All the Eyes: the Beauty — and the Benefits — of Comparative Ophthalmology
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All the Eyes: the Beauty — and the Benefits — of Comparative Ophthalmology
Dr. Billie Beckwith-Cohen is a recent Vision Science PhD graduate from the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science who is currently in the 3rd year of a residency at the Michigan State University Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences. See below for an excerpt from the article, written by Zac Unger.
"Dr. Beckwith-Cohen’s academic path has been an unusual one: not too many people receive a PhD from Berkeley’s Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science after already having received a doctorate in veterinary medicine, which she completed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As both a clinician and a researcher, her work is located under the broad umbrella of ‘comparative ophthalmology,’ which she defines as ‘the ability to examine, evaluate, and potentially treat all species but one: humans.’ Throughout the United States there are fewer than 500 board-certified veterinary ophthalmologists. An even smaller subset of that number have both a PhD in vision science and a degree in veterinary medicine..."
Read about Dr. Beckwith-Cohen's work in the exciting world of comparative ophthalmology on the Berkeley Optometry website: optometry.berkeley.edu/alltheeyes
