Experiences in Army Optometry

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Corina van de Pol, O.D. refracting a patient using a phoropter hung with parachute cords during a remote clinic in Vilseck, Germany circa 1993.
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Published: Jun 29, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i3.31068
Keywords:
military optometry, Army optometry, humanitarian missions, US Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory

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Corina van de Pol, OD, PhD

Abstract

In this personal account of 26 years of active service in the Army, the author writes about her experiences in various roles, first as an optician and as a maintenance officer, and then after optometry school, as an Army optometrist, and lastly after completing a Ph.D. degree, as a vision researcher.

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van de Pol, C. (2020). Experiences in Army Optometry. Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History, 51(3), 76–78. https://doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i3.31068
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Vol. 51 No. 3 (2020): Special Issue: Focus on Military Optometry
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Memoir

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Corina van de Pol, OD, PhD

Dr. Corina van de Pol received her doctorate in optometry from UC Berkeley School of Optometry in 1990 and completed her PhD in Vision Sciences at UC Berkeley in 1999. She retired from the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Service Corps in 2006. She is currently a professor at the Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University.