Residency Opportunities
NECO offers residencies in cornea and contact lens, low vision rehabilitation, ocular disease, pediatric optometry, primary care optometry, and vision rehabilitation at various locations throughout New England.
NECO-affiliated residency programs begin approximately July 1 and end approximately June 30 of the following year.
All residency programs affiliated with NECO hold the status of “Accredited” or are
applicants seeking an initial accreditation status from the Accreditation Council on
Optometric Education (ACOE) (for more information, contact the ACOE. website:
www.theacoe.org; email: [email protected] ).
Cornea and Contact Lens
Coordinator: Lauren McLoughlin, OD
Positions: 1
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Coordinator: Jennifer Liao, OD
Positions: 2
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Low Vision Rehabiliation
Coordinator: Alexis Malkin, OD
Positions: 1
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Ocular Disease
Emphasis: Community Health Optometry and Primary Care Optometry
Coordinator: Nikita Aneja, 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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Coordinator: Susan Janik, OD
Positions: 1
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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: Anne Bertolet, OD
Positions: 4
West Roxbury Campus Coordinator: Joey Kane, OD
Positions: 2
Coordinator: Nicole Roy, OD
Positions: 4
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Emphasis Areas: Low Vision Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Coordinator: Nancy Shenouda-Awad, OD
Positions: 4 paid, 1 without compensation
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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
Co-Coordinators: Nadia Zalatimo, OD and Kelly Schoorens
Positions: 2 paid, 1 without compensation
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Coordinators: Laura Dowd, OD and Kyla Duchin, OD
Positions: 2
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Emphasis Area: Ocular Disease
Coordinators: Amanda Hunter, OD, Fatima Raposo, OD
Positions: 4
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Emphasis Areas: Glaucoma and Retina
Coordinator: Richard Frick, OD
Positions: 3
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Pediatric Optometry
Coordinator: Kristen Kerber, 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: Rebecca Ray Doyle, OD
Positions: 2
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Vision Rehabilitation
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.