Matchinski teaches the vision rehabilitation course and lab, and provides clinical care at the Rosenbloom Optometry Founded in 1872, the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) is the nation’s oldest continuously operating With more than 8,000 alumni, ICO is dedicated to excellence in education, research, patient care, and Bronzeville neighborhood on the city’s South Side, ICO provides rigorous clinical training and serves over 85,000 patients annually through its teaching clinic, Illinois Eye Institute.

Abigail Strauss, Jessica Jankiewicz, and Madison Goodfellow Cornea, Contact Lenses, and Refractive Tech Thanhan Nguyen and Joseph Isik At the conference, ICO presented over 30 research posters on a wide variety conference that brought the ICO family together was our Alumni and Friends Reception, held on Friday, Oct. 25

Throughout this article we’ll feature a few of our second-year students whose mentors or parents have The number of students applying to optometry schools has not significantly increased over the decades And that’s you. 2nd year student, Rachel Lee, being coated by her mentor Erica Ittner, OD '09 Last year we began surveying students who interviewed with us and a full 63% asked for guidance from an ICO Alum We want to make sure that even more students hear from our phenomenal alumni. 2nd year student, Dayne

The competition, which was sponsored by Essilor of America, included students from 25 schools and colleges Contestants answered optometric questions over several rounds as over 850 audience members cheered them The trophy will be proudly displayed at the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago for one year.

Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into optometry? The seven years I spent teaching there were amazing. Luckily for me a position opened, and I’ve been here now for three years, I’ve loved every moment of How do you see optometry changing in the next few years and how do you hope to be a part of it? Luckily for me and the rest of the faculty, ICO students and residents always keep us on our toes!

The following students earned a spot on the Dean’s List for the Summer quarter of the 2016-17 school year quarterly GPA of 3.5 or better and earning no grade below a B or H (honors) in all third and fourth year patient care courses: 2nd Year Albrecht, Jennifer Boots, Calvin Brar, Simran Goodfellow, Madison Lee , Colin Paulsen, Annika Pierce, Jessica Proud, Molly Rogers, Sarah Schraufnagel, Abigail 3rd Year Bedi Saadia Trinh, Cindy Uhlenhopp, Alex Vasilova, Liliya Vezinaw, Chloe Wong, Alicia Zabaneh, Aida 4th Year

The Alfred and Sarah Rosenbloom Center on Vision and Aging celebrated its first year yesterday. secondary vision care to adults, vision rehabilitation and adaptive technology for vision-impaired patients Since the Center’s opening last year, its Chief, Eric Baas, OD ’06, FAAO, has remained busy. The Rosenbloom Center has had 10,000 visits from 5,500 unique patients over the past year. The average age of patients is 70, with 10 patients being over 100 years old.

arrived at ICO in 2005, we had never taken part in a NIH-funded clinical trial, now we’ve completed over Third year, Lydie Tubene works with Dr. McLaughlin to evaluate new instruments that could help measure peripheral vision using virtual reality Because of the tool's portability, this new device could also be used as a screening tool on community I also chose the profession because of how much it has developed over the last 100 years. 100 years ago

Johnson has distinguished herself as a leader within NAGAP over several years of increasing involvement She served as National Conference Chair for 2 consecutive years prior to her new title.

In a little over eight years, Dr. Tell us a little bit about what motivated you to pursue the Dean of Students role. I am inspired to see students leaning into the options that modern technology is offering us. I've been following her for over a decade now -- all the way back to her first viral TED talk. Mothersbaugh for providing us a little peak into your life. It's been great fun!

Where do you want to be in five years? I’d especially like to work with the post-op patients who are referred to us after cataract surgery. We’ve already found an organization interested in partnering with us with over 200 students in their Can you tell us how you hope to use this medium and how you hope to inspire incoming students and in This just goes to show how much a year really matters.

Pieper Memorial Scholarship ICO Alumni Association Scholarship Walman Scholarship Colleague of the Year Punita Pradipkumar Kapadia Trustees Scholarship Bosung Kim Trustees Scholarship Walman  Scholarship Sheth Alcon 4th Year Optometry Student 2017 Case Report Award American Academy of Optometry Travel Grant 2017 Illinois Foundation for Eyecare Award ICO Alumni Association Scholarship NOA Future Contact Lens Leader Luxottica Merritt Hawkins Shopko Optical US Vision Vision Group Holdings Visionworks of America