Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Tracy Matchinski, OD, FAAO Tracy Matchinski, OD, FAAO Associate Professor of Optometry; Coordinator, Low Vision Rehabilitative Services Next Previous Phone: 312-949-7252 Email: ​ tmatchin@ico.edu All Faculty Christine Allison, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Barclay W. Bakkum, DC, PhD Alaina Bandstra, OD, FAAO Tahira Bedgood, MS Raman Bhakhri, OD, FAAO Brittney Brady, OD, FAAO Aubrey Breithaupt, OD, FCOVD Elyse L. Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Michael Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Samantha Dodda, OD, FAAO Katie Foreman, OD, FAAO Kelly A. Frantz, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Geoffrey Goodfellow, OD, FAAO Greta Gregg, OD, FAAO Eric Harris, OD, FAAO Jennifer S. Harthan, OD, FAAO, FSLS Kathryn Hohs, OD, FAAO Erica Ittner, OD, FAAO Valerie Kattouf, OD, FAAO Darren Koenig, OD, PhD, FAAO Courtney Luce, OD Tracy Matchinski, OD, FAAO Mallory McLaughlin, OD, FAAO Janice McMahon, OD, FAAO Leonard Messner, OD, FAAO Stephanie Messner, OD, FAAO Dominick L. Opitz, OD, FAAO Yi Pang, OD, PhD, FAAO Jaymeni Patel, OD, FAAO Andria Pihos, OD, FAAO Danielle Piser, OD, FAAO Harneet Randhawa, OD, FAAO Daniel K. Roberts, OD, PhD, FAAO Anne Rozwat, OD, FAAO Patricia Salazar, OD, FAAO Navjit K. Sanghera, OD, FAAO Lindsay A. Sicks, OD, FAAO, FIACLE, FSLS Denise Skiadopoulos, OD, FAAO William Skoog, OD, FAAO Ashley Speilburg, OD, FAAO Wendy J. Stone, OD, FAAO Christine Weber, EdD, MLS, AHIP Janis E. Winters, OD, FAAO Elizabeth Wyles, OD, FAAO Xiaohua Zhuang, PhD, FAAO Rebecca K. Zoltoski, PhD Why ICO? The Illinois College of Optometry and the Illinois Eye Institute Provide the best in optometric education for students and clinical care for patients. I am fortunate to be surrounded by colleagues that are passionate about providing care for patients and inspiring students to become incredible optometrists. Biography Dr. Matchinski graduated from the Illinois College of Optometry in 1995 and went on to a Vision Rehabilitation residency at the William Feinbloom Low Vision Rehabilitation Center of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Since completing her residency in 1996, she has practiced low vision rehabilitation full time. She practices at both The Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind and the Illinois College of Optometry. At the optometry school she teaches the vision rehabilitation course and lab as well as provides care in the Rosenbloom Center. Dr. Matchinski is an Associate Professor and a Low Vision Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry. She is the World Council of Optometry Low Vision representative to the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. She has published and lectured both nationally and internationally on Low Vision Rehabilitation. She is also active in community service with VOSH, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity. She is immediate past president of VOSH/International and VOSH Illinois. She does local and international volunteer clinics throughout the year. Outside of work, she is an avid traveler and dachshund mom. Special Interests Low Vision Rehabilitation, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity Education BS at University of Wisconsin-River Fall Optometry Degree, Illinois College of Optometry Residency program Salus University Experience Full time ICO, consultant at The Chicago Lighthouse for People who are blind or visually impaired Awards & Honors William Feinbloom Low Vision Award 1995, Pennsylvania College of Optometry Humanitarian of the Year 2015, Illinois College of Optometry Vision Excellence Award 2020, The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Professional Organizations American Academy of Optometry American Optometric Association ASCO Low Vision Education Special Interest Group Illinois Optometric Association Illinois Parents of the Visually