White Coat Ceremony - Class of 2026

Class of 2026

May 31, 2024 | 2:00pm

Class of 2026

Stuti Patel Nicholas Premnauth Jovon Pryce Lauren Quadir Jennifer Rakhimov Ryan Raynaud John Joseph Redden Ariella Sassoon

Samia Ahmed Amro Ali Bisma Fatima Ali

Esther Grinberg Grace Haemmerle

Claire Hatala Page Hazen

Farah Azam Omade Aziz

Isabella He Julia Jager Hyo Seo Jang Inji Kang Tahmina Jahan Keya

Victoria Basciano Ishira Bharadwaj Niyati Boghani Daipaul Brown Jewel Brown Jailine Carrion Christina Chan Andrea Chang

Emily Amira Seodat Jacqueline Shannon Rena Shilian Abirami Shiyamsaran Gabriella Sinoway Carlie Stalker Lorenzo Gianluca Stampone Iza Taher

Sharmin Khan Spogmai Khan SeongEun Kim Maylynn Lee

Karen Chen Karen Chen Conor Chickos Russell Chin Ildoo Cho Connie Cho Shamimara Chowdhury Alyssa Clemente Anastasia Amalia Dakis Muriel Reid Dawson Andrew Delk Olivia Ethe Michael Feldman Priya Felix Tzvi Friedman Man Yi Joyce Gao

Jocelyn Liu Crystal Liu Vicky Lu Cindy Mai

Meriam Tayar Rachael Tevis Lauren Tong Rebecca Treen Monica Van Duyne David Wang Jenny Wang Sarah Wu Jessica Yakubova Melissa Zhong Vicki van Thoor Dixie Vasquez

Kaur Mandeep Princy Mathew Mary McArtor Lucille Meier

Melinda Morvai Naela Naasan Esther Nasser Rebecca Nathan Kaitlyn Nguyen Ciara Nguyen Adanna U. Obidiegwu Grace Oh

Jessie Zhu Diane Zou

Elana Goldstein Claire Goucher

Aungaung Oo Shivani Patel

Opening Remarks David A. Heath, OD, EdM, FAAO President, SUNY College of Optometry the White Coat

Michael J. McGovern, OD, FAAO, ‘97 Chief Medical Officer, University Eye Center The Academic Foundation Suresh Viswanathan, BOpt, MS, PhD, FAAO, FARVO

Chair, Department of Biological and Vision Sciences The Student - Clinician Transition Michael Sullivan-Mee, OD, FAAO, AAO Dipl. Chair, Department of Clinical Education Greetings from the SUNY College of Optometry Foundation and Alumni Association Dawn Rigney, MPH Vice President for Institutional Advancement Executive Director, SUNY College of Optometry Foundation Remarks from Class of 2026 President Nicholas Premnauth Remarks from the Dean David Troilo, PhD, FAAO, FARVO Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs

Coating Ceremony

Shelby Leach, OD, FAAO Section Chief, Pediatrics

David Troilo, PhD, FAAO, FARVO Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs

Daniella Rutner, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO, FCOVD, Dipl ABO, ‘02 Chief, Vision Rehabilitation

Matthew Bovenzi, OD, FAAO, Dipl abo, ‘14 Chief, Advanced Care Marianna Butera, OD, FAAO, ‘21 Assistant Chief, Vision Rehabilitation

Amy Steinway, OD, FAAO, ‘15 Assistant Chief, Primary Care

Diane Calderon-Villanueva, OD, FAAO Chief, Primary Care Optometric Oath Naela Naasan, SUNY AOSA Trustee Christina Chan, NYSOA Student Chapter President Closing Remarks Liduvina Martinez-Gonzalez, MS, FACHE Vice President for Clinical Administration Executive Director of University Eye Center Congratulatory Remarks & Slide Show Joan Portello, OD, MPH, MS, FAAO, Dipl. ABO, ’86