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Review of Myopia Management

Creating a Myopia Management SIG: A Vision for Access, Research, and Collaboration

Healio

SUNY College of Optometry Foundation Honors ‘Value of Vision’ Recipients at First Annual Breakfast in NYC

Contact Lens Spectrum

Coopervision Announces 2024-2025 Student Leadership Society Members

North America Today

Eyenovia Announces Publication of Study Demonstrating Favorable Impact on the Ocular Surface of Medication Delivered with the Optejet®

Review of Optometry

Disaster Waiting to Happen

Review of Optometry

Be Aware of Waxing and Waning Symptoms

Review of Optometry

Devices You Might Not Have: Are They a Good Fit?

Review of Optometry

Navigating the Intersection of Electronics, Sleep, Myopia and Eye Health

Review of Optometry

Adult Acne Delays HZO Diagnosis

nbcnews.com

7 best polarized, UV-protected sunglasses

ODwire

Advice and insight from 2024 Best Practices honorees

Westfair Business Journal

A business with an ‘eye’ to helping veterans

Healio

Obstructive sleep apnea associated with surgical ptosis failure

Women in Optometry

Class Of 2024 Top Graduates: Northeast

Review of Optometry

Vicarious Liability Leads to Blindness

Women in Optometry

Recent Top Graduates: Where Are They Now?

Review of Optometry

Puppy Love Blindness

Review of Optometry

Dry Eye: Matching Patients and Treatments

The State University of New York

Chancellor King Awards 193 Students with SUNY’s Highest Honor for Academic Excellence and Leadership

Hispanic Buisness TV

Did I damage my eyes viewing the eclipse in NYC? How to know and what to do.

Healio

Full-field, virtual bioptic magnifications improve reading ability in low vision patients

Women in Optometry

Women in OptometryPractice Evolves To Suit This Family Of Four ODs

American Optometric Association

Optometry Cares —The AOA Foundation Announces 2024 Scholarship Recipients

Broadway World

Avalanche Orchestra Celebrates 100th Anniversary of George Gershwin’s RHAPSODY IN BLUE At Suny College of Optometry

Review of Optometry

A Triad of Etiologies Complicates Diagnosis

Consumer Reports

Get Great Glasses for Less

Review of Optometry

Maybe Too Thin?

The Journal of Neuroscience

Contrast sensitivity of ON and OFF human retinal pathways in myopia

Review of Optometry

Diagnose Amblyopia with Caution

Review of Optometric Business

How to Manage Ocular Disease with No Advanced Instrumentation in Your Office

Review of Optometry

ER Referral Goes Awry

Review of Optometry

Optometrists Ready to Step up to Subspecialization

PLAYBILL

SUNY College of Optometry to Present 100th Anniversary Performance of Rhapsody in Blue

Review Of Optometry

Stuck on Third – Getting the correct diagnosis is like a triple in baseball; it doesn’t always score a run.

EINPRESSWIRE

Dr. Jeffrey Hilowitz, To Introduce Revolutionary Optometry Course At The Academic College of Zefat in Israel

ReachMD

Seeing Success and Recognition for Research on Retinal Disease and Regeneration

Consumer Reports

Buy Eyeglasses Like a Pro: Expert Advice on Frames, Lenses, Coatings, and More

Healio

BLOG: PK is now a ‘last-resort procedure’ for keratoconus

Vision Monday

Women In Optometry Announces 2023 Theia Awards of Excellence Winners

The New York Times

Blue-Light Glasses Are Unlikely to Help Eye Strain. Here’s What Does.

NBC News

Blue light-blocking glasses don’t protect eyes or improve sleep, study finds

Review of Optometry

Avoid Inattention to Anisometropia

Healio

Study reveals ‘complexity’ of symptoms related to visual snow syndrome

Vertical Lobby

The Best And Worst Habits For Eyesight – Twin Cities

Optometry Advisor

Digital Eye Strain: Another Look at the 20-20-20 Rule

San Diego Tribune

Fact or falsehood? See how well you know vision health

The New York Times

SUNY College of Optometry Dr. Xiaoying Zhu Featured in New York Times Interview

Medical Press

Reading plays an important role in our lives, but can also compromise visual health

InformNNY

SUNY partnership to help expand access to eyecare in CNY

Vision Monday

SUNY College of Optometry to Establish an Extension Program for Doctor of Optometry Candidates in Syracuse, N.Y. at SUNY Upstate Medical University

