Eyes Wide Open - Canadian Eye Care Canadian Eye Care Business Review: Dr. Glen Chiasson & Roxanne Arnal

Dr. Scott Mundle provides a historical perspective on Optometry Giving Sight (OGS), its mission and current activities. He and Eyes Wide Open Host, Roxanne Arnal, talk about the benefits of giving and how contributing to social programs can help personal happiness and make business sense. Dr. Mundle, UW ('83) has been active in the service of Optometry since early in his career. He is the past-president of the Manitoba Association of Optometrists and the Canadian Association of Optometrists, and Past President of the World Council of Optometry. Dr. Mundle serves as the OGS Canada Member Representative.

Tom Bollum, a seasoned optical industry executive shares valuable insights on practice real estate in a conversation with EyesWideOpen host, Roxanne Arnal. They discuss the importance of location and how a change of location could impact the practice. Must read lease negotiation tips are provided!

Dr. Sophia Leung, in a conversation with EyesWideOpen host, Roxanne Arnal, the tables are turned. Once an OD student in Dr. Arnal’s practice, the student has evolved and honed her clinical and mentorship skills. Together they explore professional burnout, mentorship and types of collaboration in a forthright discussion.About the GuestDr. Sophia Leung has taken an atypical professional pathway following graduation from UW School of Optometry in 2014. After spending some time in private practice, she pursued an Ocular Disease and Refractive Surgery Residency in the US followed by an Advanced Glaucoma and Cornea Fellowship.Dr. Leung is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Optometry, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), and a Diplomate of the AAO in the Anterior Segment Section.Currently, Dr. Leung is the Principal Optometrist at a high volume corneal, cataract, and refractive surgical centre in Calgary and the President-Elect of the Alberta Association of Optometrists.Episode NotesDr. Sophia Leung is passionate and thoughtful about mentorship, professional development, and education.As an OD student, she rotated through many urban and rural clinic settings, including Dr. Arnal’s Alberta private practice.They discuss their personal and professional insights on mentorship, professional collaboration, and the evolution of optometry. They also delve into stress and practitioner burnout and point to a few interesting reads on the topic (See Resource links).Dr. Leung shares her not-so-typical pathway after graduation that brought her first to private practice and then to an Ocular Disease and Refractive Surgery Residency in Oklahoma, a state with a very wide scope of practice, followed by an Advanced Glaucoma and Cornea Fellowship.In her current role, Dr. Leung is developing an OD-to-OD referral model the enhance patient access to ophthalmologic care that also increases time efficiency for ophthalmologists.She explains how the demand for routine vision exams vis-à-vis medical eye exams will evolve and how this exacerbates the need to improve efficiencies to meet the rising demands for patient careShe challenges her OD colleagues to rethink primary care optometry and outlines why primary care will unavoidably migrate to medical optometry. An insightful 30-minute discussion.

In his current role as VP, Optometric Partnerships, Dr. Michael Naugle oversees the growth and development of the FYidoctors banner in Canada and is a key figure in recruiting new optometrists. From the company’s inception in 2008 up until 2015, he served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee.

Dr. Trevor Miranda describes his multi-practice location on Vancouver Island with UW '95 classmate, Eyes Wide Open host, Dr. Glen Chiasson. In particular, Dr. Miranda stresses the importance of having great products that are "Channel-protected" for optometry in building a Dry Eye Sub-specialty

Wendy Buchanan is a Registered Optician and an Image Consultant. Wendy has a highly successful mobile practice. She shares her highly unique skill set with Optometry practice owners through a training course and consulting. Podcast host, Dr. Glen Chiasson explore Wendy's success formula, how it came about and reveal how Optometry practice owners and managers can bring optical sales to a new level.