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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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…
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Lighthouse Guild Offers Tele-health Support Groups
Feb 12 2021
Lighthouse Guild, a major provider of mental health and healthcare service to people with low vision and blindness, now offers tele-health support groups. During the first week of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it became clear…
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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…
Read MoreVirtual Age-Related Macular Degeneration Symposium
Dec 27 2019
This year’s virtual event, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired (WCBVI) and University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), will feature research updates, panel discussions, and resources.…
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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
Mar 29 2019
Join us in welcoming John D. Shepherd, MD, Director of the Weigel Williamson Center in Omaha, Nebraska, as he presents: “Recognizing and Addressing Depression in the Low Vision Patient” Register for one of the…
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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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