Alumni CE Weekend offers learning and connection

Optometrists return to Waterloo for Alumni CE Weekend

Some 300 people participated in our events during Alumni CE Weekend, which featured the WEI groundbreaking. In addition to the evidence-informed learning, there were opportunities to connect at the Oktoberfest in June dinner and the Saturday social, which brought together CE and Eye Data & AI Summit participants. The Class of 1974 also held its 50th reunion.

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ThermOcular AI aims to take the temperature of the eye

Dr. Ehsan Zare Bidaki, a postdoctoral fellow, has been working to effectively measure ocular surface temperature since he started his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Paul Murphy of the School and Dr. Alexander Wong of Engineering. Now Zare Bidaki and Murphy are working to commercialize the device they have developed as a screening tool for dry eye and, in future, other ocular surface diseases.

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Alumni spotlight: Dr. Stephen Tait

For more than 40 years, Stephen Tait (OD’79) wore two optometric hats: owner-optometrist at Ingersoll Optometry and part-time clinical supervisor at the School. He recently hung up both hats – but we couldn’t let him go without giving him a chance to explain why he kept being both a small-town optometrist and a beloved mentor to students for so long.

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Class Notes

Learn what your old friends have been up to and get inspired by the activities of alumni from other cohorts!

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