WAER

Upstate and SUNY partnering for optometry education program

CNYBJ

Upstate Medical SUNY College of Optometry Partner on Extension Campus Program

Vision Monday

SUNY Optometry’s David Troilo, PhD, Receives NEI Grant to Reveal Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Affecting Myopia Development

Science Magazine

SUNY Optometry receives grant to reveal cellular and molecular mechanisms effecting myopia development

Scientific Reports

The age-related pattern of inner retinal thickening is affected by myopia development and progression

Vision Monday

ABB Optical Group Announces Finalists for the 8th Annual Optometry Student Challenge, Live Webinar and Vote Takes Place Tonight

Vision Monday

Dr. Michael Sullivan-Mee Named Chair of Clinical Education at SUNY College of Optometry

Women In Optometry

Class of 2026 is 70 Percent Female | Women In Optometry

American Academy Of Optometry

American Academy of Optometry Foundation Announces 2022 William C. Ezell Fellowship Recipients

Nature Communications

A theory of cortical map formation in the visual brain

Optometric Management

OD Notebook: Get Staff Pumped for New Ownership

Invision Magazine

SUNY Optometry Announces Its Honorary Degrees Awardees

Eyes On Eyecare

Inside the Optometry Residency: Low Vision Rehabilitation

Vision Monday

SUNY College of Optometry’s Eyes on New York/Eye Ball Gala Saw Record Funds Raised for Students and Recognized Dr. David Heath

Invision Magazine

Suny College of Optometry Appoints Dr. Matthew Bovenzi as Chief of Advanced Care for The University Eye Center

Women in Optometry

Addressing Issues Of Diversity And Representation Inside Classroom And Exam Doors

Invision Magazine

Optometric Center of New York Awards “Eyes on New York” Top Honor to SUNY Optometry President Dr. David Heath

Invision Magazine

PRESS RELEASE SSUNY Optometry, Monoplex Eye Prosthetics Provide Free Prosthetic Eye for Patient Featured In Humans of New York

NBC New York

Video: Attack Victim Gifted With Prosthetic Eye

Wiley Online Library

COVID-19 and myopia – Rosenfield – Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Vision Monday

SUNY Optometry Receives $25,000 Scholarship Contribution from Omni Eye Services

Optometry Times

Genetic testing: Simplifying the diagnoses of inherited retinal diseases

Optometry Times

Use of Upneeq for ocular pathologies offering more than meets the eye

Women In Optometry

2021 Women’s Leadership Conference: Theia Awards Of Excellence

Women In Optometry

Women In Optometry Announces 2021 Theia Awards Of Excellence Winners, including Dr. Anna Marie Fernandez, ’85.

Vision Monday

American Academy of Optometry Foundation Announces the 2021 AAOF Student Matching Travel Grant Recipients

Optometry Times

American Academy of Optometry congratulates 2021 resident travel fellowship recipients

Women In Optometry

Women In Optometry Announces 2021 Theia Awards Of Excellence Winners

WFMZ-TV 69 News

Spectrum Vision Partners Welcomes Comprehensive Eye MD of Floral Park, NY

Next Avenue

Flashing Lights and a Massive Floater in Your Eye? It Could Be a Sign of Something More

Healio Magazine

Some refractive errors may suggest retinoblastoma in infants

Invision Magazine

CooperVision Brilliant Futures Graduate Summits Prepare New Optometrists to Take on Myopia

Women in Optometry

Finding Her Fit In A Corporate Setting

Ophthalmology Breaking News

CooperVision Brilliant Futures Graduate Summits Help To Prepare New Optometrists To Take On Myopia

Vision Monday

VM REPORTS: Influential Women in Optical, Sherry J. Bass, OD #HerStory2021

Vision Monday

CooperVision Brilliant Futures Graduate Summits Help to Prepare New Optometrists to Take on Myopia

NBC News

How to keep glasses from fogging up while wearing a face mask

Newsweek Magazine

Over 20 SUNY Optometry alumni and faculty among America’s Best Eye Doctors

Vision Monday

SUNY Optometry alum Dr. Chandra Mickles, ’09, to lead myopia education at Johnson & Johnson Vision

Invision

SUNY Optometry Partners with VSP Global to Launch Camp For Aspiring Eye Doctors

Vision Monday

SUNY Optometry and VSP Global Partner to Launch Eye-CARE Summer Camp for Over 100 Aspiring ODs

Optometry Times

Top 10 digital resources for ODs by Thomas A. Wong, OD, FNAP

Women In Optometry

A Round Of Applause For The 2021 Top Optometry Graduates

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Deﬁning race and ethnicity in Optometry

