As part of this commitment, the clinic studied its patients to determine if there was any positive impact The study included assessment of 14,663 CPS students who visited the clinic between January 2011 and this clinic – located inside Princeton Elementary School, which was closed by CPS in 2009 – opened in 2011 include eye exams, vision therapy, visual information processing testing, optical coherence tomography, anterior ICO optometrists and residents oversee the ICO students.

successful diagnosis, treatment and remediation of visual problems,” says Mark Colip, OD ’92, vice president Chicago-based organizations committed to improving conditions for the city’s low-income, underserved residents Since 2011, the foundation has funded ICO at the level of $100,000 or more per year, in support of ICO

ICO's President, Dr. Mark Colip, congratulated Dr. Much of our work involves site visits to both optometry degree and residency programs, so we have had Stephanie Messner currently serves as Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean at the Illinois College She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry where she also completed a residency in Primary Currently, she serves as Chair of the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education and has chaired the Residency

Especially after residency, there are so many opportunities students can pursue. For our residency-trained optometrists, you can work in the VA system, at an OD/MD practice, in the military This site is both an externship and residency site for ICO students, and a unique DoD/VA facility (there highlight the base where I was stationed, which is just north of Chicago and is an externship (and residency I really appreciate feeling like I’m part of a team. And then there’s Chicago.

the state’s largest provider of vision and eye care services and a safety net for Chicago’s neediest residents Quinn about the recent changes to Medicaid, noting that the program needs to work for all Illinois residents Currently, there is a great number of vulnerable Illinois residents who are without the health care insurance

The ICO Low Vision/Ocular Disease residency was exactly what I was looking for: a program that would The mentorship and advice that I received from the faculty during that residency year is something that For me, it took me doing a residency at ICO to realize teaching needed to be part of who I am as an optometrist Luckily for me and the rest of the faculty, ICO students and residents always keep us on our toes! Look at my own journey, my residency is in low vision, but when the opportunity came to teach ocular

Optometry has been part of my life for a long time because I was born with strabismus. Within optometry, I am particularly interested in the anterior segment and our urgent care patients. It also helps that I find the anterior segment fascinating. How do you see optometry changing in the next few years and how do you hope to be a part of it? Many of these students were unsure where to go next, and now, they’re residents or working at their dream

school, I found that often there was no clear answer as to why treatment A was superior to treatment B. So, I eventually got a part-time support person. Mary, Dr. Faculty, residents, students – they all have opportunities to do research. Research at ICO now touches every stage of your optometry career whether you are a faculty member, a resident It's so great to be part of this strong intelligent community.

I also did a residency at my optometry school to further explore the opportunity of teaching, and that's We have a lot of very experienced faculty, and I think that can set us apart. That comes in part from our long history and my own long history with the institution.

Candidate File Review The first part of the day involved reviewing individual application files to ensure after optometry school, including owning a private practice, working in corporate settings and pursuing residency Campus Tour The tour was one of my favorite parts of the interview day. A current first-year student led us around campus, showing us the clinic, the main building and the residence

Many ICO students and residents earned travel grants before departure: VSP Global Travel Grants: Scott Chapter Travel Grant: Michelle Kleman ICO Dean's Office Travel Grants: Alice Han and Lhamo Kyi Allergan Resident Abigail Strauss, Jessica Jankiewicz, and Madison Goodfellow Cornea, Contact Lenses, and Refractive Tech Resident

They are: Nana Owusu, OD '08, President, Casey Hogan, OD '97, FAAO, FSLS, Dipl. ABO, Vice President, and Pete Russo, OD '87, FAAO, Secretary. "It’s an honor to have been given the opportunity to serve as the Alumni Council President," says Dr. CCLRT and former ICO resident Zanna Kruoch, OD, FAAO, Dipl. Ant. Seg. who achieved Diplomate status!