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DENVER—Here’s the question: what’s the most exciting, most dramatic and loudest event at Optometry’s Meeting every year? The answer, of course, is the Essilor Student Bowl competition that pits students from 25 optometry schools across the nation against each other in a battle of knowledge, one-upmanship and courage (how else would you convince yourself to wear the craziest costume one could imagine wearing in front of your peers?).
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NEW YORK—Private equity companies are increasing their investments in the vision care field. What are the pros and cons of partnering with PE-backed groups? What’s the “decision tree” that can help ODs navigate these decisions? What are the distinctions between PE-backed models coming into the vision space and what are the perspectives of the executive leaders of these groups? All of these topics and more are the focus of “Private Equity Takes Root: What Does it Mean for Optometry?” a special two-hour session, which is set for Thursday morning, Sept. 27, the first day of Vision Expo West in Las Vegas.
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A new season means time to redecorate, and we have our eyes on this tasseled eye rug from Urban Outfitters. How fabulous are those lashes?!
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June is Cataract Awareness Month, and according to Prevent Blindness, more than 25 million Americans have cataract, a medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in impaired vision. As VMAIL previously reported, research from the Prevent Blindness study, “The Future of Vision,” estimates that number will increase to 38.5 million by 2032, and to 45.6 million by the year 2050.
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