Opinions
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97Open on Saturdays: Business Boon or Business Boondoggle?
June 25, 2026 For practices, deciding whether to open on Saturdays can shape everything from access to care to office culture. The...
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1.1KMy Perspective on Practice Managers
A response from Review of Optometric Business professional editor to The Divide point/counterpoint conversation on practice managers By Laurie Sorrenson, OD, FAAO...
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736Who Should Run the Practice?
June 17, 2026 Who’s best suited to be the practice manager? The Divide, a point/counterpoint series from Review of Optometric Business, explores...
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858Rethinking Leave: Intermission as a Tool for Sustainable Work
By Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO March 25, 2026 I call my planned breaks an “intermission” because for me they are...
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645The New OD’s Guide to the Post-Grad Job Search
By Andrawis Zada, OD March 5, 2026 The first few years after graduation are a maze of choices: where to live, which...
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532Poll: The Impact of the Student Debt Load
How is your student debt load impacting your career and life? March 4, 2026 Review of Optometric Business and Women In Optometry...
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524From Surviving to Thriving: Work-Life Alignment for Busy Professionals
More tactical strategies to protect your energy and prevent burnout Arti Shah, OD, FAAO Feb. 6, 2026 In part one of my...
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639My Mom’s Laser Surgery Changed Her Life—and My View of Patient Care
By Julianna Dolinski, OD Feb. 2, 2026 I’ve always been fascinated by my mother’s eyes. Little girls often want to be just...
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592Poll: Are You Masking Up Again?
Poll seeks to find out if ODs and patients are masking in the office again Jan. 12, 2026 Take this quick poll...
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639The Invisible Mental Load: Work-Life Solutions for Female ODs
Tactical strategies to protect your energy and prevent burnout By Arti Shah, OD, FAAO Jan. 9, 2026 When I became an optometrist,...
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998From Chartaholic to Efficient Clinician: How I Reclaimed My Time
By Sima Mozdbar, OD, MPH, FAAO Jan. 3, 2026 I’ll admit it: I was a chartaholic. As a student, I was the...
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3.0KThe ROI of Practicing Optometry in Rural America
Opportunities of practicing in rural areas.
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3.5KSpecialization is Overrated
The many reasons to remain a generalist.
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4.7KHow We Should Respond to New State Bills Prohibiting Us From Calling Ourselves “Doctors”
Mobilizing against state bills that threaten ODs' professional standing.
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7.6KRethinking Refraction, Online & Offline: Where Are We & What’s Next?
Debating whether online refraction should have a place in patient care.
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4.7K6 Movie Quotes that Illustrate Lessons I Learned Building a $4 Million+ Practice
By Ken Krivacic, OD, MBA Feb. 1, 2023 Movies can help you escape into another world, but they also can provide insights...
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6.9K4 Things Ted Lasso Does That Our Practices Need to Do Too
Lessons in spurring your practice team to greatness.
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3.5K4 Ways We Vastly Improved Our Work-Life Balance Without Negatively Impacting Profitability
Specific actions that enable meaningful work-life balance.
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4.1KTalking Small Business Success with Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec
Robert Herjavec shares tips for thriving as a small business.
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6.1KThe Greatest Threat to Independent Optometry Is Not What You Think
What you can do to preserve independent optometry.
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5.9KHow Fast is Private Equity in Optometry Growing?
Insights into where the PE market in eyecare is headed.
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5.4KBy the Numbers: How Many ODs Are Actually Practicing Medical Eye Care?
The many remaining opportunities to grow medical eyecare.
