Externship Site
Northport VA Medical Center
ICO STUDENTS ACCEPTED EACH QUARTER
Essentials
Location
79 Middleville Rd
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Northport
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11768
U.S.A.
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Northeast US
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Description
The Northport VAMC Eye Clinic provides primary care, vision therapy, ocular disease, vision rehabilitation, and low vision services to the veteran population. We have 4 full-time and 11 part-time doctors, 1 technician, and 1 optician on staff. We offer pragmatic experience in a hospital setting and are equipped with up-to-date ophthalmic technology.
Students are expected to:
1) Perform comprehensive and problem-oriented examinations with active and independent clinical thinking; not basic data collection.
2) Understand and apply therapeutic management of glaucoma, anterior and posterior segment disease; be able to screen and test for binocularity and accommodative disorders.
3) Participate in our morning lecture series; prepare at least two 20-minute presentations
Number of Student Encounters
Average number of patients per week per student:
30
How many are full exams?
How many are special testing?
25
How many are observation only?
1-3
Relative Percentage of Student Encounters
10
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15
10
% = Routine Refractive
% = Contact Lens
% = Ocular Disease
% = Pediatric / Binocular Vision
% = Low Vision
Facility Details
Required equipment:
VA Issured PIV cards must be worn at all times. Lab coat + business casual OR scrubs.
Contact for externship liason:
Grace Tan, OD
grace.tan2@va.gov AND tanmarOD@gmail.com
631-261-4400 (ext 2175), (ext 2038), (ext 7165)
Arrival procedure for students:
Orientation is 4 hours long, on the morning of the first day. All students receive an orientation packet.
Attending Staff - Full Time:
Shephali Patel, OD FAAO (Primary Care, Vision Rehab, Ocular Disease)
Lynn Finnegan, OD (Primary Care, Contact Lens, Ocular Disease)
Danielle Kalberer, OD FAAO (Ocular Disease)
Attending Staff - Part Time:
Grace Tan, OD (Primary Care, Pediatrics/Vision Therapy, Vision Rehab, Ocular Disease)
Bradley Meltzer, OD FCOVD (Primary Care, Pediatrics/Vision Therapy, Vision Rehab)
Lisa Chan-O'Connell, OD FAAO (Vision Rehab)
Gina Cardone, OD (Primary Care, Ocular Disease)
Miscellaneous comments:
Students are expected to a total of 6-10 per day. They are required to check-in their patient with an attending and independently conduct a thorough exam, including retinal evaluation. Each patient is then checked by an attending.
Housing:
We offer an on-campus housing at no charge, with a $50 refundable cash deposit. More details to follow in welcome email.
Interprofessional Education (IPE) or Collaborative Practice:
As part of the morning seminar series, students are required to attend in-service lectures when clinicians from other services come to lecture. Specialties are in-service lectures with neuro, derm, radiology, and PT.
Additional Information:
Click here to review onboarding requirements. If you do not see your site listed on Sharepoint, contact your preceptor directly.
Student Review
Ocular Disease
Facility specialties:
Facility category:
Ocular Disease (Specialty 2)
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Preferred; public transit: train/bus available.
Yes
Facility website
Student Clinic Hours
4:30 pm
8:00 am
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Additional Info about Hours:
M-Th: 8-9am includes mandatory seminar; clinic to start at 9am. Friday clinic starts at 8 am. Lunches built daily.
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