Congratulations to Mrs. Chi Nguyen, on receiving the 2017 UH President’s Excellence Award. Chi is instrumental in the UHCO Visual Optics Institute (VOI) where the research focus is to design and implement customized optical corrections in the form of spectacles and contact lenses for some of the clinic’s most optically challenging patients. Chi has been with the State of Texas since 1998 and with at the University of Houston, College of Optometry, VOI since 2006.
August 7, 2017
Dean Honors North Texas Study Group
Earl Smith, OD, '72 PhD, '78, recently honored the North Texas Study Group for their longstanding contributions to optometry at an event held in Dallas, TX. Jerry Jacobs, OD, '65, has led the 19-member group for close to four decades. Dean Smith also gave a talk on "Treatment strategies in myopia." Pictured above are members of the study group at the dinner sponsored by Cooper Vision.
Laurie Sorrenson, OD, FAAO, '85, has been recognized by the Optical Women's Association, as one of the 2017 Women of Influence in the Optometry World. This is an annual list to raise the level of awareness of the multi-faceted roles and contributions made by women in our industry. To see the full list of honorees, visit: http://www.visionmonday.com/…/07/MIW_cover_story_2017_r1.pdf
July 13, 2017
UHCO Wins Third in Photo Contest
Congratulations to Sandy Lin, UHCO OPT III, for her 3rd place photo in the annual contest, sponsored by HOYA, at Optomety's meeting in Washington, D.C.
July 10, 2017
UHCO Student Receives Highest NBEO Score
Melanie Deitch-Mosinski, UHCO OPT III, was named the recipient of the 2017 Dr. Norman E. Wallis Award for Excellence. This award was established to honor Dr. Wallis’ outstanding service as Executive Director of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) and is given to the candidate who receives the highest score on the NBEO Part I. Congratulations, Melanie!
July is dry eye disease awareness month and the UHCO Dry Eye Center taking the opportunity to educate the public. This week, Drs. Amber Gaume Giannoni and Anita Ticak, Co-Founders of the UHCO Dry Eye Center, were featured on KHOU Channel 11 News and Fox 26 News. For more information on dry eye and to make an appointment, visit the UHCO Dry Eye Center website.
The North Texas Study Group, founded in 1976, is considered the nation’s oldest optometry study group. They have been meeting monthly in Dallas for 41 consecutive years. Learn more about the group, what makes them stay strong, and find out how you can start one.
The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Foundation announced the recipients for the 2017 William C. Ezell Fellowship program. Congratulations to UHCO’s own, Maria A. Walker, OD, FAAO, who received the American Academy of Optometry Ezell Fellow and Suraj Upadhyaya, OD, who received the Mike Daley – Essilor Ezell Fellow.
UHCO students participated in the College commencement ceremony at Cullen Performance Hall Friday, May 12. Friends and family filled the hall to witness the pomp and circumstance surrounding years of hard work and dedication exhibited by the UHCO students. During the commencement ceremony, degrees were conferred upon more than 90 graduating OD and, of those 90, six graduated with a combination OD/MS degree. The College is proud of our new graduates and look forward to the next phase in their journey as alumni of the University of Houston College of Optometry.