Impaired Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation Voluntary Optometry Services to Humanity Illinois Voluntary Optometry Services to Humanity International Publications Matchinski, T. “Low Vision Systems I: Microscopes and Magnifiers” pp.201-234 in Essentials of Low Vision Practice, ed. Richard Brilliant, O.D., F.A.A.O., Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998. Kammer, R, Jamara R, Kollbaum E, Matchinski, T, Flom, R. The Development of Entry Level Low Vision Rehabilitation Competencies in Optometric Education. Optometric Education 79 Volume 35, Number 3 / Summer 2010 pp 98-107. Matchinski, TL and Winters, JE (2016). A Comparison of Subjects’ Reading and Writing Performance and Preference While Using Various Portable Electronic Magnifiers. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 110(6), 454-460. Winters JE, Matchinski TL, Squier KA. Corectopia: Color vision deficiency among adults attending a vision rehabilitation clinic. Optom Vis Perf 2017;5(3):167-73. Winters JE, Matchinski TL, McGowan, M. Assessment of Motion Sickness Among those with Albinism. Vision Dev & Rehab 2017: 3(3):179-88. Vezinaw, C, Elias S, Matchinski TL. Preferences and Reading Performance of People with Low Vision using a Portable Electronic Magnifier versus a Smartphone Magnification App. Optometry & Visual Performance. Optom Vis Per 2019; 7(1)53-8. Matchinski TL, Rimkus JJ, Theisen KM. Case Report: Adaptation of a Telescope with a Minus Lens Cap for Highly Myopic Patient. Optom Vis Sci 2019; Vol 96(6). Matchinski TL, Crumbliss KE. “Vision Rehabilitation” in Vision Therapy: Theory and Management, Editor Longxi Liu, OD, MD, PhD. People Health Publish, China, 2019, pages 124-181. Appel S, Matchinski TL, Rodriquez N. Special Considerations when providing care for Children, people with multiple impairments and geriatrics. In: Jamara R, Matchinski T, Hinkley S, Citek K eds. Low Vision Rehabilitation. Boulder: Ridgevue Publishing; 2019:156–214. http://books.apple.com/book/id1136351575. Alexopoulos, D and Matchinski TL. (2021): A case of ablepharon macrostomia syndrome requiring multidisciplinary care, Clinical and Experimental Optometry, DOI: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1878839

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Janice McMahon, OD, FAAO Janice McMahon, OD, FAAO Associate Professor of Optometry Next Previous Phone: 312-949-7323 Email: ​ jmcmahon@ico.edu All Faculty Christine Allison, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Barclay W. Bakkum, DC, PhD Alaina Bandstra, OD, FAAO Tahira Bedgood, MS Raman Bhakhri, OD, FAAO Brittney Brady, OD, FAAO Aubrey Breithaupt, OD, FCOVD Elyse L. Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Michael Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Samantha Dodda, OD, FAAO Katie Foreman, OD, FAAO Kelly A. Frantz, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Geoffrey Goodfellow, OD, FAAO Greta Gregg, OD, FAAO Eric Harris, OD, FAAO Jennifer S. Harthan, OD, FAAO, FSLS Kathryn Hohs, OD, FAAO Erica Ittner, OD, FAAO Valerie Kattouf, OD, FAAO Darren Koenig, OD, PhD, FAAO Courtney Luce, OD Tracy Matchinski, OD, FAAO Mallory McLaughlin, OD, FAAO Janice McMahon, OD, FAAO Leonard Messner, OD, FAAO Stephanie Messner, OD, FAAO Dominick L. Opitz, OD, FAAO Yi Pang, OD, PhD, FAAO Jaymeni Patel, OD, FAAO Andria Pihos, OD, FAAO Danielle Piser, OD, FAAO Harneet Randhawa, OD, FAAO Daniel K. Roberts, OD, PhD, FAAO Anne Rozwat, OD, FAAO Patricia Salazar, OD, FAAO Navjit K. Sanghera, OD, FAAO Lindsay A. Sicks, OD, FAAO, FIACLE, FSLS Denise Skiadopoulos, OD, FAAO William Skoog, OD, FAAO Ashley Speilburg, OD, FAAO Wendy J. Stone, OD, FAAO Christine Weber, EdD, MLS, AHIP Janis E. Winters, OD, FAAO Elizabeth Wyles, OD, FAAO Xiaohua Zhuang, PhD, FAAO Rebecca K. Zoltoski, PhD Why ICO? ICO is an institution with an ongoing dedication to student success. Adept, informed, well-rounded students become optometric colleagues who build the future of our profession. Biography