Women In Optometry

About one-quarter of ODs who responded to the survey say that they have more than one paying role.

The practice Adriana Palumbo, OD, bought last summer is housed in a house.

By Liz Frontino, 3rd year student at Southern College of Optometry—As a member of the women’s club Gamma Omicron, I truly enjoy the events where women ODs come in to share their stories about their career choices and strategies for a satisfying career and home life.

By Alinah Ali, OD, of Sugar Land, Texas—The day that I got the phone call that my baby daughter had a fever of 104 degrees and I had to make my apologies to a patient and leave the office was the day that I realized I couldn’t sustain a 40-minute commute to my corporate location.

By Marjolijn Bijlefeld—At my house, we’re still talking about our latest trip to the landfill.

Joanna Carter, OD, of Medford, Oregon, says that a conversation with her colleague last year changed the course of her career.

By Stacie L. Setchell, OD—I find it interesting that students who intern at my practice always inquire about the future of optometry. I admit there is currently much turmoil between ophthalmologists and optometrists.

Elaine Happ, OD, and Mary Gregory, OD, have long had an unusual optical at Uptown Eye Care in Monticello, Minnesota.

Slightly more than half of the respondents to the latest Women In Optometry Pop-up Poll are owners or partners in an optometric practice.

In conversations, Christie Russell-Villnow, OD, heard from her neuropsychologist sister, Leslie Russell-Martin, MS, PhD, that she was noticing visual processing issues in some of her patients in her mental health clinics.