Dr. Sara Varghai: Cracking the Hiring Code
Getting the right staff fit is a challenge for many optometrists. When Sara Varghai, OD, of Arlington, Virginia, opened Nova Optique + Eyecare almost...
Medical History, Ocular History… and U.S. History?
By Danielle Kalberer, OD, of Northport, New York
Most of my continuing education activities relate to optometry, no surprise there! Attending courses and reading optometric...
