Stonegate Professional Building 379 Prospect Street, Suite B P.O. Box 448 Torrington, Connecticut 06790 Phone: (860) 489-2781 Fax: (860) 489-9017 MBlond2@aol.com www.drblondin.com EDUCATION Pennsylvania college of Optometry, Philadelphia, PA. 1978 Additional Public Health courses taken a University of Pennsylvania, Department of Epidemiology. UNDERGRADUATE: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1971-1974 B.S. in Biology, Cum Laude, May, 1975. HONORS AND ACTIVITIES Pennsylvania College of Optometry: Member, Beta Sigma Kappa, Optometric Honor Society. Alumni Association Award, Honorable Mention, academic average in top 10% of class. Advanced Optometric Public Health Training Award for Participation at P.C.O. and the University of Pennsylvania. University of Notre Dame: Biology Major, Dean’s List student. Varsity Fencing Team. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Private Solo Practitioner:August, 1979 to present. Services rendered include primary eye care, hard and soft contact lenses, vision rehabilitation and low vision care, pediatric optometry and emergency ocular first aid. Staff Optometrist: Veteran's Administration Medical Center, West Haven, CT March, 1980 to 1986. Position includes part-time direct patient care on primary and secondary levels, and research oriented activities in hospital eye clinic, as well as supervision of optometry residents and development and supervision of contact lens clinic. Visiting Professional Staff Member: The Eye Institute, Pennsylvania College of Optometry August, 1983 to September, 1987 Faculty Consultant: Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia, PA August, 1979 to October, 1979. Course developed, organized and taught entitled, "Health Care II: Epidemiology" Residency In Primary Care Optometry: Module IV, The Eye Institute, Pennsylvania college of Optometry August, 1978 to August, 1979. Duties included direct patient care, as well as on-call emergency activity, instruction and supervision of health care students in theoretical and clinical aspects of primary care. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Optometric Association Connecticut Association of Optometrists Fellow, American Academy of Optometry President, VOSH - Connecticut VOSH-CONNECTICUT Organized chapter of VOSH/International for the State of Connecticut in 2001. Currently serving as President. Clinic Director for eye clinic in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and upcoming 2007, supervising over 100 staff and volunteer members performing eye examinations for over 12,000 local residents in the past eight years. Previously served as staff doctor in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua eye clinic January, 1999 and 2000. LICENSES Currently licensed to practice optometry in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Certification in both diagnostic and therapeutic drugs in Connecticut. PAPERS, RESEARCH PROJECTS A review of the literature relation to Incidence and Prevalence of Selected Visual Condition. By: R. Bennett, M. Blondin and J. Ruskiewicz Journal of the American Optometric Association. 53 (8): 647-656, August, 1982. Photo Clinic : Epidermal Inclusion Cyst of Upper Lid Optometric Monthly, April, 1982, pg.212. A review of the Literature Concerning the Epidemiology of Senile Macular Degeneration: By: M. Blondin and P.R. Kenya American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics 58 (8): 643-647, 1981. PROVIDER PANELS |
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