CooperVision goes back to school with second-year optometry school student Lauren Martinez from the University of Houston.

CooperVision recently concluded its 2023 Best Practices Summit in Savannah, Georgia, where three optometry student scholarship winners had the opportunity to participate. In this episode of the ECP Viewpoints podcast, Dr. Jennifer Palombi, Senior Manager of Professional Education and Development at CooperVision, interviews the three student scholarship winners: Emily Benson, Makayla Harr, and Susmitha Narisetty. The students share their top takeaways from the summit and discuss their unexpected learnings and valuable experiences.

Discover essential insights from Dr. Nguyen on building a successful career in optometry, highlighting the importance of diverse skill development, effective networking, mentorship, and strong communication skills.

Dr. Chris Wolfe is not only an optometrist but an eyecare evangelist. Wolfe hosts an eye care podcast channel on his EyeCode Media network. He spoke with Dr. Jennifer Palombi about aligning his optometry practice with an independent doctor alliance – in his case, Vision Source, a family of 3,100 locally owned optometric practices.

ECP Viewpoints recognizes that optometrists have more options than ever in terms of how they practice. And we’re exploring those options with practitioners who work in those different settings every day. In this first episode of the series, Dr. Jennifer Palombi spoke with Dr. Michael Shaheen from Hills and Dales Vision Care about his path to independent private practice.

Did the pandemic kick off a trend in new contact lens wearers? Perhaps all the mask-wearing and fogged-up glasses played a role. ECP Viewpoints host, Dr. Jennifer Palombi, invited Dr. Jennifer Stewart from OD Perspectives to discuss this uptick in new wearers and how clariti® 1 day contacts make a good fit for patients new to contact lens wear.

When students graduate from optometry school, they are prepared to be clinicians and take care of patients. However, it doesn’t take long for graduates to realize they are much more than doctors. Running an optometry practice requires doctors to be a jack of all trades and many quickly realize they simply don’t have the skill set to run a business—not to mention the knowledge needed to overcome common challenges of practice management. Dr. Jennifer Palombi, Senior Manager of Professional Education and Development at CooperVision® and ECP Viewpoints podcast host, sat down with Dr. Matthew Greene, Owner of Urban Optics, and Dr. Breann Forliti, Owner and CEO at Blaine Eye Clinic, to discuss the importance of long-term planning to a practice’s success.

Dr. Jennifer Palombi speaks with Alice Hsueh about the new net plastic neutrality initiative started by CooperVision back in 2021. The program partnered with Plastic Bank in 171 unique coastal cities to clean up plastic waste and helps the environment by directly impacting people taking part through its plastic collection in exchange for food, water, and education. The program started in 2021 with Clarity One Day contact lenses and expanded to the CooperVision My Day product line this year.

For eye care professionals, philanthropic efforts to bring eye care to those in need can be a rewarding experience. CooperVision reached out to two esteemed vision practitioners who joined forces on a vision care mission. Brittani Carver-Schemper from the Better Vision Optometric Center and Dr. Faheem Inayatali at the Eye Center of Houston, 2019 Best Practices honorees, spoke about their endeavors to bring eye care to people who need it the most.

Dr. Pamela Lowe from Professional Eye Care Center, and Dr. Melanie Frogozo, from Alamo Eye Care, joined host, Dr. Jennifer Palombi, for an essential discussion on advocacy in eye care.