Author: Michael Sellers

The Future in Focus: Integrating Emerging Technology in Low Vision Rehabilitation

This lecture explores contemporary low vision rehabilitation through real-world clinical cases, highlighting how traditional optical devices integrate with mainstream and emerging technologies. Participants will examine built-in accessibility features and advanced assistive tools, along with targeted training strategies to support individuals with severe vision loss. Emphasis is placed on assessing vocational and daily living demands to guide individualized compensatory approaches that enhance independence and quality of life.
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Seeing Beyond Acuity: Case Studies in Pediatric Low Vision from CVI to Albinism

This course offers a concise, clinically focused overview of cerebral visual impairment (CVI) and albinism, highlighting how neurological and structural differences affect visual and functional vision beyond visual acuity alone. Using case-based assessment, guided history tools, and current research, participants will learn to evaluate visual processing, functional vision, and real-world access challenges. The course emphasizes interdisciplinary management, educational accommodations, and individualized, function-focused care planning.
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Glaucoma: Out of the Shallows

This case-based course explores multimodal imaging to identify subtle/shallow cupping and focal structural loss within the vulnerable zone. Attendees will evaluate management strategies for Normal Tension Glaucoma using integrated structural and functional data.
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Unique, New Strategies for the Pharmaologic Treatment of Dry Eye Disease: Focus on Neuromodulation

Join an expert panel consisting of an ophthalmologist and an optometrist to discuss the burden and causes of DED, the role of the lacrimal functional unit (LFU) in DED pathophysiology, and the rationale for targeted neuromodulation. The panel will also explore the symptoms of DED and the new pharmacologic agents that target the LFU, along with clinical evidence supporting their use.
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