Inauguration Program

David Troilo, PhD Dr. David Troilo is the newly appointed President of the SUNY College of Optometry, having been selected by the State University of New York Board of Trustees as the fourth president to serve the state’s only college of optometry. Dr. Troilo joined SUNY College of Optometry as Professor, Vice President, and Dean for Academic Affairs in July 2008. As the chief academic officer, he oversaw the professional degree program in optometry and the graduate degree programs (PhD and MS) in vision science. His responsibilities also included faculty development, residency training programs, library services, and continuing professional education. Dr. Troilo has made advancing research at the College a priority, developing collaborative initiatives in basic, translational, and clinical eye and vision research. In collaboration with the University Eye Center, which sees an average of 60,000 patient encounters annually, he co-founded the College’s Clinical Vision Research Center (CVRC) in 2013. Since then, the CVRC has conducted more than 100 clinical studies and trials that enhance patient care. Dr. Troilo is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). His principal research interest is the visual control of eye growth and the mechanisms of myopia development. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and industry sponsors for over 30 years. A graduate of SUNY State College at Oswego, Dr. Troilo earned his PhD in Biology from the City University of New York at the City College of New York. He held post-doctoral research fellowships at the University Laboratories of Physiology at the University of Oxford, and the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and the Department of Psychology at Cornell University.

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