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About Dr. Grad

Present Position:
Practicing Optometrist – Manchester, CT, Since 1973
 
Professional Experience:
 
General Patient Care:

• Massachusetts College of Optometry General Clinic
  472 Commonwealth Avenue
  Boston, MA
  
• Dorchester House Community Clinic
  Dorchester Avenue
  Dorchester, MA
  
• Hanscom Air Force Base Dispensary
  New Bedford, MA
  
• Dr. Irwin T. Mancall
  21 Woodland Street
  Hartford, CT
  
• Private Practice
  122 East Center Street, Suite B
  Manchester, CT

Clinical Pathology:

• Massachusetts College of Optometry
  Pathology Clinic Under Dr. Arthur Bruce, M.D. (Harvard)
  
• United States Public Health Service Hospital
  Warren Street
  Brighton, MA
  Under Dr. Peter P. Gudas, M.D. (Tufts)
  
• Dr. Irwin T. Mancall
  21 Woodland Street
  Hartford, CT
  
• Private Practice
  122 East Center Street, Suite B
  Manchester, CT

Pediatric Optometry:

• Pediatric Clinic
  Massachusetts College of Optometry
  432 Beacon Street
  Boston, MA

Rehabilitative Optometry:

• Rehabilitative Clinic
  Massachusetts College of Optometry
  432 Beacon Street
  Boston, MA
• Gunderson Eye Clinic
  Doctor’s Building
  Boston University Hospital
  Harrison Avenue
  Boston, MA

Contact Lens:

• Contact Lens Clinic
  Massachusetts College of Optometry
  472 Commonwealth Avenue
  Boston, MA

Clinical Optics (Dispensing, Fitting, & Adjusting & Lens Modification):

• Comar Optical Company
  Sears Roebuck and Company
  West Hartford, CT
• Massachusetts College of Optometry General Clinic
  472 Commonwealth Avenue
  Boston, MA

Education:

• University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT
  September 1964 – June 1968
  Pre-Optometry
  B.A. in Zoology & Bacteriology
• University of Hartford – West Hartford, CT
  January 1969 – June 1969
  Graduate Work in Education
• Massachusetts College of Optometry – Boston, MA
  September 1969 – March 1973
  Doctor of Optometry
• New England College of Optometry – Boston, MA
  December 1986 – April 1987
  DPA Course
• Pennsylvania College of Optometry – Philadelphia, PA
  March 1990 – 1992
  TPA Course
• State University of NY – New York, NY
  June 1995 – September 1996
  Advanced Optometric Care

Professional Affiliations:

• American Optometric Association
• Connecticut Optometric Society
• New England Council of Optometrists
• Optometric Extension Program
• Fellow of Gesell Institute of Child Development

Honors:

• Placed on Dean’s List at Massachusetts College of Optometry
• Recipient of the George Comstock Scholarship, Administered by the Connecticut Optometric Society
  1970 – 1971
  1971 – 1972
  1972 – 1973
• Recipient of the Federal Health Professional Scholarship
  1971 – 1972
  1972 – 1973
• Invited by the Optometric Center of New York As One of the Outstanding Students of the 1973 Graduating Class to Go into the Residency Program in Vision Training or Contact Lenses

Miscellaneous:

• Junior High School Science Teacher
  September 1968 – June 1969