Monthly Archives: August 2016

At the University of California Berkeley School of Optometry, there’s a specialty clinic dedicated to myopia control.

By Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Director of Custom Publications—The start of a new school year is, for many people, a little like New Year’s Day. It feels like a new start and a return to order and regularity.

After nine years on the faculty at the New England College of Optometry (NECO), Elise Harb, OD, MS, FAAO, decided to relocate back to her hometown in the Bay Area of California in 2014.

More than 40 percent of women ODs are in at least their fourth professional optometry-related job, according to an online survey conducted by Women In Optometry (WO).

When Melissa Leoni, OD, bought an optometry practice in Barboursville, West Virginia, two years ago, it was already a fast-growing location. And it hasn’t slowed down since.

Angela Gulbranson, OD, returned to her hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after her graduation from Indiana College of Optometry.

Amber Gatti Dunn, OD, did not plan on owning a practice immediately after graduating from optometry school.

In 2008, Laura Martinez, OD, was on track to become a nurse when she was introduced to the Focus on Your Future summer program at the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO).

Chicago is full of high-end optical boutiques and corporate optometry offices, but Stephanie Lyons, OD, saw something it was missing. “I wanted to bring family eye care to the city,” she says.

When Pia Hoenig, OD, MA, DBO(T), FAAO, chief of the Binocular Vision Clinic at University of California, Berkeley, was approached by a group of second-year optometry students who wanted to gain additional clinic experience, she thought it was a great idea.