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Tints for All Days

Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Christie Jackson from Truckee Family Eyecare about her career path, how she started a practice in the beautiful Lake Tahoe area and all the great tinted prescription options available for life on the slope.

 SOURCES

Christie Jackson: Truckee Family Eyecare

Christie Jackson: LinkedIn

Sierra Lab

Bad Ass Optical

Zeiss Optical

FL41 Post-Concussion

Bolle Universal Insert

Glacier Glass: Vuarnet 

Woow

Garrett Leight

Costa del Mar

Idoc

PECAA

Christie Jackson: [email protected]

Dang It’s Dry Eye

This week Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Vin T. Dang about his optometry career, dry eye, ocular allergies and more…

SOURCES

Presbyopia Physician

Vin Dang: Empire Eye & Laser Center

Vin Dang: LinkedIn

Why Did I Chose Dry Eye?

Insights into Ocular Allergy

Vanguard Ophthalmology Group

LipiScan

Dr Vin Does Pickleball

OneSight: Instagram

OneSight.Org

Intrepid CE Conference

To Do or Not to Do: Profilometry

Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Aaron Wolf, a therapeutic optometrist and optometric glaucoma specialist based in Austin, Texas. He has a deep knowledge and experience in profilometry and scleral lenses such as the Custom Stable Elite and Ovitz lens.

SOURCES

UV index

Optometry’s Meeting

Dr. Wolf: Austin Optometry Group

Dr. Wolf: Linkedin

Custom Stable

OVITZ Aberrometer

Eyeprint Prosthetic Lens

Medmont Meridia

Vision by design

ICSC

GSLS

Yes, and…

This week Jimmy and Roya are having a very relevant conversation with Dr. Viola Kanevsky, #2 optometrist in the nation on the list of America’s Best Eye Doctors in 2021.  She is an optometrist specializing in custom contact lenses, who has practiced on the Upper West Side in New York for over 25 years but originally came from the former Soviet Union.

SOURCES

Viola Kanevsky: Acuity NYC

American’s Best Eye Doctor 2021: Newsweek

ODs on Facebook

Ship of Tolerance

Ojos Del Mar

This week Jimmy and Roya talk about Roya’s new adventure in Costa Rica and what it takes to make a big lifestyle change like that, the challenges and the positives…

SOURCES

Maximo Nivel

Ojos del Mar Instagram

Airbnb

Across the Pond Pet Travel Specialist

Aeromexico Flying with Pets

It’s (Tico) Time

In this episode Jimmy and Roya have some really big news! Roya is embarking on an exciting new adventure that will probably leave a lot of us a bit envious and Jimmy talks about his latest investment. Keep up with the TN2B crew, don’t miss this episode.

SOURCES

Jimmy’s Insta

Monteverde Container AirBnB

Pro LDO

Based on another recommendation from the awesome CharliRae at Valley Contax, Jimmy and Roya talk with Andrew S. Bruce, LDO, ABOM, NCLE-AC, FNAO about his career path, what it takes to become a Licensed Master Optician, his love for Rosie his pet pig and more…

SOURCES

Lum ithera

Eye Injuries in Sports

Andrew Bruce Linkedin

ASB Opticianry Education Services

Opticians Association of America

NOCE 

ABO Certification

NCLE CTL Examination

Back to the Scleral Basics

In this episode Jimmy and Roya go over all the scleral lens basics you need to know about  in order to become a successful  scleral lens fitter, including Valley Contax Custom Lens Immersion Program, the Custom Stable and more…

SOURCES

AMD

Vabysmo

20/20 Glance

Generic Restasis

Generic Combigan

Custom Stable

CLIP Program

Boost

Gas Permeable Lens Institute 

Scleral Lens Education Society

The True MVP

This week Try Not to Blink  is taking requests.  Jimmy and Roya talk to LoriAnn Bobins, Rockstar Technician at Vision Source 20/20 about her career path and the importance of having a strong team in your practice…

SOURCES

LoriAnn Bobins: LinkedIn

Vision Source Studio 20/20

HOYA training program

AOA Staff Training Program

Renton Technical College Ophthalmic Assistant Program

Highpoint University PA Program

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