Street Insider

Binovi Products Within John McEnroe Tennis Academy

Sandbox

Sandbox Story – Interview of Dr. Andrea Thau

Vision Monday

SUNY College of Optometry to Host ‘Race in Optometry: Accountability – One Year Later’ Panel Discussion to be Held on the Occasion of Juneteenth

Review of Optometry

Optometric Workforce Survey Projects Modest Growth, More Employed ODs

Healio

High rate of digital eyestrain seen in college students during pandemic

College Gazette

Here Are the 10 Best Optometry Schools in the US

Optometry Times

Treating sight-threatening retinopathy using OCTA

Vision Monday

SUNY College of Optometry Turns 50, Virtual Event Launches a Year of Celebration and Commemorative Campaign

American Academy of Optometry Foundation

American Academy of Optometry Foundation is pleased to announce the 2021 Johnson & Johnson Vision Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care Grant Recipients

Optometry Times

(SUNY) College of Optometry has received a $30,000 gift from CooperVision

20/20 Magazine

Natural Eyes: Featuring Tamara Petrosyan, O.D., State University of New York College of Optometry

INSIGHT Into Diversity (Page 10)

Dr. Joy Harewood is appointed first director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at SUNY Optometry.

The River Reporter

Clear vision: Eyes on Main offers high-tech eye care and fashionable glasses for all

Healio Optometry

PCON adds Rett to editorial board

NY Magazine

How to Treat (and Prevent) Dry Eyes, According to Eye Experts

Cell Press Open Access

Darks and Lights, the ‘Yin–Yang’ of Vision Depends on Luminance

Vision Monday

SUNY College of Optometry Receives Major Gift from CooperVision, Funding to Support Scholarships, Patient Care and Research

The Dallas Morning News

Happiness hacks: 3 ways to add joy to your life

NPRs

On National Public Radio (NPRs) Weekend Edition this morning: Do Blue Light Blocking Glasses Really Work?

The Science Times

Why Should You Read Outdoors? Scientific Research Reveals Some Reasons

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: SUNY Optometry Appoints First Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Invision

Invision: ABB Optical Group Announces Winners of Optometry Student Challenge

AARP

AARP: Should You Get Your Eyes Examined Remotely?

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: SUNY Optometry’s First Annual BLAACK Week Program Promotes Cultural Competency

Discover

Discover: What Science Says About Blue-Light-Blocking Glasses

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: Optometric Center of NY’s Annual Eyes on New York Award Celebration Raises $125K and Counting for Education and Vision Care

Healio

Healio: Hours worked, satisfaction similar among male, female ODs

Invision

Invision: VSP Global and AAOF Announce 2020 Practice Excellence Scholarship Recipients

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: SUNY Optometry Foundation to Recognize Several Honorees at its Upcoming Virtual Eyes on New York Gala, Now Set for Nov. 5

Women in Optometry

Women in Optometry: Impact Of Makeup On The Ocular Surface And Dry Eye Disease

Women in Optometry

Women in Optometry: In Service To The Community

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: Jobson Honors Three New ODs on its Online Eyecare Heroes Gallery

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: Treehouse Eyes Adds to Leadership Team to Support Its Expansion

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: Jobson Honors Three New ODs on its Online Eyecare Heroes Gallery

Women in Optometry

Women in Optometry: In Service To The Community

Women in Optometry

Women in Optometry: Impact Of Makeup On The Ocular Surface And Dry Eye Disease

Business Wire

Business Wire: Kubota Vision Announces Research Agreement with The Research Foundation for the State University of New York for a Wearable Myopia Control Device

VSP Global

VSP Global: VSP GLOBAL® AND THE NATIONAL OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION HONOR FIVE OPTOMETRY STUDENTS WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS DR. MARVIN R. POSTON LEADERSHIP AWARD

Healio

Healio: SUNY forms task force to address racial disparities, inequality in optometry

VisionMonday

Vision Monday: Drs. Mark and Danielle Feder, Father-Daughter ODs, Launch Daily Doc Website

Healio

Healio: Race in optometry panel: Change starts with mentorship, awareness

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: The Optometric Center of New York Names Richard Soden, OD, as New Board President

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: SUNY Optometry Opens State-of-the-Art Barbara Saltzman Center for Pediatric Eyecare

Harlem World

Harlem World: SUNY Optometry State-Of-The-Art Pediatric Eye Care Center For NYers From Harlem To Hollis

