SCENE + HEARD: Discover Review of Optometry: Delegate and Refocus By Staff Tuesday, April 16, 2019 4:46 PM One of my goals is to do whatever I can to elevate the profession of optometry. If I’m asked to be involved in something that doesn’t do this, I decline. And the reason is simple: we have a profession of kind, compassionate and striving individuals who do what is best for our patients. However, I worry that our only enemy is ourselves or, more specifically, fear, complacency and apathy. Helen Keller once said, “We may have found a cure for most evils; but we have found no remedy for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings.” Optometry is a great profession; we serve the public in medical, optical and contact lens needs and we are a trusted provider. But sometimes this success breeds complacency, or worse yet, apathy due to fear or disregard of the future. Find out how chief clinical editor Paul M. Karpecki, OD, wants to advance the profession in this column from Review of Optometry. Read More.