Optometrist in private practice; lecturer/writer (glaucoma, retina, imaging); member (AAO, OGS); golf hack.
Waterloo, ON
Joined April 2011
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OGS Perspective: IOP fluctuation and disc hemorrhage are risk factors for visual field progression in advanced glaucoma ... healio.com/news/optometry/20…
OGS Perspective: the Jelly of the Month Club, and 20 years of the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study ... healio.com/news/optometry/20…
OGS Perspective: the impact of SAP testing strategy on detecting VF progression ... healio.com/news/optometry/20…
So, @celliottability stood in the legislature today and said the @ONOptometrists asked for her $39 million bribe … THAT IS A FLAT-OUT LIE (yes, I’m yelling …), and on top of that, 90% of optometrists wrote letters refusing to accept it. Unconscionable. #SaveEyeCare #onpoli
It's wrong that seniors & children are unable to access the vital #EyeCare services they need.
Today I asked the Premier if he will do the basic math & agree to fairly compensate #Optometrists so Ontarians can get the health care they deserve. (1/2)
#EyeCareIsHealthCare #onpoli
Derek MacDonald retweeted
This is on you @celliottability, @PBethlenfalvy and @fordnation. Thank you @GilaMartow for doing your professional best for your patients! #onpoli @WillBoumaBrant @OAOPresident
Derek MacDonald retweeted
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. #SirWalterScott #SaveEyeCare
@celliottability @fordnation @RobinMartinPC ... how do you define "disingenuous"? Well, this is a pretty good start. #SaveEyeCare #onpoli #howcanyoulookinthemirror
Derek MacDonald retweeted
Make a difference and get your constituents their eye care back!
@celliottability said that eye doctors shouldn't need to pay for OHIP exams out of their own pocket but refuses to put that in writing.
That statement can end this job action.
#saveeyecare #eyecareishealthcare
Derek MacDonald retweeted
After 2 days of mediation, the provincial government left the bargaining table and turned their backs once again on our patients. The government is more concerned with saving face than saving access to eye care for vulnerable Ontarians. #SaveEyeCare
So, @RobinMartinPC suggests that @ONOptometrists reduce quality of care to align with the 1990s level @fordnation funding. Really? Hey @celliottability can I borrow a match? My ophthalmo-candle blew out while I was examining a veteran with glaucoma. #SaveEyeCare #onpoli
Minister @celliottability says @ONOptometrists refuse to negotiate.
Past President @doctordrm responds here:
omny.fm/shows/alan-carter/op…
#onpoli @am640
Yep, a swing and a miss by @reggcohn in a weak attempt to generate a few more clicks ... perhaps he was only paid half his costs? Fortunately, no one's life or sight was at risk, unlike the situation facing @ONOptometrists in our fight to #SaveEyeCare in Ontario. #onpoli
thestar.com/politics/politic… Sorry, @reggcohn has a rare miss today. "Follow the money" to the bullies @celliottability and @fordnation for the solution to this problem. Or does @reggcohn welcome @TorontoStar paying columnists for less than half their costs? #onpoli @OAOPresident
Bingo. Trust is earned, and @celliottability @fordnation @RobinMartinPC appear to be doing everything in their power to ensure that @ONOptometrists have no reason to believe anything they say. Commit to paying your bills, and #SaveEyeCare in Ontario. #onpoli
At a cost of $10,000 a day for mediation that @celliottability goes and shared confidential information to twitter for everyone to see. And she wonders why the @ONOptometrists don’t trust anything that comes out of her mouth.
Fake invoice in the summer, fake invitation in the fall ... @celliottability @fordnation @RobinMartinPC the only people that you're fooling are yourselves #SaveEyeCare #onpoli
Derek MacDonald retweeted
It’s time to stand up for eyecare in Ontario. 400 optometrists showed up at Queens Park yesterday to show how unified we are. It’s time to fix this and show leadership @celliottability @fordnation
It has been 35 days since seniors and kids in Ontario have been able to access eye care.
Today, @AndreaHorwath told the story of Beverly Murray, a resident of our community, whose daughter suffers from eye pain and migraines, and can’t get eye care even though she is insured.
Derek MacDonald retweeted
Hey @GilaMartow @JimMcDonell @JaneMcKennaON @MonteMcNaughton @normmillerpc be the hero these students deserve! Tell @celliottability to not lose our best and brightest to other provinces that actually cover their costs! #SaveEyeCare #onpoli
... yet @celliottability says that optometrists shouldn't be expected to pay out-of-pocket for OHIP-insured services. Hmmm. I'm confused ... MOH needs to commit to the principle of, at minimum, cost recovery and work with @ONOptometrists to #SaveEyeCare today. #onpoli
So @RobinMartinPC states that Ontario is the only province in which patients don’t have to dip into their pockets for eye exams. She fails to mention that OPTOMETRISTS are the ones who are dipping into their pockets to pay for their patient's eye exams!! #SaveEyeCare #onpoli
With apologies for what may be poor audio (en route to Queen’s Park), here’s why I think that @celliottability didn’t quite get it right in the House today … #SaveEyeCare
Minister @celliottability says @ONOptometrists refuse to negotiate.
Past President @doctordrm responds here:
omny.fm/shows/alan-carter/op…
#onpoli @am640
en route to Queen’s Park, and hoping that @celliottability @fordnation and @RobinMartinPC make time to attend @ONOptometrists rally and commit to sustainable funding for visually vulnerable Ontarians. You have the chance to be the heroes who #SaveEyeCare #onpoli
We asked, they ignored. We petitioned, they refused. We called, they didn't answer. Now we WALK for a sustainable solution to #SaveEyeCare. Join ON ODs to protest in inaction of @fordnation and @celliottability. Help #ProtectOurVision @GregRickford @JR_Ottawa @RossRomanoSSM
