The couple credits the College with giving them a start—and shaping their future. Eye Care Unlimited opened its doors in The Bronx on September 8, 1992. But its origin story began five years earlier. In fall of 1987, president and co-owner A.J. Contento (OD ’90) donned a priest costume and…
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The classes of the aughts entered SUNY Optometry when the world was celebrating a new millennium. But for the students who were looking to become optometrists, school meant what it had forever: lots of work and not much sleep. “It was like boot camp,” says Dr. Rebecca Marinoff ’08, who…
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The OD/MS student aspires to take care of patients’ eyes to improve their lives. Carol Lin landed on the path that brought her to optometry when she was just a little girl. “My mother loves to tell me that when she used to take me and my five-year-older autistic brother…
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The director of residency education is honored with the Iron Mike award for her innovative work in neuro-optometric rehabilitation. For those who know Dr. Diane T. Adamczyk, her dedication to the role of director of residency education for SUNY Optometry should come as no surprise. She barely remembers a time…
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SUNY Optometry hosted 2018 Capstone for its graduating ODs on Tuesday, May 22. The annual event provides newly minted doctors with current information on their rapidly changing profession and starts them on the path toward lifelong learning. Dr. Mark Wright, a nationally recognized contributor on optometric practice, delivered the keynote…
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SUNY Optometry works to contain an increasingly common vision condition. In the 1970s, one in four children had myopia, the medical term for nearsightedness. Fast forward to today and that number has jumped to 40 percent of kids—nearly one in two. Studies estimate that by 2050, half of the world’s…
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The island’s entire population was evacuated following the storm. Dr. Bird set up a free clinic to address their vision needs. When Hurricane Irma hit Barbuda on September 6 with winds in excess of 180 miles per hour, it leveled the Caribbean island, damaging more than 90 percent of the…
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The SUNY Optometry alumna is excited to work with the Vision Rehabilitation Service. Call it a homecoming: This fall, Shephali Patel, OD, MS ’10 returned to her alma mater to work with the vision rehabilitation service, providing low vision and head trauma services. “The right tools and techniques make it…
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When Barbara Saltzman thinks about the College’s planned new Center for Pediatric Eye Care, she knows she did the right thing in dedicating major funding for a facility that will benefit two vulnerable populations about which she shares a particular concern: children and the visually impaired. She has made a…
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