Week 3, Day 1

Welcome to Week 3! This week will combine some continued learning, another stellar guest speaker, and working on your projects. There will also likely be some learning in terms of software/apps.

There are two tasks to do today:

  • If you have not yet written Dan Fogarty and thank you, and if you wish to, please write it in this doc. Malayka will send Dan a pdf with the appreciation messages on Wednesday, July 1.

  • Prepare for Dr. Neera Kapoor’s talk on Tuesday, see below.

 
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COMPLETE AUTHOR BIO: • Dr. Neera Kapoor graduated with a Masters of Vision Sciences, Doctor of Optometry, and Residency in Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation, all at SUNY-College of Optometry in the mid-1990s. • She served as Chief of Vision Rehabilitation Services from June 2010 through early July 2015 and remained at SUNY College of Optometry through early 2016. • In early 2016, she transitioned from SUNY-College of Optometry to NYU-School of Medicine, where she holds the rank of Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine as of May 2020. She also has been providing clinical care as a neuro-optometrist at NYU-Langone Health's RUSK Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine since early 2016. • Dr. Kapoor has co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles, 10 textbook chapters, and 25 poster presentations, and has presented over 120 lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally, regarding vision and acquired brain injury.

Dr. Kapoor’s resume

 

Dr. Kapoor suggests that you read this papers prior to her talk:

  • Podcasts and readings:

    • Episode XVIII Dr. Neera Kapoor OD Part I: The Role of Neuro-Optometry in Concussion Management (33-minute podcast hosted on the “Spreaker” website. The episode can also be found on iTunes, Google Play, and YouTube.)

    • Episode 22: Dr. Neera Kapoor OD Part II: Role of Neuro-Optometry in Concussion Management (38-minute podcast on Spreaker. The episode can also be found on iTunes, Google Play, and YouTube.

    • Review our Vision Therapy page.

    • Read this NORA page and this COVD page just for a quick overview of the two organizations.

    • Read the Joint Statement by NORA and COVD, both the article about it and the statement itself. I believe these two associations want to see the next International Consensus on Concussion in Sport include vision diagnosis and therapy as a recommended treatment.

  • These are questions that Malayka has been wondering about. You don’t necessarily need to follow this down.

    • How does vision therapy in a NORA or COVD affiliated optometrist clinic differ from vestibular-ocular therapy in a PT clinic? Several of CA’s consultation clients have described symptoms that sound vision-related, but they are not interested in seeing a neuro-optometrist because they said they have already done vestibular-ocular PT. What do we tell these clients?

    • How does the practice of a neuro-ophthalmologist differ from a neuro-optometrists practice, with regard to concussion patients?

    • What do you think of the new RightEye technology? What, if anything, does it add to diagnosis and treatment for concussion patients?

      • Conor did the RightEye exam while at the North American Brain Injury Association annual conference in New Orleans in February. The COVD affiliated optometrist clinic that Conor went to, Alderwood Vision Clinic, has since started using RightEye in its clinic.

      • Would RightEye be a lower-cost alternative for patients? I think it involves one clinic visit to do the test, and then the patients do the RightEye vision therapy online, interfacing with RightEye individualized therapy programs.

    • Dan Fogarty went to the Mind-Eye Institute, where he got his glasses. How does the Mind-Eye practice differ from Dr. Kapoor’s work or that of other neuro-optometrists?