NSUCO - The Visionary Fall 2017

COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY • 21 Chandra Mickles , O.D., M.S., FAAO, FSLS, associate professor, be- came a Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS), which teaches contact lens practitioners the science and art of prescribing scleral contact lenses. The SLS supports public education that highlights the benefits and avail- ability of scleral contact lenses. Thuy-Lan Nguyen , O.D., assistant pro- fessor, had her article “Put Your Vendors to Work to Build Your Practice” featured in Review of Optometric Business . Julie Rodman , O.D., M.Sc. , FAAO, associate professor, was named as a young innova- tor and new addition to the PCON 300—a select group of 300 optometrists who the publisher and editors of Primary Care Optometry News have identi- fied as optometry thought leaders. Sherrol A. Reynolds , O.D., FAAO, associate professor, had her article “Clin- ical: Retina– The Protein Preventers” published in the February 2017 issue of Optometric Management . She also had her American Academy of Optometry lecture featured on the Optometry Times website in an article titled “Why O.D.s Should Monitor Hypertension in Patients.” Leticia Rousso , O.D., instructor, and Joseph Sowka , O.D., FAAO (Dipl.), professor, had their article “Recognizing Abnormal Vasculature” published in the January 2017 issue of Review of Optometry . Diana Shecht- man , O.D., FAAO, professor, was named a visionary by Vision Expo for being an inspirational professor and had her article “Clinical: Interdisciplinary– Facilitate Lab Test Ordering” published in the February 2017 issue of Optometric Management . Joseph Sowka , O.D., FAAO (Dipl.), pro- fessor, and Lindsay Baker , O.D., optomet- ric resident, had their article “A Symptom-Free Season” published in the March 2017 edition of Optometric Office . Jessica Steen , O.D., FAAO, instructor, was featured in the article “OCTA Useful for Early Detection in Diabetic Retinopathy” on the Healio website regarding a press conference where she presented her study results. Steen found that optical coherence tomography angiography detected microaneu- rysms, which were not seen in fundus photography. Faculty Highlights