Ear on Careers – Dr. Rose Frasco, Optometrist
September 16, 2010
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Dr. Rose Frasco, Optometrist
In this episode of “Ear on Careers,” we are pleased to welcome Dr. Rose Frasco, an optometrist with the Liva Eye Center in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Frasco has been named one of the “Top Optometrists in America” by the Consumer Research Council of America.
In the seventh grade, Dr. Frasco was introduced to eye care when her grandmother needed cataract surgery. Her interest in the field deepened throughout high school, after which she worked with an optician and an optometrist. She attended Siena College in Albany, knowing that she wanted to become an optometrist. However, life took an unexpected turn in the form of a car accident during college. In order to graduate with her class, she changed her major to English, with a biology minor. After attending Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey to take prerequisite classes for optometry school, Dr. Frasco attended the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There, she achieved Highest Clinical Honors, Honors in Pediactrics and was awarded the Conforma Contact Lens Award of Excellence, and graduated with a Doctorate of Optometry degree in 2001. Dr. Frasco’s optometric internships/residency were completed at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware and at Seidenberg Protzko Eye Associates, in Havre de Grace, Maryland, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins Medical Center.
Listen as Dr. Frasco describes a “typical day” for her: seeing 30-40 patients with different vision/eye issues. She shares a “war story” that demonstrates her dedication to her patients, in which she was able to place a temporary bandage contact lens in a 4-year-old girl’s eye after being hit by a dog – so that she was able perfectly to perform her duties as a flower girl the next day! In addition, Dr. Frasco explains the differences among opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists, offers tips for those listeners who want to go into the field of optometry as well as what surprises her the most about her chosen field. We hope this podcast gives you eye-opening information into the very rewarding field of optometry!
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Thought this was a great interview; interesting, informative, and held my interest. I understand more about optometrists now, and think Dr. Frasco sounds like a great doctor.