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Michael J. Veliky, OD

Michael J. Veliky, OD

Optometrist


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Bio

Michael J. Veliky, OD, studied biology at Manhattan College and then completed the optometry doctorate. The residency year was spent at Omni Eye Services, and the practice has been the professional base ever since.

The work has stayed with one practice while widening well beyond it. Adjunct faculty appointments at six colleges of optometry mean students and residents rotate through the same clinical reasoning the practice runs on, and lecturing across the New York metropolitan area has carried that further. An earlier role helped build the internship and residency programs the practice still runs, which put teaching and clinical work on the same footing rather than treating them as separate careers.

Recognition from the state society of optometric physicians has included Optometrist of the Year and, earlier, Young Optometrist of the Year, along with a Special Purpose Award for legislative work. Dr. Veliky has served as that society's president, currently leads its Bergen-Passaic counterpart, and belongs to the American Optometric Association. In Dr. Veliky's own words, "Optometry gave me a career, so serving the profession and teaching the group coming up behind is not extra work, it is part of the job. Students ask the questions that keep me honest about why I do things the way I do." Patients can visit Dr. Veliky at Omni Eye Services in Rochelle Park.