|Articles|April 28, 2020

Video: Movie shows ODs are more than glasses prescribers

Kerry Gelb, OD, wants the public to have a better understanding of what optometrists do. Most people think only of glasses and contact lenses, and he wants them to know that ODs play a much bigger role in public health.

Dr. Gelb highlights the importance of the eye exam and pulls together many healthcare providers to show how “ODs are the new GPs.”

Register to join the optometric community for the world premiere of “Open Your Eyes” on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.

Watch the trailer HERE.
Register to watch the movie HERE.

Click here to read this interview's transcript

Want more insights like this? Subscribe to Optometry Times and get clinical pearls and practice tips delivered straight to your inbox.

Subscribe Now!

Latest CME

Multimedia

(COPE Track) Leveraging Rho Kinase Inhibition in Glaucoma Management — How Can Novel Treatment Pathways Impact Patient Outcomes?

Mitch Ibach, OD, FAAO; Jessica Steen, OD, FAAO

Video: Movie shows ODs are more than glasses prescribers

Newsletter

Related Content

Epion Therapeutics granted FDA Fast Track designation for EpiSmart corneal cross-linking

AAOpt 2025: Where low-level light therapies stand as dry eye treatments and myopia management

Seeing the signs: The subtle clues of human trafficking as seen in the clinic

AAOpt 2025: Early response to treatment with perfluorohexyloctane ophthalmic solution for dry eye disease

AAOpt 2025: Thomas Wong, OD, discusses the role of optometric telehealth

Latest CME

(COPE Track) Leveraging Rho Kinase Inhibition in Glaucoma Management — How Can Novel Treatment Pathways Impact Patient Outcomes?

Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Fall 2024 - Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME

(CME Credit) Time Matters in GA: The Impact of Early Detection and Proactive Treatment Approaches

20th Annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care

(CME Track) Clinical Consultations™: Framing a New Approach to Geographic Atrophy Management – Expert Insights into Recent Developments

(COPE Track) Clinical Consultations™: Framing a New Approach to Geographic Atrophy Management – Expert Insights into Recent Developments

(CME Track) Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Winter 2025 – Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME

(COPE Track) Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Winter 2025 – Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME

Living With X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa: What We Can Learn From a Patient’s Experience

(CME Track) Collaborative Community Connections™: Mastering the Management of nAMD and DME Through Therapeutic Innovation

Living With X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa: What We Can Learn From a Patient’s Experience

(COPE Track) Collaborative Community Connections™: Mastering the Management of nAMD and DME Through Therapeutic Innovation

Navigating the Glaucoma Therapeutic and Surgical Landscape: From Conventional to Cutting-Edge

(COPE Track) Neurotrophic Keratitis: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Enhance Patient Outcomes

(CME Track) Neurotrophic Keratitis: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Enhance Patient Outcomes

(CME Track) The Neural Network: Exploring The Role of Neuromodulation in Dry Eye Disease Management

(COPE Track) The Neural Network: Exploring The Role of Neuromodulation in Dry Eye Disease Management

(CME Track) Clinical Case Connections: Understanding the Impact of Advances in Treatment for DME and DR

(CME Track) Toric IOLs Unleashed: From Technological Progress to Patient Success

(CME Track) Clinical Case Connections: Expert Insights on Applying Therapeutic Innovations in nAMD

(COPE Track) Clinical Case Connections: Expert Insights on Applying Therapeutic Innovations in nAMD

(COPE Track) Toric IOLs Unleashed: From Technological Progress to Patient Success

(COPE Track) Clinical Case Connections: Understanding the Impact of Advances in Treatment for DME and DR

(CME Credit) Navigating Pharmacological Presbyopia Treatment for Enhanced Patient Care

Neurotrophic Keratitis Insights: An Interactive Corneal Sensitivity Testing Workshop

(COPE Credit) Navigating Pharmacological Presbyopia Treatment for Enhanced Patient Care

(COPE Track) Small Mites, Big Impact: Revolutionizing Demodex Blepharitis Care

(CME Track) Small Mites, Big Impact: Revolutionizing Demodex Blepharitis Care

Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Spring 2025—Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for Neovascular Retinal Disease

