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Michael Gowen, OD ‘87

Michael Gowen, OD ‘87

Alumni

"My family eye doctor was Harvey Horowitz, OD ’53. He changed my life when he fit me with contact lenses in the summer of 1975. Everything he told me made me excited about the field, but what really I wanted the opportunity to help kids like me: to help change their lives, and to make a difference in people's lives as Dr. Horowitz had made in mine. I was hooked, and from that moment Optometry was where I was going."

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Satya Verma, OD ’75

Satya Verma, OD ’75

Alumni & Faculty

"Realizing that I am currently the longest serving employee at Salus/PCO, I feel obligated to share some of my experiences for this historic 100 year celebration of the institution. Even though I graduated with the class of 1975, I have been serving as a faculty member since 1971 as I had an optometric degree from India and some graduate work at Berkeley."

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Luann Cade, MS ’94, COMS

Luann Cade, MS ’94, COMS

Alumni

"I have many favorite memories, however, Dr. Audrey Smith's low vision classes were always some of my favorite. She used to keep us for hours (past class time) because she had so much she wanted to teach us. She was a wealth of knowledge, and such a personable professor. She will always be my favorite, and she used to bribe us to stay longer in class by buying us pizza. At the time, we thought we made out because of the pizza, however, in retrospect it was all the low vision knowledge that she taught us that was the real prize!"

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Terri Lightbody, AuD '04

Terri Lightbody, AuD '04

Alumni

"I enjoyed working with audiologists and professors all over the United States during my time at Salus University. One of my first classes, Hearing Loss and Syndromes, was one of the hardest, yet rewarding, classes."

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Katharine Funari, OD '18

Katharine Funari, OD '18

Alumni & Resident

"Over the last four years, not only did I find a school that provided one of the best optometric educations I could have received, but I was also able to find a group of friends that I believe will be some of my lifelong friends. We spent endless days and nights in classes and clinic, studying until we couldn’t fit anything else into our brains for the day and enjoying each other’s company while working towards our goals."

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Michael Spinell, OD '70

Michael Spinell, OD '70

Alumni & Former Faculty

"I chose optometry because I never forgot the feeling of what it was like seeing trees with leaves on them and not just a green blur. The fact that our profession was evolving and that I was going to be on staff at PCO was a real perk. I chose Salus/PCO because it was reputed to have the best clinical experience – a fact that hasn’t changed over the years."

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Veronica Heide, AuD '01

Veronica Heide, AuD '01

Alumni

"I chose the Audiology profession because I loved the combination of science, technology, and working with people and Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) School of Audiology represented the type of education I believed all audiologists should experience."

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Amanda H. Kaufmann

Amanda H. Kaufmann, MS ’17

Alumni

"Choosing Salus University was the right decision. I had an exceptional experience with the speech-language pathology program. All of the faculty, students, and clinical experiences provided me with a very strong foundation in order to help me be successful in my career."

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Michael H. Mittelman, OD '80

Michael H. Mittelman, OD '80

University President & Alumni

"While I have many fond memories of my time at PCO (Pennsylvania College of Optometry), the one that first comes to mind was having the opportunity to meet my wife during my externship at the Indian Health Service Hospital rotation in Rosebud, SD."

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Christina DeMoss

Christin DeMoss, OD '17, Resident '18

Alumni & Faculty

"The patients are what really make my Salus experience so special... There was a patient I had who was diagnosed with macular degeneration. One of her goals was to be able to play the clarinet and read music but she had always been told that there was nothing that could be done."

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Wayne Martin

Wayne Martin, OD '68

Alumni

"I graduated from Ohio University and entered PCO in 1964. Over the next four years I was privileged to work part time with Dr. Harry Kaplan, International Contact Lens Fitter and Professor at PCO. In 1966, while working in Dr. Kaplan's office, I met my wonderful wife."

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Andy Lau, AuD '12

Andy Lau, AuD '12

Alumni

"In looking back, there were events that could easily have precipitated my entry into the world of audiology. There was the personality profiling test that I took in college which matched my personality to the field of audiology; the first time I even heard of the profession."

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