Dr. McMahon graduated from SCO in 1998, completed a primary care residency at ICO in 1999, and began full time employment as an ICO faculty member immediately afterward. She has been involved in multiple services and areas of practice, with her current emphasis on primary care and ocular disease. She spent several years as part of a community clinic externship site and also several years in the pediatric outreach program. Dr. McMahon has been a didactic and laboratory instructor in the areas of clinical skills, ocular emergencies, ophthalmic optics, and injections. Among her other professional responsibilities, she has been an AOA committee chair/member as well as chair/member of the Illinois optometry board. Special Interests Primary Eye Care Education 1999 Illinois College of Optometry Primary Care Residency 1998 Southern College of Optometry, OD Experience 1999-present Illinois College of Optometry Awards & Honors 2009 Editor’s Commendation, Optometry 2003 ICO Clinician of the Year Professional Organizations Fellow, American Academy of Optometry Member, American Optometric Association Member, Illinois Optometric Association Publications Characteristics of angle recession and traumatic glaucoma patients presenting to an urban optometric practice. AAO, October 2020. Serial complications in herpetic uveitis. AOA, June 2020. Post-operative considerations in cataract extraction with Kahook dual blade goniotomy. IOA, September 2019. Comparison of the potential acuity meter, interferometer, and near super-pinhole in cataract patients. AOA, June 2019.

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Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Geoffrey Goodfellow, OD, FAAO Geoffrey Goodfellow, OD, FAAO Associate Professor of Optometry; Associate Dean for Academic Assessment and Records / Registrar Next Previous Phone: 312-949-7016 Email: ​ ggoodfel@ico.edu All Faculty Christine Allison, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Barclay W. Bakkum, DC, PhD Alaina Bandstra, OD, FAAO Tahira Bedgood, MS Raman Bhakhri, OD, FAAO Brittney Brady, OD, FAAO Aubrey Breithaupt, OD, FCOVD Elyse L. Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Michael Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Samantha Dodda, OD, FAAO Katie Foreman, OD, FAAO Kelly A. Frantz, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Geoffrey Goodfellow, OD, FAAO Greta Gregg, OD, FAAO Eric Harris, OD, FAAO Jennifer S. Harthan, OD, FAAO, FSLS Kathryn Hohs, OD, FAAO Erica Ittner, OD, FAAO Valerie Kattouf, OD, FAAO Darren Koenig, OD, PhD, FAAO Courtney Luce, OD Tracy Matchinski, OD, FAAO Mallory McLaughlin, OD, FAAO Janice McMahon, OD, FAAO Leonard Messner, OD, FAAO Stephanie Messner, OD, FAAO Dominick L. Opitz, OD, FAAO Yi Pang, OD, PhD, FAAO Jaymeni Patel, OD, FAAO Andria Pihos, OD, FAAO Danielle Piser, OD, FAAO Harneet Randhawa, OD, FAAO Daniel K. Roberts, OD, PhD, FAAO Anne Rozwat, OD, FAAO Patricia Salazar, OD, FAAO Navjit K. Sanghera, OD, FAAO Lindsay A. Sicks, OD, FAAO, FIACLE, FSLS Denise Skiadopoulos, OD, FAAO William Skoog, OD, FAAO Ashley Speilburg, OD, FAAO Wendy J. Stone, OD, FAAO Christine Weber, EdD, MLS, AHIP Janis E. Winters, OD, FAAO Elizabeth Wyles, OD, FAAO Xiaohua Zhuang, PhD, FAAO Rebecca K. Zoltoski, PhD Why ICO? ICO offers an outstanding, well-rounded clinical education. As the oldest optometry school, ICO has a rich network of resources that encourages top-notch teaching and patient care. I’ve always felt a calling to work with students, and ICO continues to be the best choice for optometry students, and I cannot imagine teaching anyplace else. Biography Dr. Goodfellow joined the faculty in 2001 after completing a residency in Pediatrics / Binocular Vision, and he currently serves as ICO's Associate Dean for Academic Assessment and Records. He also teaches Ophthalmic Optics I and II and Vision Rehabilitation lab. Dr. Goodfellow is an active volunteer within both the Illinois and American Optometric Associations. Special