Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly 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 They've Fit Over 5000 Patients With Scleral Lenses. Learn From Them. Scleral lens fitting isn't something I do every day, so refreshing my knowledge from those who do it all day, every day is extremely helpful. Here are some great clinical pearls...
17 days ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly 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... My Favorite Links How Do You Manage These Macular Disorders in Primary Eye Care? In primary eye care, one of the top dozen or so chronic conditions to manage are vitreomacular interface disorders, i.e., epiretinal membranes (ERMs), vitreomacular traction (VMT),...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly 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... My Favorite Links What Do You Do When You Are Downcoded by an Insurance Company? If you’ve ever felt blindsided by a denied or downcoded claim, this article by Peter Cass, OD, offers a step-by-step guide to responding effectively. Save it, bookmark it, share it...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly 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... My Favorite Links How Much Should You Pay Yourself as an OD Owner? Every OD-owner wrestles with this: what’s a fair salary? This article gives a thoughtful, practice-size-adjusted framework for setting your pay and avoiding the “starving CEO” trap that leaves...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly 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... Want to listen to an overview of the articles rather than read? Click here My Favorite Links When Glaucoma Meets RetinaAn excellent Review of Optometry article exploring how posterior segment diseases like glaucoma and retinal disorders overlap—and why that...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly 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... My Favorite Links Huberman on Vision & Eyesight: The popular podcaster, Andrew Huberman, PhD, walks through the neuroscience and behavioral protocols for maintaining and improving visual function. It's not optometry-specific, but it's packed with clinical pearls...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly 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... My Favorite Links What’s Floating in Your Vitreous? From microplastics to environmental toxins, this short read from Healio opens up a conversation we’re not having enough in ocular health: how our broader ecosystem might be influencing the eye. Read here....
3 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly 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... My Favorite Links What Kind of Leader Are You? - If you’re leading a team but feeling stuck or stretched, this quick breakdown of leadership styles is worth reflecting on. Not every OD needs to lead like a CEO—but we do need to know how we naturally lead and how...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly 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... My Favorite Links Redefining Primary Care Optometry – John Martinelli lays out a compelling vision for optometry’s role as primary eye care providers. If you’re looking for a fresh take on what comprehensive optometry should look like, this is worth the read....
4 months ago • 2 min read