Great lighting can make your practice shine. Mary Demirjian, OD, opened Wide Eye (WE) Lounge as a merging of a boutique optometry and optical space with a quaint coffee shop. Customers can sip on drinks such as The Nutty Doctor or A Red Eye as they browse below a myriad of rattan light fixtures. See the full story here.   Explore Jessica Fielding Zwanziger, ODs, family-owned optometry practice and its commitment to compassionate care– plus, the lighting is phenomenal. See the full story here.   Jennifer Kim, OD, couldn’t find a perfect place to open a practice, unti ..read more

Download the report here. The Contact Lens Institute (CLI) has published an in-depth report on everyday actions that the eye care community can take to draw interest from potential and former contact lens wearers. Based on research with more than 1,000 vision-corrected adults segmented by glasses-only wearers, new contact lens wearers and contact lens dropouts, “Beyond Vision: Behaviors to Attract New & Returning Contact Lens Wearers” is the latest offering from CLI’s See Tomorrow initiative, which helps practices thrive using exclusive consumer data and insights. The 26-page document incl ..read more

Dr. Slate Karen Slate, OD, has created a career for herself in the nonprofit sector, an area she didn’t even realize was a full-time option for optometrists. “I work with two nonprofits and have a contract to provide disability exams for veterans,” she says. For the first 12 years of her career, Dr. Slate worked in a medically oriented private practice. Her boss and mentor, Glenn Corbin, OD, was a joy to work with, she recalls. But when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, “I was stuck inside with my thoughts, and I started re-evaluating everything about my home life, family and goals,” she recalls ..read more

Women In Optometry regularly recognizes the awards and accomplishments of women ODs in the profession and in their communities in the “Women in the News” series. Have you received an award or acknowledgement for your contributions to optometry or your community? Send us a note: MBijlefeld@jobson.com. Congratulations to all honorees. Sherrol Reynolds, OD, FAAO, was inducted as a Distinguished Fellow to the National Academies of Practice.     Lynn Hellerstein, OD, FCOVD, FAAO, was awarded the G.N. Getman Award. The G.N. Getman Award is presented to a developmentally ..read more

Frontiers in Ophthalmology published statistically significant results from a clinical study evaluating the efficacy and safety of a novel daily nutritional supplement formulated to address the symptoms of dry eyes.1Bausch + Lomb expects to launch the supplement, which features a proprietary blend of ingredients including lutein, zeaxanthin isomers, curcumin and vitamin D3, under the brand name Blink NutriTears® early in the third quarter of 2024 in the U.S. PREVALENCE OF DRY EYE “More than 150 million people experience dry eyes in the U.S.,” said Yehia Hashad, MD, executive vice presiden ..read more

Dr. Yannelli When Jessica Yannelli, OD, opened Precision Eye Care in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, as a cold start 10 years ago, she says that streamlining the administrative functions was important. “I wanted to work with a distributor that provided me with accessibility to all the manufacturers’ brands and single-source consolidation and easy tracking,” she says. She found that in ABB Optical Group—and not just for soft contact lenses. She uses the company for her specialty contact lens orders as well. “I had a lower volume of  specialty vision  lenses earlier on, so I really apprecia ..read more

Dr. Williams What Hayley Williams, OD, wanted after her 2018 graduation from the University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry was a place where she could make a difference. But for a few years, that felt just out of reach. After she and her husband moved back to Kansas, where they both grew up, she interviewed with several private practices but didn’t find the right fit. Then she subleased a corporate location—just a little before COVID-19 forced the mall where she was located to close. When it became apparent the company would not reopen that location, Dr. Williams restarted ..read more

Dr. Brown Kristen Brown, OD, FAAO, Dipl AAO, has her roots firmly in the co-management space. Before she served as associate dean of clinical affairs at the New England College of Optometry and founded the NECO Dry Eye Service, she spent 25 years as a clinic director in the refractive and cataract co-management field. “The concept of co-management has always been an important focus of my career. Collaboration between eye doctors is where my career began, starting with residency and fellowship, and where I’m currently headed,” she says. Now Dr. Brown is taking a step away from academia and the ..read more

Uncorrected poor vision affects 1 in 3 people around the world, impacting the way they learn, work and keep themselves safe. The impact of uncorrected poor vision is often exacerbated by gender inequity, economic struggles and gender-based violence which disproportionately affects women, hindering their access to essential healthcare services — including vision care. This April, during Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month, the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation is highlighting innovative programs that are globally expanding vision care access to women and empowering them to provide care in ..read more

The World Council of Optometry (WCO) is partnering with CooperVision, a global leader in myopia management to introduce an interactive and educational resource for eye care practitioners worldwide and to advance the standard of care. The WCO CooperVision Myopia Management Navigator takes you on a journey through the three Ms of myopia management: mitigation, measurement and management. The three sections of the Navigator link to content filled with advice and practical actions to explore in the form of “Myopia Moments,” webinars and more. The Navigator provides guidance clinician discussi ..read more