Archive for February 2017
Warning: Clean Your Contacts Regularly
Free-living amoebae can cause a severe sight-threatening infection of the cornea known as Acanthamoeba keratitis. The number of reported cases worldwide is increasing year after year, mostly in contact lens wearers. Make sure you are cleaning your contact lenses regularly and correctly. Watch this video for more information.
Read MoreThree Blind Men and an Elephant: Post Brain-Injury Vision Rehabilitation Seminar
Come join our very own doctor, Penelope S. Suter, OD, FCOVD, FNORA this weekend as she talks more about Brain Injury and Vision Rehabilitation. Since March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, this Practicum would provide more insight about Brain Injury and treatment options readily available. Click to Enlarge: Click here to download the flier. Click…
Read MoreKAN Conference Series 2017
On January 10, 2017, staff members Rousina Arelleno and Shari L. Stamps attended the Kern Autism Network Conference series at the Canyon Hills Church located on 7001 Auburn Street. Dr. Suter’s office is one of several local sponsors who provide information about visual processing deficits in children and adults on the Autism Spectrum. The guest…
Read MoreInterdisciplinary Research to Restore Binocular Coordination | Tara Alvarez | TEDxNJIT
Tara Alvarez is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). After obtaining her Ph.D. in BME at Rutgers University and partaking in numerous research at Bell Labs, she helped found NJIT’s BME Department in 2001. Alvarez and her team seek to understand how the brain works as it locates…
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