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Externship Site List

Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry requires that students complete formal, hands-on training at approved clinical sites and practices during their fourth year of study.

Please Note:Information below is subject to change without notice. Every attempt will be made to keep the information up-to-date.

*Does not specialize in Ocular Disease.

List of NSU Externship Sites
externship site location students per rotation
Aker-Kasten Eye Center Boca Raton, FL 2
Allied Eye Chattanooga, TN 1
Aran Eye Associates North Miami Beach, FL 4
Associates in Ophthalmology West Mifflin, PA 1
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Miami, FL 3 (6 month rotation)
Braverman Eye Center Hollywood, FL 3
Broward Eye Care * Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1
Center for Excellence in Eye Care Miami, FL 1
Center for Retina and Macular Disease Lakeland, FL 1
Clayton Eye Center Morrow, GA 2
Coastal Vision Center * Fernandina Bch, FL 1
Commonwealth Eye Surgery Lexington, KY 1
CorrectVision Laser Institute Pembroke Pines, FL 2
Draisin Vision Group* Charleston, SC 1
Robert M. Easton, Jr, OD, FAAO, PA * Oakland Park, FL 1
Envision Eye Care* Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1-2
Eye Associates of Pinellas Pinellas Park, FL 1
Eye Centers of South Florida North Miami Beach, FL 4
Filutowski Eye Institute Lake Mary, FL 1
Ft. Lauderdale Eye Institute Plantation, FL 2
Frantz Eyecare Ft. Myers, FL 1
Drs. Heiden & Heiden, PA * Hollywood, FL 1
Indian Health Services Multiple Sites Multiple
Katzen Eye Group Towson, MD 1
MacDill Air Force Base * Tampa, FL 1
Magruder Laser Vision Orlando, FL 1
Maine Optometry * Brunswick, ME            1
Marciano Family Optometric* WPB, FL 2
MCR Health Services, Inc.* Bradenton, FL 2 (students per quarter)
Miamisburg Vision Care * Miamisburg, OH 1
Milan Eye Center Cumming, GA 1
Mittleman Eye West Palm Beach, FL 1
MVT/CEC * Miami, FL 1
Ocean Optics* Delray Beach, FL 1
Omni Eye Services Atlanta, GA 1

Planet Vision Eyecare* 

Greenacres, FL 2
Richard E. Sorkin, OD, PA* St. Petersburg, FL 1
Shanghai Eye & ENT Hospital Shanghai, China 2-4
South Florida Laser Eye Center Plantation, FL 1
South Florida Vision* Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2 per location
Southwest Orlando Eye Care * Orlando, FL 1
The Eye Institute Melbourne, FL 1
Tianjin Eye Hospital Tianjin, China 2-4
Triangle Vision Optometry * Gastonia, NC 1
University of Pittsburg Eye Center Pittsburg, PA 1
Vision Care and Surgery Associates Weston & Hialeah, FL 3
Vision Unlimited* Miami, FL 1
Walter Reed Military Medical Center at Bethesda* Bethesda, MD 1
Williamson Eye Center Baton Rouge, LA 1

NSU Externship Programs at VA Medical Centers

List of NSU Externship Programs at VA Medical Centers
externship site location students per rotation
VA Central Western MA HCS Leeds, MA 1
VA Medical Center in Bay Pines Bay Pines, FL 1 (6 month rotation encouraged)
VA Medical Center in Charleston Charleston, SC   1 (6 month rotation encouraged)
VA Medical Center in Columbia Columbia, SC 1-3 (competes w/other colleges; 6 month rotation encouraged)
VA Medical Center in Erie Erie, PA 1 1
VA Medical Center in Gainesville Gainsville, FL 2
VA Jacksonville Outpatient Clinic Jacksonville, FL 1
VA Medical Center in Lake City Lake City, FL 1
VA Medical Center in Miami Miami, FL 1
VA Medical Center in Lake Baldwin Orlando, FL

1-3

VA Medical Center in Lake Nona Orlando, FL

3

VA Medical Center in Salisbury Salisbury, NC Depends on availability
VA Tallahassee Outpatient Clinic (OPC) Tallahassee, FL 1
VA Medical Center in the Villages The Villages, FL 1
VA Viera Outpatient Clinic Viera, FL 1
VA Medical Center in WPB West Palm Beach, FL 2
VA Medical Center in Wilmington Wilmington, DE 1 (6 month rotation encouraged)
VA William Bill Kling Sunrise, FL 1-2
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