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New face at the Office (July 2007)
Dr. Ng comes to Hawai'i from Fullerton, CA, where she was assistant professor at the Southern California School of Optometry (SCCO) in the primary care and ocular disease departments, and clinic coordinator for eye care services. Prior to joining the SCCO faculty, she was associate optometrist for the New Westminster Family Eye Care Center in British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Ng is certified in laser vision correction, ocular disease, glaucoma and other treatments. Dr. Jenkins featured in the Honolulu Advertiser's Leadership Corner (March 2007) Interviewed by Curtis Lum Q. You are nationally recognized for the work that you do as a physician having performed the first LASIK surgery in Hawai'i in 1996. Since then, many more physicians perform laser eye surgery and technology has changed. Is it difficult to keep up with technology?A. That is one of the biggest challenges in my practice, keeping up with technology. It's kind of the exciting part of ophthalmology in that technology is changing so much that it makes it kind of fun because there's always new things to learn and it's very stimulating. But it takes a lot of time and mental energy and it also costs a lot of money to keep buying these new pieces of equipment and it is a big challenge. LASIK is a wonderful procedure and it's actually gotten to the point where it's so safe. I've done everybody in my family and I've had LASIK done to myself and it's just this advance in technology that's made it safer and safer and more predictable. Full article They raced for the cure! (October 2006)
YWCA Honors Four Hawaii Women for Leadership Tyrie Jenkins was one of this year's honorees for what has become the state's largest single event celebrating the achievements of Hawaii women. The YWCA of Honolulu selected Dr. Jenkins, Christine Camp Friedman, managing director and principal of Avalon Development Co. LLC; Carol Ai May, vice president of City Mill, and Brig. Gen. Coral Wong Pietsch, chief judge advocate, US Army.
Art Partners
Jenkins and Norcross helped sponsor this year's Biennium exhibition on Oahu and Maui. Dr. Jenkins and husband George Norcross attended the opening reception for The Contemporary Museum's 2005 Biennial of Hawaii Artists. |
Dr. Tyrie Jenkins welcomed Optometrist Loretta T. Ng in July 2007.
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