The Patient Care Center has
been open to the public since mid-September and recently celebrated the Grand Opening
ceremony on Friday, November 4 and also a continuing education program on
November 5, 2016.
The Grand Opening ceremony
included keynote speakers, Dean Larry Davis, Laurie Thompson (’16), Barbara Brown
(’88), and Chancellor Thomas George. The event attracted many present and former
UMSL administrators, including former Chancellor Blanche Touhill. Several
political leaders attended to celebrate the grand opening. Dr. Thompson and her
husband, Chris, traveled from their home in Colorado, specifically for this
occasion. Thompson was an instrumental student leader whose efforts were
important in gaining student approval to fund the project.
Following the grand opening
event on Saturday, the college hosted a five-hour specialty contact lens
symposium with lectures on gas permeable and presbyopic lenses from UMSL
faculty members, Ed Bennett, Julie DeKinder, and Vinita Henry.
Dr. Muriel Schornack, one of
the premier specialty contact lens practitioners in the United States, was the
keynote speaker in the afternoon, providing lectures on scleral lens
applications.
She is on the faculty at Mayo
Clinic in Minneapolis and is past-president of the Scleral Lens Education
Society.
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At the Patient
Care Center Grand Opening (left to right): Director of Clinic Operations Vinita
Henry (’85), Chris Thompson, Laurie Thompson (’16), Barbara Brown (’88), and Dean
Larry Davis
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Dean Larry Davis
addressing the attendees at the Grand Opening
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Laurie Thompson (’16)
addressing the attendees at the Grand Opening
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Barbara
Brown (’88) also giving her comments at the Grand Opening ceremony
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State
Representative Clem Smith with College of Optometry ambassadors Jackie
Hinderks, Quinn Gallen, and Luke Armstrong
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Former Chancellor
Blanche Touhill with Ed Bennett and Vinita Henry
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Dean Larry Davis
with Chancellor Tom George and former Chancellor Blanche Touhill
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Keynote speaker Dr.
Muriel Schornack lecturing on scleral lenses to interested practitioners and
students
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| Dr. Schornack with Dr. Ed Bennett and Katie Loock ('17) at the Patient Care Center |
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Tonia Batts (’11)
returned for the continuing education event and is pictured next to her
award-winning photos taken when she was on a VOSH trip as a student.
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