The comprehensive didactic and clinical experience of ICO students and graduates continues to impress me Ittner is an assistant professor at ICO, teaching third- and fourth-year optometry students in a primary In addition, she teaches the refraction course for the optometry sequence for first-year students. WA Stone, EA Ittner, BA Teitelbaum, LV Messner: Progressive, asymptomatic papilledema as the presenting

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“Here was a team of people really committed to trying to help me.” They really give me encouragement and courage. Some of Dr. They really give me encouragement and courage.” Another source of motivation for Dr. “My mother, in particular, has always been a strong mentor for me. “I really see myself as just someone who is contributing to something that has given a lot to me,” she

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Saiyed has concurrently been in private practice throughout her career, including several years in combined optometry-ophthalmology clinics, where she also served as an externship preceptor for 4th year ICO students American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

“They are six and eight years old. This is the time when I want to be with them.” Dr. ICO prepared me not only to see the patients confidently in the exam room, but how to interact with other “ICO prepared me not only to see the patients confidently in the exam room, but how to interact with “ICO prepared me not only to see the patients confidently in the exam room, but how to interact with “The diversity of experiences that I had at ICO prepared me well for practice in the real world.

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My all-time favorite hobby is fishing, but my Minnesota roots drove me to play the most 'Minnesotan' Practically anything food-related makes me ecstatic. Helping the world heal through optometry and, of course, food is what keeps me striving." And you might catch me around museum campus longboarding when it's warm out. I can't wait to eventually become an OD to help others around me see and reach their potential!"

He switched gears to optometry, and headed for ICO. Dr. “I feel like the students have helped me as much as I’ve helped them through the years,” he affirms. For me, that would be burn out.” Today, after 28 years in practice, Dr. McGehee doesn’t want the fun to end. It would seem odd to me to go three weeks, a month, two months without walking into a room and seeing

I chose ICO because of the several opportunities it offered to me as I grew in my career. It has given me the opportunities to explore the many aspects that optometry has to offer. I give them a lot of credit for making me a better clinician and keeping me on my toes to push me to love the patients that I have the privilege to treat at the Eye Institute and the impact they have on me

They encourage us to go to the mainland,” she explains, “or at least go away from home for a couple of years She turned to commercial optometry- LensCrafters, Sears, Pearle Vision, and Target. I think the biggest thing ICO did for me was prepare me for different patient experiences… I can walk “I think the biggest thing ICO did for me was prepare me for different patient experiences,” she says “Karate keeps me sane,” she says. “That’s where all our friends are.”