Crain’s Health Pulse

Crain’s Health Pulse: Hospital seek financial assistance from insurers as COvid losses pile up

NECO News

NECO News: NECO Hosts Annual Global Health Leadership Development Program

Crain’s Health Pulse

Crain’s Health Pulse: H+H, SUNY ink $12M contract for vision services

Politico

Politico: SUNY College of Optometry signed a five-year, $12 million contract

Crain’s Health Pulse

Crain’s Health Pulse: SUNY prepares to open pediatric eye center with $1M gift

Politico

Politico: Report: Few yeshivas providing substantially equivalent education

Politico

Politico: Cuomo to push proposals to lower prescription drug costs

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: SUNY College of Optometry to Name New State-of-the-Art Pediatric Eye Care Center in Honor of Barbara Saltzman

Harlem World

Harlem World: On Veterans Day, SUNY Optometry Recognizes Partnership With Veterans Affairs Hospital And Health Centers

Queens Gazette

Queens Gazette: Upgraded Neuro-Optometric Unit At SUNY College Of Optometry

Invision

Invision: Suny Optometry’s University Eye Center Announces New Chief of Pediatrics

Review of Optometry

Review of Optometry: Living with Blue Light Exposure

Gotham Gazatte

Gotham Gazatte: Seeing Healthcare Through a New Lens

Women In Optometry

Women In Optometry: Congratulations, Class of 2019

CBC/Radio-Canada

CBC/Radio-Canada: How a park-strolling Manhattan optometrist became an unwitting guinea pig in a facial recognition experiment

Eyecare Business

Eyecare Business: SUNY College of Optometry Breaks Ground on Pediatric Center

Invision

Invision: Optometry College Breaks Ground on Pediatric Eyecare Center

Crain’s New York

Crain’s New York: SUNY to open new pediatric eye care center in 2020

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: SUNY Optometry Breaks Ground on Center for Pediatric Eye Care

Telemundo 47

Telemundo 47: Clínica móvil ofrece servicios de salud en NYC

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: Sagnieres, Hood to Receive Honorary Degrees from SUNY Optometry

The New York Times

The New York Times: We Built a (Legal) Facial Recognition Machine for $60

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: The NYC Party Scene at Vision Expo East 2019

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: SUNY Optometry to Honor Dr. Julia Appel as 2019 Alumni of Year at Upcoming ‘Eyes on New York’ Gala

NYMetroParents.com

NYMetroParents.com: SUNY Optometry and SightGlass Vision are Seeking Nearsighted Children for a Clinic Trial

Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal: Every Gadget and App Should Have a Dark Mode

Optometry and Vision Science

Optometry and Vision Science: Blue-blocking Filters and Digital Eyestrain

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: Eye Care and Eyewear Groups and Professionals Get Ready to Give Back for #GivingTuesday

Vision Monday

Vision Monday: Eyes on New York Awards to Honor Regeneron, Drs. Mark and Susan Fromer

Optometry and Vision Science

Optometry and Vision Science: Visual Perception: A Clinical Orientation, 5th ed by Dr. Steven H. Schwartz

PLOS Biology

PLOS Biology: Gene expression in response to optical defocus of opposite signs reveals bidirectional mechanism of visually guided eye growth

Bronx Times

Bronx Times: Eye Care Unlimited still going strong 25 years later

Politico

Politico: SUNY Optometry pursuing new ways to diversify (PDF)

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January 25, 2024

SUNY College of Optometry Alumnus Wins National Residency Award

Class of ’21 alumnus takes top honor with 2023 AAO Hopkins Comprehensive Eye Care Residency Award New York, NY – The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry proudly announces that Dr. Stephen Dellostritto, ’21, R’23 is the recipient of the 2023 AAO Hopkins Comprehensive Eye Care Residency award. This top honor was […]

January 12, 2024

GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES IMPACT OF $10 MILLION ANNUAL INVESTMENT TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR SUNY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Funding Allocated to SUNY’s State-Operated Campuses Through This Year’s Historic $163 Million Operating Increase Fact Sheet Outlining Campus Initiatives Available Here GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL For Immediate Release: 1/11/2024 Governor Kathy Hochul today announced how State University of New York campuses are investing nearly $10 million in annual State funding to support students identifying with disabilities. […]

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Creating a Myopia Management SIG: A Vision for Access, Research, and Collaboration

Loss of sensitivity in central vision associated with reduced quality of life