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November 2013 Optometry Student in Focus – Nareh Keshishyan of SUNY Optometry

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A note from founder of OptometryStudents.com Dr. Matthew Geller I started “Optometry Student in Focus” as a way to shine a light on the future leaders of our profession. Nareh Keshishyan is exactly that – a future leader of optometry. Her work with the California Optometric Student Association as the current President Elect is a […]

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A Guide To Ophthalmic Technology for Optometry Students

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I never realized how important optometric technology actually was until I attended this years Vision Expo West. I’ve been in practice with Dr. Eric White for only 3 months but the one lesson I’ve learned is that patients love technology. It helps us keep our schedule booked with happy patients, and keeps revenue increasing. When

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AOSA Trustee Spotlight: Casey Dillard of NSUOCO

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OS:  Casey Dillard is a member of the American Optometric Student Association Board of Trustees.  He is now the AOSA Trustee for the Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry.  Casey, tell us a little about yourself! CD:  Well, I have lived in Oklahoma my entire life.  I grew up on a country road outside

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October Student in Focus, Terry-Ann Monique: an Optometry Student’s fight against Breast Cancer

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October is known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and as most optometry students are focused on pumpkin spice lattes and preparing for Halloween, one optometry student is focused on the road to recovery. Terry Ann Ramjus, OptometryStudent.com‘s October Student in Focus, is a second year student at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of

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IUSO: Get Social and Be Involved in your Profession!

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IUSO students hit the ground running this term with plenty of events on our social calendar. There are so many ways for you to get involved not only with your school but also with the AOSA through different events throughout the year. Here’s what we’ve been up to at IUSO: During the first week of school,

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Clinical Case Review: Complete Vision Loss OD Following a “Stroke”

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David Cartwright’s case has been selected for our Clinical Case of the Month! David is a 4th year optometry student at State University of New York College of Optometry. Here’s the case: Age/Sex/Race 78 yo white male Chief Complaint He complained of complete vision loss OD following a “stroke” that occurred 6 weeks prior. His

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Annual Eye Exam Reveals a Macular Pathology

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Age/Sex/Race 60 year old Caucasian female Chief Complaint “Just here for an eye exam. It’s been almost a year. I see fine with current glasses.” Medical History Diabetes – last Hg A1c was 6.3 Hypertension Ocular History Retinitis pigmentosa OU Wears glasses for distance and near Medications Insulin, Lisinopril Allergic to Neomycin Family History Retinitis

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AOSA Trustee Spotlight: Shane McDonald, PUCO

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OS: Shane McDonald is a third year student and now AOSA Trustee for Pacific University College of Optometry! Shane, tell us a little more about yourself… SM: Originally, I’m from eastern British Columbia, Canada, but I did my undergrad in Animal Biology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Growing up in a small town, I’ve always had

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Optometry Clinical Photo Database – by OptometryStudents.com

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Tuesday, September 17th 2013 OptometryStudents.com (OS) and its team of 25 optometry and pre-optometry students has officially launched the “Optometry Clinical Photo Database” aka OptometryCPD. The project is lead by the OS Director of Clinical Photography, Apoorva Jinka of SUNY College of Optometry. OptometryCPD seeks to be the top crowd-sourced clinical photo database, with contributions from students, optometrists, and optometry

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Berkeley School of Optometry – Beyond ‘One or Two?’

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At the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry (UCBSO) everyone starts their optometry student career with a ropes course during orientation just two days before their first year begins with jumping straight into learning the slit lamp exam sequence. This is where the UCBSO family is seeded. Throughout the school year, we have many

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