SUNY Annual Report 2019

16th Annual Eyes on New York Held at Cipriani 42nd on March 22, the annual event recognized Drs. Susan and Mark Fromer from Fromer Eye Centers, Regeneron, and Dr. Julia Appel ’91. Dr. Max Gomez, senior medical correspondent for WCBS-TV, served as master of ceremonies. The evening raised nearly $240,000 for scholarships, patient care, and research at the College.

Scholarships and Awards Set the Stage for Success As part of our commitment to helping students achieve their professional goals and meet the cost of financing their education, we recognized more than 40 students at the annual Scholarship Presentation. Scholarships, which were provided by the Optometric Center of New York – the College’s related foundation – and its donors, totaled nearly $125,000 for the evening.

New Jersey Academy of Optometry Scholarship Veena Bokka ’23 Dr. Sanford and Claire Levy Scholarship Elaine Doxtaer ’23 Ivanna Grynyk ’21 Dr. Harold Solan Memorial Scholarship Raymond Farmer ’21 Jeff White Memorial Scholarship Melissa Levine ’21 Harold M. Spielman Scholarship Eden Nourmand ’23 Scott Tasker Folsom Scholarship Anthony Boyd ’21 Shuyi Chen ’21 Holly Knoechel ’21 Prissilla Issa ’20 Alicia Jones ’20 Nichole Pollard ’20

Dennis and Lesley Gehr Scholarship Preya Balroop ’23 Alumni Association Scholarships Natalie Duider ’23 Nazia Tahia ’23 Nina Shimunov ’23 P. Gregory Hess Scholarship Sam Lee ’20 Dr. Jerome Weiss Scholarship Peiwei Lo ’22 Dr. Nathan and Laura Millman Scholarship Jared Rahn ’22 Stephanie Schwartz ’22

Barbara Saltzman Scholarship Gabrielah Baruch ’23

Scholarship Recipients Named scholarships and awards provide much needed student support and relief, especially when indebtedness is rising. Mary and Samuel Gurkin Memorial Scholarship Constadina Manettas ’20 Philip & Sylvia Soden Memorial Scholarship Rebecca Heaps ’20 Dr. Mark S. Feder Scholarship for Clinical Excellence in

Fred Friedfeld Memorial Scholarship Calvin Chan ’22 Milton Scholarship Stefanie Clendaniel ’20 Amanda Crane ’20 Brooke Goonetilleke ’22 Holly Knoechel ’21 Melody Kordnaij ’22 Rhea Magee ’21 Max Paschall-Zimbel ’20 Joseph A. Morra, MD Memorial Award Mackenzie Chapman ’23

Caroline Donato ’23 Jacob Rosenberg ’23

Primary Care Halima Khan ’20

Aviela Segev ’22 Stephanie Yu ’22 Julie Song ’22

New York State Optometric

Association Dr. Alden Haffner Scholarship Carey Murzynski ’21 Angela Wen ’21

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