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WINTER 2024
Your Impact at ICO in 2024

We are deeply grateful to you, our supporters, for making a lasting impact on the lives of those we serve. 

Thank you for your unwavering commitment to our mission.

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WINTER 2024
Dr. Newton K. Wesley Research Center, A Year Later

Fifteen years ago, ICO was not a recognized research institute. Today, we’re involved in 117 ongoing projects, many spanning years. In the last year alone, ICO has added twenty newly funded studies, with another ten to fifteen in the pipeline. There is no doubt that ICO is now a strong clinical research institute.

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WINTER 2024
Research Highlight: Developing and Validating a Clinical Decision Support System for Glaucoma Patients

Over the past twenty years, clinical decision support systems have significantly expanded and are now commonplace across many medical fields. These tools have aided many disciplines within medicine to provide greater efficiency and accuracy. 

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WINTER 2024
Alumni Ambassador Highlight: Stacy Hinkemeyer-Colatrella, OD ’96

On the Alumni Council, “we all have a passion for ICO,” says Stacy Hinkemeyer-Colatrella, OD ’96 in a recent interview. An insight she can confidently share, having served as past president of the Alumni Council. 

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WINTER 2024
Renovate to Innovate: Modernizing the Primary Eye Care Clinic

After almost forty years, the Primary Eye Care Clinic at the Illinois Eye Institute (IEI) is getting a complete renovation.   The glass bricks and dusty rose Formica will officially be retired. “This is much more than a facelift,” says Stephanie Messner, OD, Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs, “The Primary Eye Care Center is where clinical education begins and where nearly every adult patient enters the IEI. It is foundational to the clinical experience at ICO.

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WINTER 2024
White Coat 2024

This year’s White Coat Ceremony was our largest in over five years! The Class of 2027 was joined by many of their friends and family to celebrate the next stage of their optometric journey. White Coat 2024 marks a significant milestone for our second-year students, serving not only as a symbol of their transition to working in clinic, but an acknowledgement of how far they have come during their first year with us.

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WINTER 2024
Homecoming 2024

ICO’s annual Homecoming celebration is one of our most highly anticipated events for good reason. It provides our ICO family an opportunity to mix, mingle and network with alumni, students, faculty, and staff alike. It’s no surprise that this year’s event was yet another huge success!

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