Christian Alberto

The BronxCare Health System Optometry Residency in Ocular Disease/Primary Care Optometry is a 52-week full-time program with a threefold focus: clinical care, didactic education, and scholarly activity. Residents engage in extensive patient care, including primary eye care, acute/emergency care, and specialized rotations in ophthalmology sub-specialties like retina, glaucoma, and neuro-ophthalmology. The program integrates didactic learning through lectures, case studies, and journal clubs, complemented by scholarly activities such as presentations and manuscript preparation, aiming to enhance residents' skills in diagnosing and managing ocular diseases and fostering professional development.

This document, presented as a 'State of the College' address, outlines the strategic plan for SUNY College of Optometry for the period 2013-2018, serving as a blueprint for resource allocation and future direction. Key strategic areas include ensuring financial stability and increasing fund balances, investing in infrastructure through renovations and new clinical/teaching laboratories, building a faculty of excellence by addressing retirements and upgrading compensation, maintaining student success and educational affordability, reforming and enhancing graduate programs with an emphasis on evidence-based and interprofessional care, expanding international partnerships, growing clinical, translational, and basic research programs, and enhancing the University Eye Center's reach and services. Future considerations extend to redesigning the Eye Center, expanding partnerships with healthcare systems, influencing healthcare policy, and diversifying the college's financial model through potential new healthcare degree programs.

The strategic plan spans from 2018 to 2025, focusing on key priorities and goals to be achieved during this period.

The document presents key performance indicators (KPIs) related to the enrollment and employment of students and faculty from underrepresented minoritized (URM) backgrounds. It includes metrics such as the percentage of first-year URM students, the three-year average of first-year URM student enrollment, the percentage of URM faculty, and the percentage of URM students enrolled in all years of study.

The 2013-2018 Strategic Plan for SUNY College of Optometry focuses on several key areas to enhance the institution's academic, clinical, and administrative operations. Specific goals include implementing a new institutional assessment program, improving enrollment management to reach a target of 100 students by fall 2014, completing a $10 million fundraising campaign, enhancing the Doctor of Optometry program, developing international programs, optimizing the University Eye Center's operations, and improving facilities. The plan also addresses faculty development, research initiatives, student affairs, and administrative efficiencies through SUNY shared services. Outcomes aim to improve the quality of education, clinical care, research, and overall institutional performance.