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Dr. Gerry Leinweber (OD '80) has started many initiatives – an international vision care charity, a Central Alberta practice with three locations, a national optometrists’ co-op and a consulting business for optometry practices. It might have been some hockey goals in his youth that helped start him down his path of leadership.
Eyenova Biotech, an award-winning Waterloo-Hong Kong start-up, aims to improve early-stage eye drug testing by creating an ‘eye on a chip’ – a preclinical testing platform that replicates the complexity of the eye’s cellular environment and performs multiple tests at once, which saves time, costs and animal testing.
Dr. Sarah MacIver (OD ’10), an associate clinical professor, is an emerging leader in advocating for scope modernization and continuing professional development. Learn how her residency in New York State, where she collaborated extensively with other health-care professionals, helped her see the role optometrists could play in ocular disease care.
Dr. Stanley Woo gives an update on the School’s activities during the conference season, including a special invitation to CE Weekend & Alumni Reunion (June 6-7 in Waterloo). Spring brings many opportunities to connect with the profession across the country.