News From Low Vision Educators Special Interest Group

News From Low Vision Educators Special Interest Group

Met: Dec. 2, 2021; Virtual meeting

Chair(s): Swati Modi, UHCO (Chair) Emily Hable, IU (Chair-elect), Katie Boland, UMSLCO (Immediate past Chair)

Actions:

• Approved minutes from Summer LV Educators SIG meeting (virtual)
• Announced time and date of Summer SIG meeting at MCPHS

Topics Discussed/Speakers:

• Medicare and Treating Vision Impairment (Lori Grover, AOA Trustee)
• iBook Updates (Tracy Matchinski, ICO)
• Committee Updates: AAO Low Vision Section (Karen Squier, SCO), AOA Vision Rehabilitation Committee (Sarah Hinkley, MCO), AAO LV Section Program Chair (Roanne Flom, OSU)

Further Discussions:

• Updates on summer meeting projects: interprofessional education, LV grand rounds, author case reports, pipeline of LV student interestRelevant AAO & AOA section meetings as well as AAO Diplomate process for LV
• LV Residency Title/sub-specialization status
• Potential overlap of Summer SIG meeting with Ophthalmic Optics Educators SIG at MCPHS

Sponsors: Eschenbach Optik of America, Lighthouse for the Blind Industries (St. Louis)

• Sponsor presentation: Eschenbach Optik of America, Ken Bradley

Contact LaShawn Sidbury Duckett , Director of Meetings and SIGs, for additional questions – lsidbury@opted.org