Interests Pediatrics, Binocular Vision, Optics, Higher Education, Accreditation Education 2002 Illinois College of Optometry Pediatrics/Binocular Vision Residency 2001 Illinois College of Optometry, OD 1997 Benedictine University, BS Experience 2001-present Illinois College of Optometry Awards & Honors Excellence in Education Award; Illinois College of Optometry (2020) Essilor Academic Challenge Panelist/Judge; American Academy of Optometry (2018-2019) Optometrist of the Year Award; Illinois Optometric Association (2017) Thomas Lawless Keyperson of the Year Award; Illinois Optometric Association (2016) Varilux Optometry Student Bowl Judge; Essilor (2012) Teacher of the Year Award; Illinois College of Optometry Fourth Professional Year Class and Student Association (2009,2012) Teacher of the Year Award; Illinois College of Optometry First Professional Year Class and Student Association (2006-2007,2011-2013) AOSA Founders Award; American Optometric Student Association (2011) Young Alumnus of the Year; Illinois College of Optometry (2011) Golden Apple Award; Illinois College of Optometry Fourth Year Class and Student Association (2007-2011) Distinguished Service Award; American Society of Ocularists (2005, 2010) Recruiter of the Year Award; Illinois Optometric Association (2006) Young Optometrist of the Year; Illinois Optometric Association (2005) Dare to Soar Faculty Award; Illinois College of Optometry (2003) Professional Organizations Member, Blind Children’s Foundation Board of Directors Member, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Member, Federation of Optometric Regulatory Authorities of Canada Credential Assessment Committee Member, Higher Learning Commission Consultant-Evaluator Corps Peer Reviewer, Accreditation Council on Optometric Education Member, Accreditation Council on Optometric Education Professional Optometric Degree Committee Member, American Public Health Association Member Member, Association of Schools and Colleges in Optometry Educational Technology Special Interest Group Member and Past Chair, Association of Schools and Colleges in Optometry Ophthalmic Optics Educators Special Interest Group Fellow, American Academy of Optometry Member, Illinois State Chapter of the American Academy of Optometry Member, Beta Sigma Kappa Member, American Optometric Association Chair, American Optometric Association Content Review Board • Member and Past President, Illinois Optometric Association Chair, Illinois Optometric Association Future Practice Initiative Committee Associate, College of Optometrists in Vision Development Member, Fellowship of Christian Optometrists Publications Pang Y, Frantz KA, Block SS, Goodfellow GW, Allison CL. Effect of amblyopia treatment on macular thickness in eyes with myopic anisometropic amblyopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2015 56(4):2677-83. Wyles E, McLeod H, Goodfellow GW. A novel approach to bridge the gap between didactic and clinical education. Optom Educ 2013 Fall;39(1):12-19. Pang Y, Allison C, Frantz KA, Block S, Goodfellow GW. A prospective pilot study of macular treatment outcomes for amblyopia associated with myopic anisometropia. Arch Ophthalmol 2012 May;130(5):579-84. Pang Y, Goodfellow GW, Allison C, Block S, Frantz KA. A prospective study of macular thickness in amblyopic children with unilateral high myopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011 Apr 14;52(5):2444-9. Pang Y, Trachimowicz R, Castells DD, Goodfellow GW, Maino DM. Optic nerve heads in pediatric African Americans using retinal tomography. Optom Vis Sci 2009 Dec;86(12):1346-51. Goodfellow GW, Trachimowicz R, Steele G. Patient literacy levels in an inner-city optometry clinic. Optom 2008 Feb;79(2):98-103. Goodfellow GW, Scharre J. Clinical models within optometric education. Optom Educ 2003 Fal;29(1):20-23. Goodfellow GW, Allison CL, Schlange DG. Unusual eye movements in a patient with partial complex seizure disorder. Optom 2002 Mar;73(3):160-5.

Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Stephanie Fromstein, OD, FAAO Stephanie Fromstein, OD, FAAO Associate Professor of Optometry; Cornea and Contact Lens Residency Coordinator Next Previous Phone: 312-949-7733 Email: ​ sfromstein@ico.edu All Faculty Christine Allison, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Barclay W. Bakkum, DC, PhD Alaina Bandstra, OD, FAAO Tahira Bedgood, MS Raman Bhakhri, OD, FAAO Brittney Brady, OD, FAAO Aubrey Breithaupt, OD, FCOVD Elyse L. Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Michael Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Samantha Dodda, OD, FAAO Katie Foreman, OD, FAAO Kelly A. Frantz, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Geoffrey Goodfellow, OD, FAAO Greta Gregg, OD, FAAO Eric Harris, OD, FAAO Jennifer S. Harthan, OD, FAAO, FSLS Kathryn Hohs, OD, FAAO Erica Ittner, OD, FAAO Valerie Kattouf, OD, FAAO Darren Koenig, OD, PhD, FAAO Courtney Luce, OD Tracy Matchinski, OD, FAAO Mallory McLaughlin, OD, FAAO Janice McMahon, OD, FAAO Leonard Messner, OD, FAAO Stephanie Messner, OD, FAAO Dominick L. Opitz, OD, FAAO Yi Pang, OD, PhD, FAAO Jaymeni Patel, OD, FAAO Andria Pihos, OD, FAAO Danielle Piser, OD, FAAO Harneet Randhawa, OD, FAAO Daniel K. Roberts, OD, PhD, FAAO Anne Rozwat, OD, FAAO Patricia Salazar, OD, FAAO Navjit K. Sanghera, OD, FAAO Lindsay A. Sicks, OD, FAAO, FIACLE, FSLS Denise Skiadopoulos, OD, FAAO William Skoog, OD, FAAO Ashley Speilburg, OD, FAAO Wendy J. Stone, OD, FAAO Christine Weber, EdD, MLS, AHIP Janis E. Winters, OD, FAAO Elizabeth Wyles, OD, FAAO Xiaohua Zhuang, PhD, FAAO Rebecca K. Zoltoski, PhD Why ICO? ICO provides a unique clinical experience, exposing students to patient care early on in their careers. They help to manage the complex clinical cases that are a mainstay of the Illinois Eye Institute, and graduate ready to take on the same. Combined with a solid didactic program and based in the wonderful city of Chicago, the ICO experience is a rich and rewarding one. Biography Dr. Fromstein completed her undergraduate education at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, earning her Bachelor of Science. She completed her Doctor of Optometry degree at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida and pursued a residency in Cornea and Contact Lens at the Illinois College of Optometry. Dr. Fromstein spends much of her time in clinical education. She serves as the coordinator of the Cornea and Contact Lens Residency program and is an attending optometrist in the Cornea and Contact Lens, Primary Care, and Urgent Care services. She is also involved in laboratory (basic and specialty contact lenses) and didactic education (Ocular Disease 1). Her areas of interest include specialty contact lens fits, anterior segment disease and emergency services. Special Interests Cornea and contact lens, primary eye care, urgent eye care Education 2014 Illinois College of Optometry, Cornea and Contact Lens 2013 Nova Southeastern University, Doctor of Optometry 2009 McGill University, Bachelor of Science Experience 2014-2022 Illinois College of Optometry Awards & Honors Primary Care Clinical Achievement Award recipient for excellence in primary care American Optometric Association Contact Lens and Cornea Section resident writing competition winner Merit-based scholarship, Nova Southeastern University Professional Organizations Fellow, American Academy of Optometry American Optometric Association – Staff Writer American Academy of Optometry Canadian Association of Optometry Publications Tear break-up time: practical or passé? Fromstein SR. American Optometric Association Contact Lens and Cornea Section Newsletter. Electronically Published February 2014. Microbial keratitis with extended wear: a multifactorial mechanism. American Optometric Association Contact Lens and Cornea Section Newsletter. Electronically Published September 2013.