Interventional Dry Eye: A Stepwise Treatment & Management Approach

(CME Track) Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Summer 2025—Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for Neovascular Retinal Disease

(CME Track) A Forward Look at Anti-VEGF Therapies: A Paradigm Shift in Neovascular Retinal Disease Management

(CME Track) The Evolution of MacTel Management: Integrating Neuroprotective Therapies Into Clinical Practice

(CME Track) Collaborating Across the Continuum™: Best Practices in Patient-Centric Team Management of XLRP

(CME Track) Community Collaborative Connections™: Optimizing the Collaborative Care of Neovascular Retinal Disease in a New Age of Treatment

Navigating Advances in Neovascular Retinal Disease: Translating Evidence to Practice in AMD, DME, and RVO

Optometrists: Earn COPE CE Credits in Portland or Virtually

Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Winter 2024 – Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME (Cope Credit)

Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Winter 2024 – Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME (CME Track)

Join us at The Ophthalmology Meeting in Orlando this October

Interventional Glaucoma: The Convergence of Surgical Innovation and Therapeutic Hope

(COPE) Optimizing Management of Ocular Toxicity in Cancer Patients: The Role of Ophthalmologists in the Spectrum of Care

Community Practice Connections™: Transforming Treatment in nAMD, DME, and DR – Keeping an Eye on Optimal Outcomes

(CME) Optimizing Management of Ocular Toxicity in Cancer Patients: The Role of Ophthalmologists in the Spectrum of Care

Expert Perspectives on Technological Advances in Cataract Surgery

Expanding Treatment Options for Demodex Blepharitis: Patient-Centric Approaches to Therapy

Expanding Treatment Options for Demodex Blepharitis: Patient-Centric Approaches to Therapy

(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Applying Advances in Neovascular Retinal Disease - Expanding Treatment Intervals & Enhancing Outcomes

Interventional Glaucoma Treatment: Evolving Paradigms for Addressing Unmet Needs

Burst CME™ Part 3: Initiating Early Intervention in Patients With Glaucoma Who Fail Pharmacological Therapy

(CME Track) Burst CME™ Part 1: Insights Into Glaucoma and the Need for Early Intervention

Interventional Glaucoma Treatment: Evolving Paradigms for Addressing Unmet Needs

(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Applying Advances in Neovascular Retinal Disease - Expanding Treatment Intervals & Enhancing Outcomes

(CME Track) Neurotrophic Keratitis in Focus – From Early Recognition to Strategic Intervention

(COPE Track) Neurotrophic Keratitis in Focus – From Early Recognition to Strategic Intervention

(CME Track) Leveraging Rho Kinase Inhibition in Glaucoma Management — How Can Novel Treatment Pathways Impact Patient Outcomes?

EnVision Summit

(CME Track) Revolutionizing nAMD and DME Management: Collaborative Strategies in the Age of Durable Treatments

Practical Approaches to Modern Dry Eye Treatment and Management

(CME Track) The TED Perspective: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Thyroid Eye Care

(CME Track) Expanding Horizons in Toric IOLs: Translating Technological Advances Into Improved Patient Outcomes

(CME Track) The Neural Frontier: Mapping Neurostimulation Across the DED Patient Spectrum for Refractive Surgery

(CME Track) Patient-Centered Treatment Strategies in the Management of nAMD and DME

(CME Track) Visionary Approaches: Rethinking Therapeutic and Interventional Glaucoma Management

(COPE Credit) Time Matters in GA: The Impact of Early Detection and Proactive Treatment Approaches

(COPE Track) Revolutionizing nAMD and DME Management: Collaborative Strategies in the Age of Durable Treatments

(COPE Track) Visionary Approaches: Rethinking Therapeutic and Interventional Glaucoma Management

(COPE Track) The Neural Frontier: Mapping Neurostimulation Across the DED Patient Spectrum for Refractive Surgery

(COPE Track) Expanding Horizons in Toric IOLs: Translating Technological Advances Into Improved Patient Outcomes

(COPE Track) The TED Perspective: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Thyroid Eye Care

(COPE Track) Patient-Centered Treatment Strategies in the Management of nAMD and DME