Yearly Archives: 2016
Keeping the Community in Mind All Year
The season of giving lasts all year round at Caruso Eye Care.
Creative Event Generates Eye Exam Awareness
It’s never too early to create awareness about optometry and the importance of eye exams.
POP-UP POLL: How’s Your Year Shaping up? – RESULTS
Go Bold
When Gigette Collazo Harfst, OD, spread out a number of bright color swatches in front of her staff and asked which one to select for a wall color, no one clear favorite color rose to the top. “So I said, ‘OK, let’s use all of them.’”
Where Medical Meets Retail
Oak Lawn, Illinois—a southern suburb of Chicago—has been home to Advanced Eye Care Professionals (AEP) since its cold start in 2003.
Planning for the Year Ahead: Embrace What Comes
For nearly 24 years—essentially her entire working career—Louise Sclafani, OD, FAAO, has been at the University of Chicago in Illinois.
Take a Glance at the Industry
Jaclyn Garlich, OD, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, admits that she was feeling guilty about not keeping up with all of the news going on in the profession.
Can Telemedicine Work for Low Vision Rehabilitation Patients?
The germ of an idea that sprouted four years ago at a summer research institute sponsored jointly by the American Optometric Association and the American Academy of Optometry is now a pilot study—and could, one day, be even more.
Pay Gap Remains Stubbornly Consistent
According to the 2016 ECP Compensation Study, an annual report produced by Jobson Optical Research in conjunction with Local Eye Site, showed that the average compensation reported for employed ODs was $108,673 in 2015.
New Graduate’s First Job Leads to Fast Practice Purchase
Jenn Sowers, OD, bought a practice last July, barely a year after she graduated from optometry school.
