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In Santa Monica, California, many of the patients who come to Elander Eye Care are very interested in preventive medicine. They want to know what they should be doing to protect their vision and eye health.

For Channing Wells, OD, pushing herself to work was the strategy that helped her heal after the shocking news that her husband, Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells, had been shot and killed on the job.

Laura Dake Roche, OD, was serving as president of the Connecticut Association of Optometrists (CAO) when she found out that the optometric practice of OptiCare was being sold to MyEyeDr.

Allison Brewer, OD, just wasn’t finding the right fit after her 2016 graduation from Northeastern State University, Oklahoma College of Optometry.

For 15 years, Taylor Lam, OD, had been using a manual phoropter at Garvey Optometry in El Monte, California. However, the repetitive motion began to take its toll.

Deanna Paul-Blanc, OD, accepted her first role within National Vision, Inc.’s Doctor of Optometry network at an America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses location because the initial job she took after graduation from Indiana University School of Optometry was not the right fit.

When Carol Lakkis, BScOptom, PhD, testified before a Federal Trade Commission committee in March 2018, the forum allowed her to share her own experience as an optometrist and an ocular microbiologist…

“Simply put, raising awareness about the cause of vision is what we do. We are very passionate about healthy eyes and great vision.”

Connie Vuong, OD, of Garden Grove, California, is a label-reader. Her own children and her husband all suffer from allergies and eczema, so she’s careful to look at the products she buys in case they trigger reactions in her family.

Mirjana McCarthy, OD, FAAO, says it took nearly a decade of gaining experience in the profession before she even considered taking on a role as a practice owner.