Blink Collective

Latest Episodes:

The Mac Daddy of Materials Apr 05, 2021

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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 Mar 29, 2021

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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...
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 Mar 22, 2021

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Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Castellanos and Dr. 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 Mar 15, 2021

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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 Mar 08, 2021

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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

Ocular Disease. The Future of Optometry? Mar 01, 2021

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Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Justin Manning about his experience abroad, how ocular disease has changed, what he thinks about residency and more...
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PF Alaway now available

Naloxone for ocular pain

Healthy eyes advantage

Justin Manning, OD, MPH, FAAO

Practice Advantage Podcast with Dr Manning

Courageously Practice Optometry Feb 22, 2021

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Jimmy and Roya talk to Dr. Michael O'Neal about his career choices, his achievements and how he leads the Myopia Control Center at Dunes Eye Consultants.
SOURCES

Tea Tree Oil Kills Meibomian Glands?

Tarsus

Mike O’Neal - Dunes Eye

Neurolens

Brilliant Futures

MasterClass for Boards prep Feb 15, 2021

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Jimmy and Roya talk to Erin Heim, Alexander Bennett and Ariel Cerenzie about how to prep for the Board, tips and tricks for board success and more...
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NBEO

Part III Update

Dr Erin Keim - University of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital

KMK Optometry

KMK Optometry Pro

NBEO Part 3 Testing Center

Charlotte Agenda

https://www.optometry.org/part_III_restructure
Charlotte Tips:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qk16hIq5i-NmWKzBaxQlx8la1cj6PsE7/view?usp=sharing

Beautiful Blind Eye Feb 08, 2021

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Jimmy and Roya talk with Dr. Kevin Kelley about his career as an ocularist, the evolution of ocular prosthetics, the process of receiving a prosthetic, and more...
SOURCES

Precision 1 for Astigmatism

Kevin Kelley - Kelley Associates

American Society of Ocularist

National Board of Ocularist Registry

HOA + SCLERALS = 20/HAPPIER Feb 01, 2021

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Jimmy and Roya talk with Dr. John Gelles and Dr. Brayden Lundquist about they career path, EyePrintPRO, bad patients, and more...
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Dr John Gelles

johngellesod@gmail.com

Dr Brayden Lundquist

brayden.lundquist@gmail.com

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