Monthly Archives: July 2021
OD Takes Her Vision With A Mission Platform to Beautiful Heights
On August 8, 2021, Elise Brisco, OD, FAAO, CCH, FCOVD, competes in the Miss California United States pageant. She will be the oldest contestant...
Service-oriented OD Makes a Mark on Her Community
June 15, 2021, marked the grand opening of Norwood Family Eye Care in Bartlett, Tennessee. Chaka Norwood, OD, hosted the Bartlett Chamber for the...
The American Academy of Optometry Shows Support of ASCO’s Optometry Gives Me Life Campaign with $50,000...
The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) received a $50,000 donation from the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) to ASCO’s public awareness...
A Call for Help Leads to a Profitable Partnership
COVID-19 rocked the lives of people all over the world, particularly business owners and health practitioners--who were forced to make one tough decision after...
Polishing Patient Communication Through Clinical Research Fellowship Pathway
Optometrists not only provide patient care, but they also have multiple opportunities to use their educational background in areas such as research. Natasha Balani,...
Deadline for Scholarship for Third-year Women Students Is Aug. 6
Optometry Divas, an organization that seeks to empower, connect and promote the success of women ODs, is looking for upcoming third-year optometry school students...
It’s Time to be Adaptive: Let’s Push the Boundaries of Scope Expansion
By Mahnia Madan, BSc, OD, FAAO, of Vancouver, British Columbia (BC)
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails...
Dr. Natasha Balani and Dr. Sathi Maiti: Taking the Clinical Research Fellowship Pathway
Natasha Balani, OD, and Sathi Maiti, OD, both came to Periman Eye Institute in Seattle, Washington, to pursue a clinical research fellowship created by Laura Periman, MD, in ocular surface disease and dry eye.
Incorporating Nutrition and Supplementation into the Patient Conversation
Ocular wellness and nutrition are two words that many don’t see as connected. But Neda Gioia, OD, FOWNS, CNS, of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, offers...
On Our Way to Better Days
By Jessica Haynes, OD
In primary care optometric practice, most doctors frequently engage with patients with subclinical, early, intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and even...
