The specialty lenses are used to slow the progression of myopia, or nearsightedness.
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The specialty lenses are used to slow the progression of myopia, or nearsightedness.
The specialty lenses are used to slow the progression of myopia, or nearsightedness.
The specialty lenses are used to slow the progression of myopia, or nearsightedness.
The online course targeted toward helping young professionals grow their leadership skills meets on Thursdays during the lunch hour.
The recent graduates joined Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Linda Marks for an I Care International clinic in San Alejo in March.
The recent graduates joined Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Linda Marks for an I Care International clinic in San Alejo in March.
The recent graduates joined Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Linda Marks for an I Care International clinic in San Alejo in March.
Bollig received a $4,250 scholarship, in addition to a $750 travel grant to attend the Heart of America Eye Care Congress last month.
Bollig received a $4,250 scholarship, in addition to a $750 travel grant to attend the Heart of America Eye Care Congress last month.
Bollig received a $4,250 scholarship, in addition to a $750 travel grant to attend the Heart of America Eye Care Congress last month.
The network seeks to advance equity for St. Louis people and places that have faced decades of disinvestment.
The network seeks to advance equity for St. Louis people and places that have faced decades of disinvestment.
The network seeks to advance equity for St. Louis people and places that have faced decades of disinvestment.
Deering works as an optometrist at Premier Eyecare Associates in northern Missouri and recently traveled to Kenya to provide patients with glasses and treat eye disease.
The online publication offers insight from licensed optometrists about their work and lives.
About 35 students in the DNP program learned to use different equipment including a direct ophthalmoscope and a slit-lamp bio microscope.
Her work as a resident involves doing fittings on keratoconus and trauma patients at SLU and working with specialty lenses at a private practice.
The roughly 14,000-square-foot space features teaching labs and study and lounge spaces, and will serve more than 170 students in the program.
As a pediatric resident, Kyles is continuing her work with the Pupil Project, which helps manage learning-related vision problems in children.
A College of Optometry student gives a tour to a group of prospective students Friday during the 2023 Optometry Showcase.
A simulation facilitated by the Missouri Community Action Network gave participants the chance to step into the shoes of someone experiencing poverty for a few hours.
The awards recognize innovation and leadership in the field of contact lenses and anterior segment disease.
Kendall and his brother, James, competed on the show June 6 and won the $1 million grand prize.
Elder was honored for excellence in education alongside four other local leaders.
The organization is the only accrediting body for professional optometric degree programs and optometric residency programs.
Elder, who previously served as an associate clinical professor at UMSL from 2011 to 2016, will assume the role on Sept. 1.
They have faced countless challenges, including a life-changing global pandemic, but they all remained committed to their professional goals.
Putting on a pair of glasses for the first time and realizing what he’d been missing out on fostered an early interest in optometry for Josh Dudek.
Optometry Professor Ed Bennett is one of four men who make up Pham’s team of eye specialists, helping the outfielder manage his vision as he deals with keratoconus.
A contingent of 90 students and a few friends purchased tickets for the first-ever event put on by New Student Programs to cap Triton Spring Launch.
The Missouri Optometric Association Conference offered students an opportunity to see how doctors and legislators can work together on behalf of patients.
The round window adorning the new UMSL Patient Care Center changes colors depending on how the sunlight hits it at different times of day.
The new mentoring program took off in September 2015, and both students and those volunteering as mentors say they are finding it worthwhile.