Practitioner stories
Optometrists, dispensing opticians and eye care professionals from across optics share their stories
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Described as “totally dedicated to the profession,” the optical technician and practice director with a near 70-year career in optics has died at the age of 83
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Optometrist and practice owner, Ameerah Riaz Ahmed, shares how her family have been the driving force and motivation behind her career aspirations
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Isle of Wight-based practice owner, Farzeen Khan, on the challenges she found whilst uncovering her love of optics in 1990s Nepal
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Tributes have been paid to the “wit, humour and roof-raising talent” of an Edinburgh optometrist, who has died at the age of 60
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Anjana Taank, of Cambridge independent Taank Optometrists, on bouncing back from a fire and flood during the pandemic
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The “dedicated” and “immeasurably kind” practice owner, dispensing optician and contact lens optician has died at the age of 63
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Remembered as “one of UK optometry’s unsung heroes,” Andrew Field died on 30 December 2020 at the age of 81
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The Edinburgh optometrist who “shone a light on the path for others to follow” died in December at the age of 84
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Optometrists from across the UK and Ireland reflect on their successes at the close of a year filled with challenges
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Husband and wife team of the newly-rebranded Baird Optometrists, Andrew and Fiona Baird, talk to OT about pursuing their dream of opening their second practice