Have you struggled to navigate loans and investments or decide what insurance policies are worthwhile? Do you want to understand personal finance vs. business finance? If you answered yes to any of these, you don’t want to miss this week’s episode with guest Dr. Vitto Mena Jr., an Optometrist, Licensed Financial Consultant, and Sports Vision Director.

He shares with Roya and Jimmy how financial advisors can change your world by minimizing debt and making you more money. Learn how to protect yourself, your family, and your future.

Life is a game; we all need a game plan to succeed.

Have an idea for a topic you would like to hear more about, or would you like to nominate or be a guest on Try Not 2 Blink? We want to hear from you! Click here to send in a suggestion, or email us at [email protected]

 

SOURCES

Dr Vitto Mena: LinkedIn

Dr Vitto Mena: Optical Academy

Scleral Lens Education Society: Upcoming Events

Student Loan Planner

Dr Gary Gerber

Dr Kimberly Friedman

[email protected]

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Do you want to know what is new with Lasik and ICLs, but don’t have the time to read a collection of articles? 

Join Roya and Jimmy this week as they discuss the evolution of Lasik and ICLs, with guests Matthew Sharpe, MD, the lead surgeon and founder of SharpeVision Modern LASIK, and Natasha Balani, OD SharpeVision’s Head of Optometry. Hear about the new EVO ICL lens and learn how it differs, the benefits, and possible side effects. 

Keep up with the current events and get your weekly news in an hour each week on Try Not 2 Blink. 


SOURCES

Dr. Natasha Balani: LinkedIn

Dr. Natasha Balani: SharpeVision

Dr. Matthew Sharpe: SharpeVision

Dr. Roger Zaldivar

EVO ICL

EVO Visian ICL lens (EVO ICL) Vision Correction For Visual Freedom

On Instagram:

@sharpevision_modernlasik

@balaniiii

@evoicl

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Optometry students, are you ready for boards? Have you heard about the new changes to the NBEO® exams? This week on TN2B OptoPrep’s Program Manager, Katie Jack, shares how OptoPrep got started and what makes their system unique, efficient, and convenient to study smarter and not harder. Learn what to expect, how to get started, and what new changes are coming to the exams.   

SOURCES

Ezricare Warning

OptoPrep

NBEO

Upcoming Boards Changes

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We have a special episode this week as Valley Contax’s operations director Rob Ahern provides an inside look at the manufacturing process. Understand what it takes to manufacture a scleral lens and how the product and process have changed over the years. Discover what new technology is coming and how Valley Contax constantly improves its processes to ensure they deliver the highest quality contact lens.  

SOURCES

Rob Ahern: LinkedIn
Rob Ahern: Valley Contax
Valley Contax
Gaudi Lens
GSLS
CLMA
OVITZ xwave

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You don’t know what you don’t know right? This week on TN2B Jimmy and Roya share what might set you apart from your competitors when selecting what brands of glasses frame to stock. Continue to listen as they discuss the pros and cons of purchasing a topographer. They wrap up the episode with a question from OptoPrep to educate you on their Try Not To Stress series. 

SOURCES

Maui Jim

Serengeti

HOYA Visual Lab

Eyeprint PRO

Topography v Tomography

Development in Topography v Tomography

Pentacam

OVITZ

OptoPrep

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Learn about the recent FDA approval of Lyuzeh, the first and only clinically proven formulation of latanoprost in the US that is preservative-free, according to Théa Pharmaceuticals. Meet Tessa, Valley Contax’s professional services manager, and hear what brought her to Oregon, why she joined the team, and what sets Valley apart. 

SOURCES

Iyuzeh

Glance

Valley Contax

Valley Contax Vision Project

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Join Jimmy and Roya’s tea party as they discuss the challenges of being a private practice owner’s and the issues they face in the United States vs. Costa Rica. They introduce a new innovative product by TearRestore, the NeutraWipe, with a special introductory offer for TN2B listeners. They wrap up the episode with one final question: to do or not to do Lasik surgery? 

SOURCES

Ojos Del Mar

Get your TearRestore NeutraWipe Sample

TearRestore

AOA’s President

NBEO Price Hike

LASIK To Do or Not To Do

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Jimmy and Roya speak with Dr. Courtney Melchione this week on Try Not 2 Blink. Dr. Melchione is the amazing Optometrist that patient Marko Coady spoke of during the last episode of 2022. We had to go full circle to speak with the Doctor about how she makes such a difference in her patients' lives. Listen to her journey through optometry school, two years in Guatemala at a non-profit clinic, to residency, and now in private practice.  

SOURCES

Specialty Eye Care

Dr Courtney Melchione

VA Scope Expansion

NaturalVue

Misight

Justin Kwan OD

Valley Contax Vision Project


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Valley Contax Website

Valley Contax Instagram

This week on Try Not 2 Blink, Jimmy and Roya have fellow podcaster, speaker, and founder of Augmented Vision Labs, Dr. Fayiz Mahgoub. Listen as he shares his journey to America and his passion for optometry as he shares how he gives back during his career and what inspired him to invent the S5 inserter and the S5 mini.

SOURCES

Dr Fayiz Mahgoub LinkedIn

Augmented Vision Labs

Dr Fayiz Mahgoub Instagram

Modern OD Article April 2021

Odsonfb.com

S5 Mini on Amazon

Dr. Mahgoub's Email

TSA PreCheck

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Facebook: Fayiz Mahgoub

It’s a New Year! Tune in as Jimmy and Roya reminisce about their 2022 resolutions and hear their goals for 2023. They continue the episode with private practice owner, engaging speaker, and glaucoma specialist Dr. Michael Cymbor. Listen as he shares his knowledge and tidbits on nerve fiber defects (NFL).

SOURCES

Dr Mike Cymbor: LinkedIn

Nittany Eye Associates

Dr Mike Cymbor

Dr Cymbor’s Upcoming Events

Progressing Glaucoma

OMD resident vs. OMD vs. GLC specialist

OHTS Study

Optomap California

Haag Streit Octopus

LIGHT Study

Zioptan

Eagle Pharmacy