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Send us Fan Mail Do you put off getting your eyes checked?  Eye conditions and other health problems can be detected in the early stages through regular eye tests at least every two years. An eye test could detect treatable eye conditions up to four years earlier. Yet many people don’t get their eyes tested until their eyesight deteriorates. So don’t lose sight of what’s important. Show your eyes...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Paul Chous: Dr. Paul Chous completed his undergraduate education at Brown and UC Irvine, and then received his Masters and Doctorate of Optometry degrees from UC Berkeley. Paul has a private practice specializing in diabetes eye care and education in Tacoma, WA. He is the author of Diabetic Eye Disease: Lessons From a Diabetic Eye Doctor, which was included in the “Top 1...

Send us Fan Mail About Ran Yam: Ran Yam, CEO and co-founder. Ran has decades of experience in developing optical systems and medical devices for different industries such as defense, optical communication, semi-conductors and ophthalmology . In his previous position as VP R&D for Visionix, a global leader in eye care solutions, he was responsible for developing innovative, cutting edge eye dia...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Cecelia Koetting: Dr. Koetting practices at the secondary tertiary surgical center Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, VA.  Her primary focus is ocular disease specializing in anterior segment and corneal disease, neuro-optometry, and peri-operative care.  She also partakes in clinical research and the maintenance of the referral network alongside the practices other op...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Brianna Rhue: Brianna Rhue earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona before earning her Doctorate of Optometry at Nova Southeastern University. She completed her residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami and is a partner at West Broward Eyecare in South Florida. Dr. Rhue is passionate about health care technology, myopia management, speci...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Mark Schaeffer: Dr. Mark Schaeffer serves as Clinical Field Manager at MyEyeDr in Birmingham, Alabama where he practices full scope optometry. In addition to his clinical work, he is affiliated with several pharmaceutical companies in consulting for ocular disease and contact lenses. Dr. Schaeffer is the author of multiple articles that have appeared in various journals....

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Ilse Homan: Ilse obtained her B. Optom degree at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) in 2005, has completed various additional Paediatric and Binocular Vision Courses and is qualified in Ocular Diagnostics. She was also amongst the first group of South African Optometrists who passed the theoretical portion of the Ocular Therapeutics Course (with distinction), in collaborati...

Send us Fan Mail Nowadays, electronic devices and software have become part of our daily life. We can all agree that it gives us a fast and convenient way of living in a world of technology. So how EHR helps contribute to providing higher quality and safer care for patients.  In this podcast, Dr. Kelly Kerksick will talk about Revolutionary EHR Inside the podcast, you will learn about the followin...

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Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Mick Kling: Dr. Michael A. (Mick) Kling is a leadership trainer, consultant, speaker, writer, innovator and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Impact Leadership, which provides leader- ship, culture and business consulting for the eye care community.  In addition to his role with Impact Leader- ship, Mick is the founder and CEO of lnvision Optometry, one of the l...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Kerry Giedd: Kerry Giedd, OD, MS, FAAO is a founding partner of Eola Eyes, a private group practice in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Giedd has served as a clinical investigator, consultant, and speaker for companies within the vision care industry, including Bausch + Lomb, CooperVision, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Alcon, and Allergan. Her practice has been nationally reco...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. John Gelles: Dr. Gelles is the director of the specialty contact lens division of the Cornea and Laser Eye Institute and the CLEI Center for Keratoconus in Teaneck, NJ. He is an assistant clinical professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, and an adjunct clinical professor at State University of New York College of Opt...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Caity Morrison:   Dr. Morrison is the owner of In Focus: Specialty Contact Lens & Vision Solutions, a private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona that specializes in contact lenses for advanced ocular conditions and comprehensive care for difficult visual cases.  After graduating from the New England College of Optometry in Boston, Dr. Morrison completed a Cornea & C...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Shane Kannar: Shane R. Kannarr, OD, practices in Pittsburg, Kansas. He opened Kannarr Eye Care in 2009.  The practice has grown into a busy three doctor-three location practice.  Much of this growth can be attributed to embracing patient needs first and foremost and utilizing technology to differentiate the practice.   Dr. Kannarr has lectured regionally and nationally t...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Melissa Barnett: Dr. Melissa Barnett is a principal optometrist at the University of California, Davis Eye Center in Sacramento and Davis, California. She is an internationally recognized key opinion leader, specializing in dry eye disease and specialty contact lenses. Dr. Barnett lectures globally and publishes extensively on topics including dry eye, anterior segment d...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Susan Gromacki: Dr. Susan J. Gromacki is an internationally-recognized clinician, lecturer, and author on the topics of the cornea and contact lenses.  In practice for 27 years, she graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame and The Ohio State University College of Optometry and completed a residency in hospital-based optometry with the U.S. Department of Ve...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Jason Jedlicka: Dr Jedlicka is an Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Optometry, and the Director of the Cornea and Contact Lens Service.  He is a Diplomate in the American Academy of Optometry's Cornea, Contact Lens, and Refractive Technologies Section, a past President of the Scleral Lens Education Society, and a Fellow and board member of the Cont...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Matt Geller: Dr. Geller is the co-founder and CEO of CovalentCreative - an independently owned, eyecare professional-only, digital marketing agency that provides content, creative, and technology services for forward-thinking eyecare organizations CovalentCreative is the parent company of EyesOnEyecare.com - a digital publication that focuses on providing clinical and ca...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Roya Habibi: Dr Roya Habibi is a University of California, Berkeley trained optometric doctor with a specialized focus on Dry Eye Disease and Specialty Contact Lenses. As a practicing doctor at a multi-disciplinary practice in Seattle, WA, Dr Habibi founded and serves as the Director of the Center for Eye Comfort. Within her specialty clinic, Dr Habibi is focused on trea...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Joe Pizzimenti: Dr. Joseph Pizzimenti is a full-time faculty member and tenured Professor at the Rosenberg School of Optometry at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. He earned his Doctor of Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry. Dr. Pizzimenti completed a residency Ocular Disease and Rehabilitative Optometry at the University of Houston. H...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Andy Fischer: Andrew Fischer attended Indiana University and after three years of undergraduate courses, was admitted into the Indiana University School of Optometry where he graduated in 2018. In optometry school he served as the President of the IU Optometric Student Association.    In 2019, Dr. Fischer completed a residency at Specialty Eye in Seattle, Washington with...

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Send us Fan Mail About Tyler Mathenia: Tyler Mathenia is part of Midwestern University Chicago College of Optometry class of 2021. Raised in Missouri, Tyler hopes to stay within the state and work in a private practice to provide care to his hometown. Tyler has an active optometry-based social media presence and enjoys spending his free time with his wife and their French bulldog, Louie. Instagram...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Walt Whitley: Walter Whitley, OD, MBA, FAAO serves as the Director of Referral Services and Residency Program Supervisor at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia where his practice encompasses ocular surface disease, glaucoma, surgical co-management, clinical research and the supervision of an extensive referral network. Additionally, Dr. Whitley serves as the Di...