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Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Paul Karpecki: Dr. Karpecki received his doctor of optometry degree from Indiana University and completed a fellowship in cornea in Kansas City, in affiliation with the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. He currently serves as Director of Cornea and External Disease at Kentucky Eye Institute in Lexington KY and for Center for Sight in Carmel IN. He also serves as an Asso...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Leslie O'Dell: Dr. O’Dell focuses on the management of ocular disease including glaucoma, dry eye, and diabetic eye disease as the Clinical Director of Medical Optometry America in York, PA. Dr. O’Dell graduated from Salus College of Optometry in 2003 and completed a residency at the Baltimore VA Hospital. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Optometry, a dipl...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Elise Kramer: Dr. Elise Kramer is a residency-trained optometrist in Miami FL who specializes in ocular surface disease and regular and specialty contact lens fitting. Her Doctorate degree was awarded in Optometry from the Université de Montréal in 2012 where she received a grant from the Scholarship Program of the Québec Ministry of Education for short-term university s...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Damon Dierker: Dr. Dierker is Director of Optometric Services at Eye Surgeons of Indiana and an adjunct faculty member at the Indiana University School of Optometry. He practices consultative optometry with special interests in ocular surface disease and retinal disorders. He has developed a dedicated dry eye clinic within his practice and helps colleagues across the cou...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Jackie Garlich: Dr. Jaclyn Garlich is a graduate of the New England College of Optometry. After optometry school, she furthered her training by completing a residency in primary care and ocular disease at the St. Louis Veterans Affairs and obtained her Fellowship of the American Academy of Optometry in 2011. She is the owner of Envision Optometry in Boston and has a stro...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Craig Norman: A clinician for over 4 decades, he has been involved in the development and evaluation of numerous products and technologies in the soft, GP and scleral lens category. Until the summer of 2018 he was the founding Director of Research at the Michigan College of Optometry, Ferris State University where he remains on the adjunct faculty.  From its inception in...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Howard Purcell: Howard Purcell, OD ‘84, FAAO was named the College’s 13th president in July of 2018. Dr. Purcell brings to the position a wealth of experience in private practice, academia, and the optometric industry. He is well versed in evolving trends and technologies in healthcare and optometry in particular and brings this expertise to the presidency. Prior to his...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Selina McGee: Dr. Selina McGee is Founder and Owner of Precision Vision of Edmond, a boutique private practice that offers patients a wide range of optometric care via its dry eye center of excellence, specialty contact lens clinic and aesthetics suite. The practice also performs extensive pathology management and laser and minor surgical procedures. In 2018, Dr. McGee i...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Fayiz Mahgoub: To be updated. Where to find him: Augmented Vision Labs Website: https://augmentedvisionlabs.com/ Instagram: @fayiz_m ( https://www.instagram.com/fayiz_m ) Facebook: Fayiz Mahgoub ( https://www.facebook.com/fayiz.mahgoub ) LinkedIn: Fayiz Mahgoub, OD ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/fayizmahgoub/ )

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. James Deom: James Deom is a 2014 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University. While in school he was the national AOSA president and was the first student to complete his OD and MPH concurrently while at PCO. Upon graduating, he joined Hazleton Eye Specialsits and has grown the office to three locations with a passion for providing full scope op...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The OI Show, Dr. Elise Kramer shared with us how she got started and build her referral-based practice in less than 3 years. About Dr. Elise Kramer: Dr. Elise Kramer is a residency-trained optometrist in Miami FL who specializes in ocular surface disease and regular and specialty contact lens fitting. Her Doctorate degree was awarded in Optometry from the Univer...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Justin Schweitzer: Dr. Justin Schweitzer specializes in advanced glaucoma, refractive surgical clinical care, and anterior segment pathology at Vance Thompson Vision.  He received his professional training and Doctor of Optometry degree from Pacific University College of Optometry in Forest Grove, OR. In 2012 he pursued his dream to focus on glaucoma, advanced anterior s...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Dr. Eef van der Worp is back to share with us ways to revolutionize fitting soft contact lenses.  