|Videos|April 13, 2022

Dr. Brown: What I wish I knew before entering optometry

Author(s)Michael Brown, OD, MHS-CL, FAAO

Michael Brown, OD, MHS-CL, FAAO shares what he wishes he knew before starting his career in optometry.

Michael Brown, OD, MHS-CL, FAAO, who has practiced medical optometry in a comanagement center and with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Huntsville, AL, for over 25 years, shares what he wished he knew about the optometric profession before entering it.

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