Residency Opportunities
NECO offers residencies in cornea and contact lens, ocular disease, pediatric optometry, primary care optometry, and vision rehabilitation at various locations throughout New England.
NECO-affiliated residency programs begin July 1 and end June 30 of the following year and are accredited by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE).
Cornea and Contact Lens
Coordinator: Lauren McLoughlin, OD
Positions: 1
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Coordinator: Jennifer Liao, OD
Positions: 2
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Ocular Disease
Emphasis: Community Health Optometry and Primary Care Optometry
Co-Coordinators: Nikita Aneja, OD & Nicole Pogue, OD
Positions: 1
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Emphasis Areas: Community Health Optometry
Coordinator: Dan Bastian, OD
Positions: 1
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Emphasis Area: Cornea and Contact Lenses
Coordinator: Amy Watts, OD
Positions: 2
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Emphasis Area: Primary Care Optometry
Coordinator: Paul Colburn, OD
Positions: 2
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Emphasis Areas: Ocular Disease and Primary Care Optometry
Jamaica Plain Campus Coordinator: Tak Chau, OD
Positions: 3
Brockton Campus Coordinator: Kevin Toolin, OD
Positions: 4
West Roxbury Campus Coordinator: Rachel Druckenbrod, OD
Positions: 2
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Emphasis Areas: Low Vision Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Coordinator: Nancy Shenouda-Awad, OD
Positions: 4
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Emphasis Areas: Ocular Disease and Primary Care Optometry
Coordinator: Emily Carell, OD
Positions: 1
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Emphasis Areas: Glaucoma and Retina
Coordinator: Nadia Zalatimo, OD
Positions: 2 paid, 1 WOC
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Coordinator: Laura Dowd, OD
Positions: 2
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Emphasis Area: Ocular Disease
Coordinator: Amanda Hunter, OD
Positions: 4 (2 funded, 2 WOC)
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Emphasis Areas: Glaucoma and Retina
Coordinator: Richard Frick, OD
Positions: 3
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Pediatric Optometry
Coordinator: Nicole Quinn, OD
Positions: 2
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Primary Care Optometry
Emphasis Areas: Community Health Optometry and Ocular Disease
Coordinator: Grace Jeong, OD
Positions: 1
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Emphasis Areas: Community Health Optometry and Ocular Disease
Coordinator: David Mills, OD, MBA
Positions: 2
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Vision Rehabilitation
Emphasis Area: Low Vision Rehabilitation
Coordinator: Alexis Malkin, OD
Positions: 1
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Emphasis Areas: Low Vision Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Coordinator: Jennifer Gustafson, OD
Positions: 1
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For Information
Contact the Program Coordinator of each site for details related to the individual program.