, Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked I found this statistic fascinating. In this year’s Contact Lens Spectrum international prescribing report, the average age of a first-time contact lens fit is still 28, and that number has remained remarkably unchanged over time. If we are serious...
13 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked All things new blood vessel growth in the eye If you know how to identify new blood vessels and their differences in the eye, you'll know when to intervene, says Sara Weidmayer, OD. For a comprehensive and practical overview of the many types of...
27 days ago • 5 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Ordering labs for your patient can be intimidating. Serology is one of those areas many ODs want to understand better, but often avoid because it feels risky or outside our lane. Mary Kate Walters, OD, FAAO, wrote a helpful resource, “The...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Happy we are screening, but now we need examinations. New guidance now recommends annual vision screening for children ages 3 to 6, which is a step in the right direction. At this age, the prevalence of binocular vision issues is meaningful, and even...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked The best 28 mins on ocular rosacea. Listen or watch this podcast for some excellent clinical pearls on identifying and managing rosacea. Well done, Kaleb Abbott, OD and David Kading, OD. Optometric Insights An update on management of patients on...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked "Unexpressed gratitude is perceived as ingratitude." So says Andy Stanley in his recent 2-part podcast on the critical leadership habit of expressing gratitude. A good reminder that it takes more than a paycheck to show appreciation to our employees...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked You can develop a CEO mindset So many practice owners start with good intentions, but never slow down long enough to actually define where they’re going. A clear vision gives you something to say “yes” and “no” to. Without it, every decision feels...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Treating RCE aggressively in this manner is crucial. It may even be a "game changer" (more on that wonderful phrase below) way of preventing future RCE events. At least my clinical experience says so. Ahmad Fahmy, OD reviews the crucial aspects of...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Longevity is a popular topic. How can I live well More and more of my patients want to talk about longevity, not just how long they live, but how well they live. When those topics come up, I always point people toward Peter Attia, MD. He’s one of the...
3 months ago • 3 min read