Recent content by mclem222

I have been practicing as a retina doctor in Denver in private practice and there is a huge vacuum in Denver for comprehensive ophthalmology private practices. One of my buddies started a practice and is doing 25 cases a week already after two years. Does anyone know of other cities where this...

Is there any doctorate degree that is under 4 years? In short, that is the reason why my degree is a doctorate. If it was 2 years, it would be difficult to argue to make our degree a doctorate. I use about 20% of what I learned in school as a practicing optometrist. Everything else is just fluff...

that could work but unfortunately with the production of ODs like a ford factory it will result in a bunch of young ODs without a job.

As terrible as this seems, I believe that this is the future of optometry. I believe in the future most optometrists will be employed at hospitals or OMDs performing pre/post op checks. I have a friend who is in the tech business who has told me for 5 years there are several companies looking to...

Possible....less schools...if more optometrists are coming out and the average salary for an optometrist drops from 200K to 70K remember the professor/dean etc of the schools don't care. They have the same income. Plus the more optometrists that can't get practicing positions the more are going...

I think the demand numbers for optometrists are all off....There will be a massive glut of optometrists in the future. This is for several reasons: 1. Yes the population is aging and older people need eyecare but the flaw is that medical demand is different than optometric demand. Patients see...

Hi all. Was going to hire a part-time doc for saturdays but was unsure what the going rate was for a full day of work. I don't have optical. My practice is mainly medical and some refractions. Question for docs here..What is the going rate for a Saturday per hour (if solely by the hour)? Or if...

I read the first post and all I will say is that there are a lot of Gen x, millenials along with Baby boomers who are dissatisfied with optometry. I refer to that post as the "ostrich head in the sand" mentality. Remember when airline pilots made tons of money and had tons of respect? Or when...

I am an optometrist and proud of it but honestly we are not "physicians". Yes, medicare lets us bill and get services for certain procedure and codes like medical doctors but we are not physicians in the traditional sense or in our training. If you go to a party with a bunch of MDs and introduce...

Give it about 3 years...refractions become a lot less "exciting" then...

Because Warby Parker has made itself a lot "cooler" than walmart or zenni. They have gotten celebritys to wear their glasses etc...

who made them experts? Pretty sure Hollywood actor or professional athlete would be number 1.

I heard Emil Chyn is a "unique" person to put it mildly...

I think if you go to optometry school thinking you are not going to come out and be selling glasses and contacts...you are absolutely kidding yourself. All of us, even those with a more medical practices still sell a lot of glasses and contacts...Remember...Our profession was a bunch of jewelers...

The medical school acceptance rate is 45%. Applicants self opt out of the system...so someone with a 2.0 GPA and bombed the OAT don't even apply. I wouldn't worry about the high acceptance rate. It doesnt necessarily mean anything. What is important is whether the new schools have a...