About Dr. Eef van der Worp : Eef van der Worp is an educator and researcher. He received his optometry degree from the Hogeschool van Utrecht in the Netherlands (NL) and has served as a head of the contact lens department at the school for over eight years. Ee...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Art Epstein: Arthur B. Epstein, OD, FAAO is a native New Yorker who grew up in the Bronx, NY.  He received an O.D. degree from the State University of New York, State College of Optometry where he also was the college's first resident in ocular disease. After relocating to Phoenix, Dr. Epstein co-founded Phoenix Eye Care, PLLC.  He heads the practice’s Dry Eye - Ocu...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The OI Show, we talk about how to have a multi-specialty clinic with Dr. Barry Eiden. Plus he gave us some tips on how to have work-life balance if you're practicing with your significant other.  About Dr. Barry Eiden: Dr. Eiden is president and medical director of North Suburban Vision Consultants, Ltd., a multi-specialty group practice in the Chicago area...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Maria Walker shares with us about the latest in Scleral Lens on today's episode of The OI Show.  About Dr. Maria Walker: Dr. Maria Walker graduated from The New England College of Optometry with an OD/MS degree in 2013 and completed a Residency in Cornea & Contact Lenses at Pacific University in Portland, OR. She then joined the clinical faculty at the University of H...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Woo: Dr. Woo is an adjunct professor at Midwestern University. Dr. Woo enjoys lecturing around the world on the subject of contact lenses and anterior segment ocular disease.  Dr. Woo owns the Contact Lens Institute of Nevada, a clinic dedicated entirely to custom contact lenses.  The Contact Lens Institute offers revolutionary technology such as the EyePrintProsthetic a...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Jeff Gerson: Dr. Jeffry Gerson graduated from Indiana University school of Optometry in 1997, after which he went on to do a VA residency concentrating in low vision and ocular disease.  He has been in several different practice settings, including a retina referral practice where he participated in several large clinical trials.   Currently, Dr Gerson is in private prac...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode we are  joined with Dr. Karen Carrasquillo to discuss about Myopia Management with Scleral Lenses plus many more! About Dr. Karen Carrasquillo: Dr. Karen G. Carrasquillo is Vice President of Clinical and Professional Affairs at BostonSight. In addition, she is an adjunct clinical professor at the New England College of Optometry, an adjunct clinical professor...

Send us Fan Mail About Dr. Steven Ferrucci: Dr. Steven Ferrucci, a 1994 graduate of the New England College of Optometry, completed his Residency in Primary Care/Hospital Based/Geriatric Optometry at the Sepulveda VA Hospital in Sepulveda CA. He is currently Chief of Optometry at the Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center and Nursing Home. He is also the Residency Director at his sight, and a Profess...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we have Mr. Casey Hedberg of ABB Analyze to talk about dashboarding, practice analysis and how to revolutionize your practice perfomance. About Mr. Casey Hedberg: Fresno State Graduate, Food Science Enology 20+ years Vision Care experience Entrepreneur Founder of Glimpse, Business Performance Dashboards Father of 4 (Reese, Beckham, Knox & Remy) Wife Kristen Lov...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we have Dr. Daddi Fadel shares about the important key factors to Scleral Lens Success. About Dr. Daddi Fadel: Daddi Fadel DOptom, FSLS, FBCLA, FAAO, is a contact lens designer, a Pioneer of modern lens designs, and a specialist in contact lenses for irregular cornea, scleral lenses, myopia control, and orthokeratology. She speaks five languages; Arabic, French, E...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Dr. Bazan will shares with us how he left his office for a year and still make money. About Dr. Justin Bazan: Justin Bazan, OD, a 2004 SUNY grad, is the owner of Park Slope Eye in Brooklyn, N.Y., which he established cold in the summer of 2008. He pioneered the use of social media as a marketing tool to help build a successful practice. He is an avid indus...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Jeff Sonsino shares with us the inspiration behind his advocacy in patient care and optometry and getting started with his company called myEyeris. About Dr. Jeff Sonsino: Jeffrey Sonsino, O.D., FAAO, is a partner in a high-end specialty contact lens and anterior segment practice in Nashville, Tennessee.  For over 11 years, he was on the faculty at Vanderbilt...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of The OI Show, Dr. Stephanie Woo shared with us how she started a specialty lens practice in small town US and how she helps other through Woo University. About Dr. Woo: Dr. Woo is an adjunct professor at Midwestern University. Dr. Woo enjoys lecturing around the world on the subject of contact lenses and anterior segment ocular disease.  Dr. Woo owns the Contact...