OEPF Faculty Round table on CC Courses and Certifications
Course Description
The OEPF Faculty Roundtable: CC Courses and Certifications is an insightful discussion led by experienced educators and practitioners from the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF). This course highlights the extensive benefits of participating in OEPF’s Continuing Education (CC) courses and earning certifications through the program.
Instructor Bio
Dr. Jeffrey J. Lant, or “Dr. JJ” as many call him, lives in Lake St. Louis with his wife, Heather, and three children, Lucy, Garrett, and Nolan. He grew up in Wyoming and then attended Brigham Young University, graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. After undergraduate school, Dr. Lant and his family moved to the Memphis, TN area where he attended Southern College of Optometry. After graduation in 2012, they moved to the St. Louis area to be closer to his family.
Dr. Abbondanza is the chair of the Clinical Curriculum Development Committee of the OEPF, he oversees and helps develop the continued excellence of all OEPF Clinical Curriculum educational offerings. Dr. John is a 30-year member of the American Optometric Association and a clinical associate of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF), which is the national organization of Behavioral Optometrists.
Justin Chelette, the founder of Texas Vision Therapy, was inspired by vision therapy after suffering from strabismus as a child. Seeing the difference vision therapy had in his own life, Dr. Chelette became passionate about helping others overcome their vision issues. Dr. Chelette attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with degrees in biology and French in 2013. He earned his doctorate of optometry at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, graduating with the highest honors in 2017.
Dr. Hohendorf is one of the pioneers in the development of our OEPF Clinical Curriculum Education Program. Dr. Hohendorf is a graduate of Illinois College of Optometry (1975), where he participated in an intensified vision therapy protocol under the tutelage of Doctor’s Coleman, Hatfield, and Leo Manas. After graduation, he practiced in Kentwood, MI, in a full scope practice until 2003, when he moved to Wyoming, MI and established a multidisciplinary clinic, The Vision and Sensory Center. He retired from active practice in 2017.
Dr. Virginia Donati graduated from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada in 2002 with a degree in General Sciences. She then graduated the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 2006 with a citation for Clinical Excellence and the Student Award in Clinical Ethics from the American Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO).
Dr. Virginia Donati, Dr. Hohendorf, Dr. Justin Chelette, Dr. Abbondanza, Dr. Jeffrey J. Lant
Courses Details
Course Duration
30 Days
Continuing Education Credits
01 hour
Course Price
$40
Course Description
The OEPF Faculty Roundtable: CC Courses and Certifications is an insightful discussion led by experienced educators and practitioners from the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF). This course highlights the extensive benefits of participating in OEPF’s Continuing Education (CC) courses and earning certifications through the program.
Bio
Dr. Jeffrey J. Lant, or “Dr. JJ” as many call him, lives in Lake St. Louis with his wife, Heather, and three children, Lucy, Garrett, and Nolan. He grew up in Wyoming and then attended Brigham Young University, graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. After undergraduate school, Dr. Lant and his family moved to the Memphis, TN area where he attended Southern College of Optometry. After graduation in 2012, they moved to the St. Louis area to be closer to his family.
Dr. Abbondanza is the chair of the Clinical Curriculum Development Committee of the OEPF, he oversees and helps develop the continued excellence of all OEPF Clinical Curriculum educational offerings. Dr. John is a 30-year member of the American Optometric Association and a clinical associate of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF), which is the national organization of Behavioral Optometrists.
Justin Chelette, the founder of Texas Vision Therapy, was inspired by vision therapy after suffering from strabismus as a child. Seeing the difference vision therapy had in his own life, Dr. Chelette became passionate about helping others overcome their vision issues. Dr. Chelette attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with degrees in biology and French in 2013. He earned his doctorate of optometry at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, graduating with the highest honors in 2017.
Dr. Hohendorf is one of the pioneers in the development of our OEPF Clinical Curriculum Education Program. Dr. Hohendorf is a graduate of Illinois College of Optometry (1975), where he participated in an intensified vision therapy protocol under the tutelage of Doctor’s Coleman, Hatfield, and Leo Manas. After graduation, he practiced in Kentwood, MI, in a full scope practice until 2003, when he moved to Wyoming, MI and established a multidisciplinary clinic, The Vision and Sensory Center. He retired from active practice in 2017.
Dr. Virginia Donati graduated from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada in 2002 with a degree in General Sciences. She then graduated the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 2006 with a citation for Clinical Excellence and the Student Award in Clinical Ethics from the American Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO).
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OEPF Faculty Round Table about CC Courses and Certifications
– with Dr. Jeffrey J. Lant, Dr. John Abbondanza, Dr. Justin Chelette, Dr. Robert Hohendorf, Dr. Virginia Donati