Monthly Archives: September 2019

By Jaclyn Munson, OD, FAAO—Differentiation is critical for an optometric practice to flourish.

For a large part of her career, Susan Wiley, OD, moved with her husband, a U.S. Air Force officer, across the country as well as on two overseas tours.

Like many other ODs, Donna Shotwell, OD, spent years believing that she and others could do very little to prevent or accurately predict the progression of age-related macular degeneration.

Due to an aging population and an increasingly diverse demographic patient base, most optometric practices are seeing more patients who are either at risk for, or already have, glaucoma, the second-leading cause of blindness in the U.S.

Amber Zaunbrecher, OD, of Eye to Eye Vision Center in Marietta, Georgia, recalls that she really didn’t have any good options left for a patient who came to see her in July 2018.

It was a humbling experience for Kimberly Dolman, OD, to be listening to a physiotherapist and neuro-chiropractor advising her 14-year-old daughter on vision therapy following her second concussion.

Amanda Lee, OD, has had a series of career firsts in a corporate setting.

The Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) initiated its Myopia Program in 2003 with key women in optometry leading many of the efforts for the past 15 years in research, education and strategic leadership.

This cover story package features the many ways to treat children.

Women In Optometry asked advisory panel members about the most valuable lessons that they’ve learned from children.