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Home • In the Classroom • Faculty • Rebecca K. Zoltoski, PhD Rebecca K. Zoltoski, PhD Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Next Previous Phone: 312-949-7188 Email: ​ rzoltosk@ico.edu All Faculty Christine Allison, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Barclay W. Bakkum, DC, PhD Alaina Bandstra, OD, FAAO Tahira Bedgood, MS Raman Bhakhri, OD, FAAO Brittney Brady, OD, FAAO Aubrey Breithaupt, OD, FCOVD Elyse L. Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Michael Chaglasian, OD, FAAO Samantha Dodda, OD, FAAO Katie Foreman, OD, FAAO Kelly A. Frantz, OD, FAAO, FCOVD Geoffrey Goodfellow, OD, FAAO Greta Gregg, OD, FAAO Eric Harris, OD, FAAO Jennifer S. Harthan, OD, FAAO, FSLS Kathryn Hohs, OD, FAAO Erica Ittner, OD, FAAO Valerie Kattouf, OD, FAAO Darren Koenig, OD, PhD, FAAO Courtney Luce, OD Tracy Matchinski, OD, FAAO Mallory McLaughlin, OD, FAAO Janice McMahon, OD, FAAO Leonard Messner, OD, FAAO Stephanie Messner, OD, FAAO Dominick L. Opitz, OD, FAAO Yi Pang, OD, PhD, FAAO Jaymeni Patel, OD, FAAO Andria Pihos, OD, FAAO Danielle Piser, OD, FAAO Harneet Randhawa, OD, FAAO Daniel K. Roberts, OD, PhD, FAAO Anne Rozwat, OD, FAAO Patricia Salazar, OD, FAAO Navjit K. Sanghera, OD, FAAO Lindsay A. Sicks, OD, FAAO, FIACLE, FSLS Denise Skiadopoulos, OD, FAAO William Skoog, OD, FAAO Ashley Speilburg, OD, FAAO Wendy J. Stone, OD, FAAO Christine Weber, EdD, MLS, AHIP Janis E. Winters, OD, FAAO Elizabeth Wyles, OD, FAAO Xiaohua Zhuang, PhD, FAAO Rebecca K. Zoltoski, PhD Why ICO? My transition to ICO was a rough one. I had never done any teaching or research related to the eye and felt as if I had landed in a foreign country without really knowing the language. When I was hired to teach biochemistry, I was not even confident I knew why optometrists needed to know biochemistry. By the end of my first week here, I had learned why they needed to know it, but it took me a bit longer to be able to convey those important ideas to the students. At the end of my second year, I was given the opportunity to attend a course designed to assist medical educators in becoming better instructors. I turned my course on its head, and I finally enjoyed teaching by using cases to help the students see the value of what they were learning. About the same time, I was fortunate to find some colleagues in the Chicago lens research community to accept me into their lab and my research found a new meaning as well. More recently, I have been able to bring some of that research back into ICO so that I am now more able to combine my research and teaching, as I set out to do so many years ago. Students at ICO have not only the educational/clinical community to gain experiences from, but they also have the larger Chicago community. ICO offers programs that strive to increase cultural awareness and diversity within the school and the clinic, as well as vision screenings, health clinics, and tutoring programs that allow the students to reach out to our neighbors in Bronzeville, as well as across the Chicagoland area. It is the diversity, not only in our clinic, but also in our student body, that makes ICO an unending educational experience. Biography While completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Zoltoski fell in love with research. Her early experiences in sleep anatomy research led her to pursue a PhD in pharmacology and neurosciences at Wake Forest University. In her postdoctoral training positions at University of California, San Diego, and Brock University, she realized she wanted a career where she could combine teaching and research. She came to ICO in 1997 to teach biochemistry, with courses in neuroanatomy and evidence-based health care to be added later. She also has established an active research laboratory working with clinicians on a wide variety of topic ranging from dry eye to vision therapy. Her main focus has been changes in lens ultrastructure with age and accommodation, for which she has received federal funding to pursue this research. Her background has provided her with the training