Why did you chose your particular profession?
I quite frankly had no idea what I wanted to do growing up. It was suggested that I look into optometry, and everything about it appealed to me.
Tell me about your time at Salus/PCO. Why did you choose to study there?
I grew up in New York City, and at the time, the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) was the closest optometric college. PCO was a close, intimate college, with only 330 students comprising the student population (at the time). The main building was small, within walking distance from where I was living.
What are some of your favorite memories from Salus/PCO – favorite classes, professors, classmates, clinical experiences, co-workers?
Tell me about your life after Salus/PCO – where do/did you practice, how long?
Upon graduation, I opened my practice in Lansdale, PA. I am now in my 51st year, and specialize in remediating reading problems, attention deficits, and binocular dysfunction in patients of all ages. I have examined patients as young as two months of age. Also upon graduation, I was offered a teaching position at PCO, and taught, first as a clinical instructor, and then as an assistant professor of clinical optometry from 1968-1979. I sorely miss teaching.
As Salus/PCO celebrates 100 years in 2019, what are your hopes for the college in the next 100 years?
I would like to see a move toward the teaching of behavioral optometry, as well as the medical model presently being taught. So many lives could be changed if we, as a profession, would consider the remediation of visual stress in our patients.