Kaleb Abbott is an optometrist and assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is faculty in both the Dry Eye Clinic and the Center for Ocular Inflammation where he specializes in complex ocular surface disease and participates in clinical trials/research pertaining to ocular surface disease. He serves on the board of directors for the Ocular Wellness and Nutrition Society; is Vice Chair of the Nutrition, Disease Prevention, and Wellness SIG for AAO; and is on the advisory council for the Academic Medical Center Optometry AAO SIG. Recently he also became the host of the Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disease section of the Clinical Podcast Series through the American Academy of Optometry Foundation.  

Join us for information on the 2024 Optometry Divas Retreat 

Thank you to Marc Odrich, Chief Medical Officer of LENZ Therapeutics, for joining us and discussing the differentiation of Aceclidine as a miotic for the potential treatment of presbyopia. The recent data is very exciting and the Optometrist community is looking forward to following the progress of LENZ!

Eager to learn more about working with VES? We sat down with Dr. Steve Checroun, VES Ophthalmologist, and Cathy Shaw, VES recruiter, to hear firsthand about what it's like becoming part of the VES provider network. 

Watch the interview to learn more about:
🩺 The day-to-day experience of a VES recruiter
📋 The evaluation and recruitment process
💰 The benefits of being a VES provider
❤️ and more.

Dr Rhue shares her entrepreneurial journey in optometry. She is the co-founder of Dr Contact Lens.

Dr Julie Helmus discusses ways to increase net profit in your optometry practice