necessary to add this important component to ICO. She has been fortunate enough to mentor more than 100 students, and feels that her research is successful today in large thanks to the excellent clinicians as well as her students at ICO. Special Interests Lens form and function and how it changes with age and accommodation, nutrition, aberrations, dry eye and vision therapy. Education 1993 University of California, San Diego, Sleep/Pharmacology Postdoctoral Fellow 1989 Wake Forest University, PhD 1985 University of Pennsylvania, BA Experience 1997-present Illinois College of Optometry 1994-1997 Brock University 1993-1994 San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center Awards & Honors 2009 Excellence in Education Award, Illinois College of Optometry Alumni Council 1998-2000, 2004 Teacher of the Year, First Year Professional Students Professional Organizations Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology International Society for Eye Research Publications Frantz, K.A., Elston, P., Templeman, C.D., and Zoltoski R.K. (2011). Comparison of Fixation Disparity Measured by Saladin Card and Disparometer. Optom Vis Sci 88: E733-41. Nowak, R.B., Fischers, R.S., Zoltoski, R.K., Kuszak, J.R., and Fowler, V.M. (2009). Tropomodulin 1 is required for membrane skeleton organization and hexagonal geometry of fiber cells in the mouse lens. J Cell Biol 186: 915-28. Chung, J., Berthoud, V.M, Novak, L.A., Zoltoski, R.K. I’ Heinobrunn, B., Minogue, P.J., Liu, X., Ebihara, L., Kuszak, J.R., and Beyer, E. C. (2007). Transgenic overexpression of connexin 50 induces cataracts in mice. Exp Eye Res 84: 513-28. Tang, Y., Lliu, X., Zoltoski, R.K., Novak, L. A., Herrera, R., Richard, I, Kuszak, J.R., and Kumar, N.M. (2007). Calpain 3 disruption delays cataract formation in á3 connexin 46 knockout mouse lens. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48: 2685-94. Kuszak, J.R., Mazurkiewicz, M., Jison, L.R.A., Madurski, A., Ngando, A., and Zoltoski, R.K. (2006). Quantitative analysis of animal model lens anatomy is related to fiber structure and organization. Vet Ophthalmol 9,5: 266-280 Kuszak, J.R., Mazurkiewicz, M., and Zoltoski, R.K. (2006). Computer modeling of secondary fiber development and growth: I. Nonprimate lenses. Mol Vis 12: . Kuszak, J.R., Zoltoski, R.K., Tiedemann, C.E. (2004). Development of lens sutures. Internat J Develop Biol 48: 889-902. Kuszak, J.R., Zoltoski, R.K., Sivertson, C. (2004). Fiber cell organization in crystalline lenses. Exper Eye Res 78(3): 673-687. Al-Ghoul, K.J., Kirk, T., Kuszak, A.J., Zoltoski, R.K., Shiels, A., and Kuszak, J.R. (2003). Lens structure in MIP deficient mice. Anat Rec 273A(2): 714-730. Sandilands, A., Prescott, A.R., Wegener, A., Zoltoski, R.K., Hutcheson, A.M., Masaki, S, Kuszak, J.R., and Quinlan, R.A. (2003). Knockout of the intermediate filament protein CP49 destabilises the lens fibre cell cytoskeleton and decreases lens optical quality, but does not induce cataract. Exper Eye Res 76(3): 385-391. Gross, S. M., Zoltoski, R.K., Cornick, M.L., and Wong, K.K.W. (2000). Student self-assessment of professional communication skills at the Illinois College of Optometry. Optom Ed 25(4): 107-115. Rosengren, K. J. and R. K. Zoltoski (2000). HIV, AIDS and universal precautions: The optometry curriculum’s effect on students’ knowledge, attitudes and implementation. Optom Ed 25(3): 74-81. Kushida, C. A., Zoltoski, R. K. and Gillin, J. C. (1995). The expression of m1-m3 muscarinic receptor mRNAs in rat brain following REM sleep deprivation, NeuroReport, 6, 1705-1708. Zoltoski, R. K., Velazquez-Moctezuma, J., Shiromani, P. J. and Gillin, J. C. (1993). The relative effects of selective M1 muscarinic antagonists on rapid eye movement sleep, Brain Res, 608, 186-190. Block, S. M., Barnes, K. D. and Zoltoski, R. (1991). Central alpha-1-adrenergic control of vasopressin secretion in newborn lambs, Pediatr Res, 30, 50-54. Avakian, E. V., Dunlap, III,C.E., Zoltoski, R. K. and LeRoy, M. R. (1987). Effects of chronic cocaine administration on cardiac beta-receptor concentration in rats, Proc West Pharmacol Soc, 30, 299- 301.