Monthly Archives: September 2019

Keynote speaker Amina AlTai returned to the stage to address how her diagnosis with two autoimmune diseases and her crash and burn with work had depleted her personal life and how living a best personal life is intrinsically tied to living a best professional life.

The Living Your Best Professional Life panel was moderated by Dori Carlson, OD, FAAO, who was joined in the discussion by Mamie Chan, OD; Sherrol Reynolds, OD; and Rachael Wruble, OD, FAAO.

By Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Women In Optometry editor—Linda Chous, OD, featured in our cover story on children’s vision, tells a story that can give a listener the chills.

It wasn’t until she was taking an AP history class as a senior in high school that Alexandria Wiss, OD, realized something was not quite right.

Little Eyes, a pediatric-only practice in Carmel, Indiana, has flourished since its start in 2013.

Children’s vision practices are a necessity, says Mary Lou French, OD, MEd, FAAO, but practitioners cannot come to this practice mode purely as a business decision.

Approximately 1 million emergency room visits by children each year are related to traumatic brain injury (TBI), and 75 percent of all patients with TBIs suffer from visual dysfunction, says Maria Richman, OD, FAAO.

Jennifer Simonson, OD, FCOVD, was on a flight home from a course in 2016 when she noticed books for parents about vision but wondered, “Where’s the book for the kids who are having vision issues?”

There’s nothing nondescript about the ways these doctors use gray in their practices. Grays are the new neutral and come in many variations.

Remember the last time a client, a boss or a co-worker gave you a hand-written thank-you note to tell you you’re doing a good job?