Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My, my, my! And all the while, I thought you were talking about your Outside Diameter! Dan ( With a large OD, himself!) - ----- Original Message ----- From: Clompus, Dr. Richard [INN] <RCLOMPUS@INNUS.JNJ.com> To: 'John Hudson' <jahudson@direct.ca>; Leica Users Group (E-mail) <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 9:25 AM Subject: [Leica] What's An OD? > John asked, > > I'm curious. What is an "OD" ? > > An OD degree is doctor of optometry in the U.S. I went 4 > years undergrad with a BS in Biology, then 4 years optometry resulting in an > OD degree and finally a 1 year residency in a University Hospital system. > After twenty years of private practice, I decided to work for Johnson and > Johnson and now find myself learning a whole new vocabulary - like reduction > of negative variance, ROI and org charts. Its actually quite exciting to > have new challenges and I still get to photograph along the way. My job > involves educating 40,000 eye docs in the U.S, about new lenses we will be > introducing to help folks see better. Quite exciting stuff. > > Best regards, > > Richard Clompus, OD