Transcript RESIDENT ALUMS - Optometry Residency in Ocular Disease and

RESIDENT ALUMS
• 71 have completed the program from when the
residency program began in 1982 through 2009
• Since the first administration (2005) of the NBEO
Advanced Competence in Medical Optometry
(ACMO), 19 past residents have earned the
credential by successfully passing the exam.
• Continue to click to look at where they have gone
and why we are so proud of our graduates’
accomplishments
• Note that the following numbers will exceed 71 as our graduates often ‘wear
several hats’!
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• Where did they go?
– 23 currently hold faculty appointments at
schools / colleges of optometry
– 8 currently hold appointments within university
departments of ophthalmology
– 15 are paid attendings or consultants at VA
hospitals
– 5 are members of large optometry practices
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• Where did they go?
– Many provide low vision services
– 4 practice as primary eye care providers in
private medical centers
– 19 practice in private OD or OD/MD groups
– 10 have privately owned private practices
– 3 have retired
– 3 are focused in commercial settings
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• Positions of prominence
– 3 chair a Low Vision Department at a College
of Optometry or Department of Ophthalmology
– 2 have or continue directing low vision
departments of non-for- profit agencies
– 1 is Director of external CE a College of
Optometry
– 1 is Director of Ocular Disease at a College of
Optometry
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• Positions of prominence
– 2 are chiefs of optometry sections at VA
hospitals
– 3 are directors of optometry residency
programs
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• Did any extend their training?
– 2 have completed a PhD program.
– 1 completed an Sc.D. (same as PhD)
– 1 completed an MPH program.
– 2 have completed a Cornea / Contact Lens
fellowship from a department of ophthalmology
– 1 has completed a cornea fellowship from a
private ophthalmology practice and continues
teaching in the facility
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• What have they done to contribute to the
ophthalmic literature?
– Our residents have published over 80 papers in
the past 10 years
– They have over 80 published abstracts in the
past 18 years.
– Three book chapters have been written by our
residents
– They have had at least 4 research studies
funded by either the VA or NEI
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• What have they done to contribute to the
ophthalmic community through professional
organizations?
– 39 are fellows of the American Academy of
Optometry.
• 5 are diplomates
– 2 are currently presidents of their state
associations.