Chief of Vision Rehabilitation Services Shares Research Updates
Feb 17 2022
February is Low Vision Awareness Month. Low vision is defined as any type of vision impairment affecting and individual’s activities of daily living that cannot be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, procedures or surgery. While…
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Patient Sight Series: Tinted Contact Lenses Offer Hope for Those with Achromatopsia
Sep 17 2021
Two brothers, Brendan and Philip Anderson, are experiencing relief after adopting tinted contact lenses prescribed by Sanbrita Mondal, OD, clinical adjunct assistant professor and director of the UW Health Low Vision Services. Brendan, 26, and…
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Sanbrita Mondal, OD, Awarded the McPherson Eye Research Institute 2021 Expanding Our Vision Award
Jul 06 2021
Sanbrita Mondal, OD, clinical optometrist, clinical adjunct assistant professor and director of the UW Health Low Vision Clinic, is part of a team of researchers who have been awarded the McPherson Eye Research Institute 2021…
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Low Vision Clinic to Offer Expanded Services
Mar 22 2021
Despite the ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UW Health Low Vision Clinic – led by Sanbrita Mondal, OD, clinical adjunct assistant professor – has announced that it will offer expanded services and…
Read MoreMeet Alicia Wolf, Social Worker with UW Health Patient Resources
Nov 03 2020
Patient Services in Action: Alicia Wolf As the social worker for ophthalmology services, Alicia Wolf has been assisting our providers in connecting their patients to resources to cope with low vision, as…
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Sanbrita Mondal, OD, Discusses the Low Vision Exam with WCBVI
Jul 08 2020
Sanbrita Mondal, OD, is a clinical optometrist and director of the low vision clinic at UW Health. Under Dr. Mondal’s leadership, the low vision clinic has relocated into recently renovated and more expansive space on…
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WCBVI Spearheads Safety Efforts on White Cane Safety Day
Oct 24 2019
The Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired, a long-standing partner of the department, coordinated a successful campaign this month in conjunction with White Cane Safety Day, a national observance that is recognized annually…
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Dr. John Shepherd Delivers Poignant Low Vision Presentations
Jun 03 2019
On Friday, May 31, John Shepherd, MD, assistant professor and director of the Weigel Williamson Center for Visual Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, presented “Recognizing and Addressing Depression in the Low Vision…
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Low Vision Lunch and Learn Series Continues to Educate Staff
Oct 17 2018
Nearly 140 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) and UW Health providers, technicians, residents, students, schedulers, administrative, and other clinic and support staff attended the second installment of the Low Vision Lunch and Learn…
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