Becoming a Low Vision Diplomate
Diplomate status in the Low Vision Section of the American Academy of Optometry is a recognition of academic and practical achievement by Academy Fellows in the assessment and management of the rehabilitation needs of persons with impaired vision. The objectives of the Clinical Low Vision Diplomate Program are to develop and maintain a core group of Fellows who have demonstrated broad expertise in the care of the visually impaired. Fellows who have expertise in low vision but who are primarily researchers are encouraged to become candidates of the Low Vision Research Diplomate Program.
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Diplomate status in the Low Vision Section of the American Academy of Optometry is a recognition of academic and practical achievement by Academy Fellows in the assessment and management of the rehabilitation needs of persons with impaired vision. The objectives of the Clinical Low Vision Diplomate Program are to develop and maintain a core group of Fellows who have demonstrated broad expertise in the care of the visually impaired.
LOW VISION DIPLOMATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairperson:
Roanne Flom, OD, FAAO
OSU, College of Optometry
338 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-688-3337
Fax: 614-292-2781
E-mail: flom.3@osu.edu
Vice-Chairperson:
Robert Greer, OD, FAAO
360 Minor Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2020
Phone: 510-643-1062
Fax: 510-643-5109
E-mail: rbgreer@berkeley.edu
Secretary and Oral Exam:
Dawn DeCarlo, OD, FAAO
University of Alabama at Birmingham
609 Park Lake Circle
Birmingham, Alabama 35242-7516
Phone: 205-325-8114
Fax: 205-488-0746
E-mail: ddecarlo@uab.edu
Written Exam:
Dennis Siemsen, OD, FAAO
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Mayo Clinic
200 First Street SW
Rochester, Minnesota 55905
Phone: 507-284-3726
Fax: 507-284-4612
Email: siemsen.dennis@mayo.edu
Ocular Disease Exam:
Melissa Chun, OD, FAAO
Jules Stein Eye Institute
100 Stein Plaza, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: 310-206-9566
Fax: 310-206-5673
Email: chun@jsei.ucla.edu
Practical Exam:
David Lewerenz, OD, FAAO
NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry
1001 N Grand Ave
Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464
Phone: 918-444-4090
Fax: 918-458-2104
E-mail: lewerenz@nsuok.edu
Case Reports:
Stanley Woo, OD, FAAO
University of Houston
College of Optometry
505 J. Davis Armistead Bldg.
Houston, Texas 77204-2020
Phone: 713-743-0799
Fax: 713-743-0190
Email: swoo@uh.edu
Mentor Program:
Tracy Matchinski, OD, FAAO
Illinois College of Optometry
3241 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
Ph: 312-505-7723
Fax: 312-949-7252
Email: tmatchin@ico.edu
Diplomate Renewals:
Mark Kirstein, OD, FAAO
35 Colgate Road
Needham, Massachusetts 02492-4041
Phone: 617-367-4800
Fax: 617-723-7028
Email: MarkDKirstein@gmail.com
Immediate Past Diplomate Chairperson &
Current Low Vision Section Chair:
John Musick, OD, FAAO
104 Fairfield Drive
Nicholasville, KY 40356
Phone: 859-887-2441
Fax: 859-885-3323
E-mail: jm@qx.net