SUNY Annual Report 2019

Highlighting Successful Alumni and Recent Graduates

Dr. Jill Saxon ’04 Following graduation in 2004, Dr. Saxon began a 3-year stint as a staff optometrist, lecturer (and a U.S. Naval Lieutenant) at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She then went into private practice, joining

Dr. Kyra Dorgeloh ’19 Dr. Dorgeloh was the recipient of several awards including the 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, the Mr. and Mrs. Irving Unger Award for Excellence in Optometry, and the Columbia Class of 1936 Award for

Randolph Eye Care in her hometown of Randolph, New Jersey. Dr. Saxon joined Bausch + Lomb as director of professional strategy in 2014, a position where she maximizes product launches through professional educational events and programs, and expands outreach programs. She became senior director of her team in 2017.

Academic and Clinical Achievement in Ocular Disease. She is a native of Apex, N.C., and received a bachelor’s degree in biology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Dorgeloh has served on the board of the National Optometric Student Association and as an active member of the Beta Sigma Kappa honor society.

Dr. Rae Huang ’13 The OD/MS program at SUNY Optometry has served Dr. Huang well. Dr. Huang runs three practices: Vision Care Boston, Highland Eye Care and Health, Vision and Beauty, plus EyeglassHeaven.com, an online consignment

Dr. Jacqueline Benoit ’19 Dr. Benoit received numerous awards for academic, clinical and professional distinction, including the Beta Sigma Kappa Award for Academic Excellence; the GP Lens Institute Clinical Excellence Award for Outstanding Clinical

shop. While the website draws on her love of vintage frames, the practices allow her to pursue her clinical interest in myopia prevention, which began when she worked in Dr. David Troilo’s lab. Though running multiple practices with a young family is challenging, it’s the professional achievement of which Dr. Huang is most proud.

Proficiency in Contact Lenses; and the Dr. William M. Eisenberg Memorial Award for Excellence in Ocular Disease sponsored by Alcon.

Dr. Jason J. Grygier ’19 Class of 2019 president, Dr. Grygier received the Dr. Stanley Eisenberg Memorial Award for Excellence in Practice Development and Administration, and the New York State Optometric Association Auxiliary Award for

Dr. Soney Siriphone ’16 As the supervising optometrist at Community Healthcare Network and adjunct assistant clinical professor, Dr. Siriphone manages a mobile eye van, seeing patients in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. Patients

Outstanding Service to the Class of 2019. He also served as Research Coordinator for an NIH-funded amblyopia study, and was treasurer for Student Optometric Volunteer Services to Humanity (SVOSH), where he led a mission to Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Dr. Grygier graduated summa cum laude from Clemson University with degrees in Psychology and Spanish.

who board the van receive primary eye care services, with an emphasis on the diagnosis and management of ocular disease including glaucoma, dry eye, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The partnership provides students an opportunity to spend part of their fourth-year clinical rotations on board the van where they are learning to adapt to any clinical situation.

Dr. Yohanna Emun ’19 Dr. Yohanna Emun received the Dr. Benjamin Freed Memorial Award for Community Service sponsored by the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation and the Good-Lite Pediatric Award for Excellence in Pediatric Optometry.

Dr. Emun is dedicated to providing vision care in underserved communities and had the opportunity to participate in medical mission trips to Oaxaca, Mexico and Negril, Jamaica.

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