JB, Author at Try Not To Blink

AOA’s Got Your Back

May 17, 2021 00:57:41 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya have a great conversation with Dr Bill Reynolds and Dr Bob Layman.
The team gets to the heart of what the AOA provides and how their goal is to be your biggest resource. This episode is loaded with insight from two of the AOA’s top dogs, although one would consider himself more of a race horse.

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American Optometric Association
Dr William Reynolds
Dr Robert Layman
Optometry’s Meeting June 2021 in Denver, CO
William Reynolds, OD – Email
Robert Layman, OD – Email
AOA President

Liquid Bandaids

May 10, 2021 00:55:12 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya have a great time chatting with Dr Liandra Jung about Residency life, Mayonnaise and…… River Otters?

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Valley Contax CLIP Program

Tear Restore

Tear Restore Portal Link

UC Berkeley Primary Care and Contact Lens Residency Program

Valley Contax Custom Stable Vision Project

Oculoplastics

May 3, 2021 00:55:43 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya jump into Tom Copperman’s pet life while exploring the world of Oculoplastic Surgery, Punctal Cautery, Lid Lesions, and more!

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The Most Extreme Case

April 26, 2021 00:38:57 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya dive deeper into the business of sight with Dr Richard Adler. There’s more to Glaucoma than reducing pressure, but just how EXTREME can the team get on this weeks episode?

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Allergan presbyopia drop

Upneeq drop

Durysta Implant

Dr. Adler: Bellcara

Try Not 2 Blink Education Credit Assessment

Happy Triggered

April 12, 2021 01:01:12 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya talk to Marcus Noyes about involvement in organized optometry, real practice outside of residency and teaching in an ophthalmology program and more…

SOURCES

New Presbyopia Treatment Option

Marcus Noyes

Marcus Noyes Linkedin

Eyeprint Prosthetic

Jimmy and Roya talk to John Hibbs, Vice President North American Commerical Sales & Marketing at Contamac US Inc about lens materials, recent innovations, what is plasma treatment and more…

SOURCES

CLIP Program

John Hibbs – Contamac

CLMA

Optimum Materials

Optimum Tangible Hydra-Peg

Nutrifill

GPLI

To do or not to do: Residency

March 29, 2021 00:54:07 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Jessilin Quint and Dr. Gabriela Olivares about their experience with residency, should graduates do a residency, the pros and cons and more…

#allerganodjumpstart

SOURCES

Drop for Presbyopia??

Jessilin Quint – Smart Eye Care

Dr Quint Instagram

Gabriela Olivares – The Eye Center

Dr Olivares Instagram

ACOE Residency Programs

Recommend the Best

March 22, 2021 00:52:09 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Castellanos and Ken DauSchmidt about Eye Candy a unique practice pairing eyewear and gourmet sweets, Tear Restore, the first open-eye warm compress, its pending clinical trial and more…

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Dr Giannie Castellanos – Infinite Vision Eyecare

Dr Giannie Castellanos – Linkedin

Eye Candy

Tear Restore

Pending TearRestore Clinical Trial

The Chiasm

Everything Dry Eye Conference

Pearls to Maximize Your External Rotation Experience

March 15, 2021 00:51:49 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Christina Wilmer about how externships have affected her career, the requirements of externships and tips on how to get the most out of that experience.

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Dr Chris Wilmer – UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley Externship Program

Must Know Neuro

March 8, 2021 00:50:34 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Jacqueline Theis, an optometrist with residency training in neuro-optometry, who treats patients with visual complaints and double vision due to brain injury and neurological disease.

SOURCES

JnJ Covid Vaccine

COVID Vaccine Snapshot

Dr. Jacqueline Theis – Virginia Neuro-Optometry

Concussion Care Centre of Virginia

Neuro-Optometrist Sees Eyes as Key to Concussion Diagnosis + Treatment

Diagnosis and Management of Concussion in Primary Care Workshop, AOA 2019

Lesson on Neurological Visual Field Loss

BIVSS

Elizabeth Sandel, MD

Shaken Brain Book