Send us a text 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 career education to the up-and-coming generation of optometrists and ophthalmologists. Social Media: htt...
Jun 29, 2021•12 min
Send us a text 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 treating and truly understanding dry eye disease and its effects on her patients. In clinic, she incorpora...
Jun 23, 2021•25 min
Send us a text 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. He is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) and the Optometric Retina Society (ORS),...
Jun 22, 2021•12 min
Send us a text 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 a focus in corneal disease, specialty contact lenses, and dry eye disease. He was nominated for and rece...
Jun 16, 2021•22 min
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Jun 15, 2021•13 min
Send us a text 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: https://www.instagram.com/futureoptometrist/...
Jun 09, 2021•14 min
Send us a text 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 Director of Professional Relations for CEI Vision Partners (CVP) whose focus is to maximize patient cent...
Jun 08, 2021•10 min
Send us a text 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 Associate Professor at the Kentucky College of Optometry in Pikeville, and is the Medical Director for KEP...
Jun 02, 2021•30 min
Send us a text 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 diplomate of the American Board of Optometry and a member of the Optometric Glaucoma Society, Tear Film, and Oc...
Jun 01, 2021•12 min
Send us a text 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 studies outside of Québec. Receipt of this scholarship award is based on academic performance. In the s...
May 26, 2021•23 min
Send us a text 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 country in this area as the creator of Dry Eye Boot Camp and co-founder of Eyes on Dry Eye. Additionally,...
May 25, 2021•14 min
Send us a text 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 strong interest in treating dry eye. Dr. Garlich is also the editor of 20/20 Glance, an optometry newslett...
May 19, 2021•18 min
Send us a text 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 2002 through 2018 he was a Founder and Education Committee Chairman of the Global Specialty Lens Sympo...
May 18, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Send us a text 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 appointment as President, Dr. Purcell served as the Senior Vice President, Customer Development for Es...
May 12, 2021•32 min
Send us a text 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 introduced eye rejuvenation services to help patients bothered by drooping eyelids or wrinkles around t...
May 11, 2021•16 min
Send us a text 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/ )...
May 05, 2021•18 min
Send us a text 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 optometric care. He is the proud father of three children and his wife Jillian who is a practice Physica...
May 04, 2021•11 min
Send us a text 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 Université de Montréal in 2012 where she received a grant from the Scholarship Program of the Québec Ministr...
Apr 29, 2021•13 min
Send us a text 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 segment surgery care and pathology, joining Vance Thompson Vision in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He earne...
Apr 28, 2021•10 min
Send us a text 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. Eef received his PhD from the University of Maastricht (NL) in 2008. He now runs his own research & educat...
Apr 27, 2021•28 min
Send us a text 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 - Ocular Surface Disease Center – The Dry Eye Center of Arizona, and serves as its Director of Clinical Research. ...
Apr 23, 2021•13 min
Send us a text 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. He is president and founder of the International Keratoconus Academy of Eye Care Professionals. Dr. Eiden ...
Apr 21, 2021•25 min
Send us a text 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 Houston College of Optometry and is currently part-time faculty while also completing her PhD, studying the e...
Apr 20, 2021•13 min
Send us a text 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 and sMap scleral topography to assist in complex clinical cases. In her spare time, Dr. Woo is an avid wi...
Apr 14, 2021•23 min
Send us a text 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 practice that is a collaboration of both OD’s and MD’s. He see’s primary care patients, and has an emphasis o...
Apr 13, 2021•12 min
Send us a text 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 at the school of optometry, MCPHS University, Advisory Board member for the Gas Permeable Lens Institute (GP...
Apr 07, 2021•32 min
Send us a text 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 Professor at the Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University. Dr. Ferrucci has...
Apr 06, 2021•11 min
Send us a text 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 Love to do crossfit and play soccer President of Beach Lacrosse ABB Analyze Website: https://www.glimpsel...
Mar 31, 2021•21 min
Send us a text 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, English, Italian, and Greek. She studied optometry at Istituto Superiore di Scienze Optometriche (ISSO)...
Mar 30, 2021•12 min
Send us a text 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 industry writer and is a regular columnist in several trade publications. Dr. Bazan holds several industry posit...
Mar 24, 2021•12 min
