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Life is a Game

March 27, 2023 00:57:36 Comments Off

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.

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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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GA + MGD meet FDA

March 20, 2023 00:48:41 Comments Off

Do you struggle when training eye care professionals in your office? Need to know where to turn for help? Join this week’s hosts, Jimmy and Roya, as they share tips on training their staff and the programs and training modules available.

Hear about the recent FDA approval of Syfovre, the first treatment for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness worldwide. In addition, they discuss the new and different treatment options for MGD.

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SOURCES

HOYA Training Program

Paraoptometric Certification

Syfovre is AMGDpproved

Pipeline Treatment for GA

TP-03 for Tarsus

NOV03 for DED+MGD

AZR-MD-001 for MGD

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What is ICL?

March 13, 2023 01:03:02 Comments Off

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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Opto(metrist) Prep

March 6, 2023 01:01:26 Comments Off

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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Renaissance of the Scleral Lens

February 27, 2023 00:52:23 Comments Off

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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Topo vs Tomo

February 20, 2023 00:47:22 Comments Off

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

Topography v Tomography

Development in Topography v Tomography

Pentacam

OVITZ

OptoPrep

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We’ll Get Through This

February 13, 2023 00:47:30 Comments Off

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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Tea Party

February 6, 2023 0:48:26 Comments Off

Join Jimmy and Roya’s team 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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Fenestration is the new “BLACK”

January 30, 2023 00:52:12 Comments Off

Jimmy and Roya talk with the super talented Dr. Sheila Morrison about her career, her experience with fenestrated scleral lenses, their benefits, fitting techniques and more…

SOURCES

Washington State COVID Vaccine Requirements

AAO

Lumenis IPL vs OptiLight

Dr Sheila Morrison: Mission Eye Care

Scleral Lens Education Society

Don Ezekial Fenestration

A Hole New Way to Design Lenses

Fenestrations

Back to the Origins

GSLS

Pro LDO

January 23, 2023 01:02:37 Comments Off

Based on another recommendation from the awesome CharliRae at Valley Contax, Jimmy and Roya talk with Andrew S. Bruce, LDO, ABOM, NCLE-AC, FNAO about his career path, what it takes to become a Licensed Master Optician, his love for Rosie his pet pig and more…

SOURCES

Lum ithera

Eye Injuries in Sports

Andrew Bruce Linkedin

ASB Opticianry Education Services

Opticians Association of America

NOCE

ABO Certification

NCLE CTL Examination