 College of Optometry - College Administration
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The Dean of the College of Optometry, Elizabeth Hoppe, OD, MPH, DrPH, comes to WesternU with several notable career accomplishments. She was the first woman chosen as editor of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry's peer reviewed journal, Optometric Education, and she is the first woman in optometry to hold the DrPH, which -to date- is still only held by a small percentage of women.
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Daniel Kurtz, PhD, OD, is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the College of Optometry. Dr. Kurtz joined WesternU in August, 2007, from the New England College of Optometry. "I am truly thrilled to join the College of Optometry at Western University at its very beginning. To help create a program from the ground up is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a major, positive impact on my chosen profession and on the public health. This University radiates an atmosphere of professionalism and humanism coupled with the ambition to provide excellent health care education in new and better ways. I consider it a privilege to be here."
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Charles Haine, OD, MS, is the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs for the College of Optometry. Dr. Haine joined WesternU in January, 2008, from Southern College of Optometry. "When Dr. Hoppe asked me to look at Western University, I jumped at the chance. WesternU offers a unique opportunity to create an optometry clinical program in a major medical program and do so in an interdisciplinary manner. Having been associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs for over 27 years, I believe that this is the way to educate and train optometrists for the future. Further, I believe that case-based, interdisciplinary education is the way to develop health care practitioners who will have a holistic and humanistic approach to delivery of care to all patients."
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Lori Rees is the Executive Assistant for the College of Optometry and she joined WesternU in September, 2007. She assists the Deans of the college in everyday activities, event planning, accreditation, and acts as the college liaison. "I am very grateful for this opportunity to be an integral part in the growth and development of the College of Optometry at WesternU. Starting from accreditation and moving through to the graduation of our first class will be an exciting and rewarding new adventure."
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Contact Information for the College of Optometry
Phone: 909-706-3506
Fax: 909-706-3500
Email: lrees@westernu.edu |
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