OPT Visionary - Spring/Summer 2013

THE V ISIONARY • S PRING /S UMMER 2013 — 17 the Master of Science in Clinical Vision Research Program and serves as the principal investigator for the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Study (CITS), which is PEDIG sponsored and funded. Shannon Dehesa, O.D. , has a broad area of interests that includes am- blyopia, autism, and vision assessment for special needs children. She has authored and presented several posters on these topics at the American Optometric Association and SECO meetings. She also has been an assistant lab instructor for the Pediatric Optometry/Optometric Management of Learn- ing-Related Vision Problems Lab and the Anomalies of Binocular Vision I and II lab. In addition, Dr. Dehesa co-teaches the Pediatric Case Conference course for fourth-year students. Matthew Walsh, O.D. , is the newest member of the pediatrics team and an NSUCO graduate who completed his residency at SUNY and joined the faculty just over a year ago. Dr. Walsh’s instructional responsibilities include clinical supervision of strabismus, amblyopia, visual-skill and perceptual evaluations, and primary care examinations. The NSU Pediatric Optometry Program provides excellent clinical in- struction to students and residents. Faculty members are active in clinically focused research and have participated in many externally funded studies. In addition, faculty members work to provide consultations and care for re- ferred patients from infancy onward. An endowment through the Jaworski program provides vision therapy to patients who qualify based on economic need. To support excellent pediatric vision care in optometric practices, fac- ulty members also lecture at many state and national optometric meetings. The program strives to develop innovative care through its work in vision therapy, strabismus, and amblyopia treatment and autism. DR. AMSTER DR. RODENA DR. JENEWEIN DR. DEHESA DR. WALSH