2016_SUNY_Optometry_PRR

A Message from the President The State University of New York College of Optometry is committed to the principles of strategic planning and assessment in the development of its organizational priorities and allocation of resources. The institution’s strategic plan is informed by internal and external trends and guided by a core set of values: excellence, leadership, inquiry, innovation, professionalism and service. Consistently developing and implementing new and better strategies to achieve goals is a hallmark for any progressive organization. But rarely has the need to be creative and resourceful been as critical as it is in the health care and higher education communities today. With health care reform upon us, institutions like ours must be nimble in pioneering new approaches to education, patient care and research to produce the next generation of health care leadership. We must continue to provide the highest quality care to our community and advance vision care through an ongoing and determined commitment to basic and clinical vision research. This five-year strategic plan—produced out of an extensive collaboration between the SUNY College of Optometry’s administration, faculty, students and staff—is designed to guide our institution through this challenging moment in history. It will help us continue to lead and innovate as educators in optometry and the vision sciences as well as health care providers to our community. The values, mission and goals in this plan represent the SUNY College of Optometry’s firm and long-standing commitment to excel at what we do and our determined pursuit of quality improvement every step of the way. Sincerely,

David A. Heath, OD, EdM President

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