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2022 Focus on Eye Health National Summit: Agenda and Presentations

The Focus on Eye Health National Summit brings together diverse stakeholders across the vision and eye health community to stimulate a national dialogue around emerging and current population health trends and topics such as equity, research, surveillance, access, prevention, service integration, program development, and dissemination of professional best practices. Under the theme “Eye-conic Approaches to Eye Health,” the 2022 Summit features key contributions from those who are changing the way we think about vision and eye health and its role in our education, work, and lives; detecting and treating vision disorders as professionals in public health, research, and clinical practice; and strengthening the patient voice in clinical practice and public policy.

About the 2022 SummitSpeaker and Moderator Bios

Agenda and Presentations

Day 1: Wednesday, July 13

SESSION 1: Opening Remarks & Keynote Presentation

Journalist and author Frank Bruni will shares his personal experience with vision loss and how it has given him insight into the human experience- as detailed in his new book, The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found.

Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness

Jeff Todd
President & CEO, Prevent Blindness
2022 Eyesummit Opening Remarks

 

Frank Bruni, New York Times Columnist

Frank Bruni
Author of New York Times bestseller The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found
The New York Times
Duke University

SESSION 2: The Global Impact of Eye Health

How vision and eye health can be impacted from the global to the individual level

Caroline Casey President, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

Caroline Casey
IAPB President
Founder of The Valuable 500

H.E. Walton Webson Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations

H.E. Walton Webson
Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
Co-Chair of the United Friends of Vision Group
Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States

SESSION 3: 2022 Rising Visionary Awards – School-based Vision: Lessons Learned & A Guiding Light: Mentorship and Diversity in Ophthalmology

Marissa K. Shoji, MD Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Marissa K. Shoji, MD
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
A Guiding Light: Mentorship and Diversity in Ophthalmology

Hursuong Vongsachang, MD, MPH Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Hursuong Vongsachang, MD, MPH
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
School-Based Vision: Lessons Learned

SESSION 4: Engaging Technology to Support Vision Health and Quality of Life

A discussion of how new technological advancements in vision and eye health can lead to improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease along with improving accessibility for those with vision impairment

Ranya Habash, MD CEO, LifeLong Vision

Ranya Habash, MD
CEO, LifeLong Vision
FDA Digital Health Network of Experts
Fmr Medical Director, Technology Innovation
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Visionary Innovation Mentor, Stanford University
Engaging Technology to Support Vision Health and Quality of Life

Kyle Keane, PhD Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Kyle Keane
Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Executive Director, With Participation Incorporated
Open Collaborative Ecosystems for Holistic Grassroot Assistive Technology Innovation

 

SESSION 5: 2022 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health & Closing Remarks

Michael Ciszek, OD President, VOSH/International

Michael Ciszek, OD
President, VOSH/International
VOSH/International

Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness

Jeff Todd
President & CEO, Prevent Blindness

Day 2: Thursday, July 14

SESSION 1: Opening Remarks & Keynote Presentation – Establishing a Sense of Identity

Anjali J. Forber-Pratt, PhD Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research

Anjali J. Forber-Pratt, PhD
Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research

Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness

Jeff Todd
President & CEO, Prevent Blindness

SESSION 2: The Forum on Children’s Vison

The importance of children’s vision data along with the people it represents; how the education system can play an important role in systems of eye care in school-aged children; and how to develop equitable pediatric research life cycles that are more inclusive of children and families. Patient and parent perspectives of lived experiences in the areas discussed

Stacy Ayn Lyons, OD, FAAO New England College of Optometry

Moderator:
Stacy Ayn Lyons, OD, FAAO
New England College of Optometry

Sharona Washington-Lockett, MBA ASPECT Patient Engagement Program Graduate Prevent Blindness Texas Board Member

Sharona Washington-Lockett, MBA
ASPECT Patient Engagement Program Graduate
Prevent Blindness Texas Board Member
Patient Perspective

Megan E. Collins, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Megan E. Collins, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Consortium for School-Based Health Solutions
Leveraging Data Sources to Tell the Children’s Vision Story

Michael Steinert, MA, LPC Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services, Fort Worth Independent School District

Presciliana Olayo Vision Care Services Coordinator, Fort Worth Independent School District

The School Factor: Focusing on the Roles of Education and Eye Health
Michael Steinert, MA, LPC
Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services, Fort Worth Independent School District
(Supported by Presciliana Olayo, Vision Care Services Coordinator, Fort Worth Independent School District)

Nicole Guysi ASPECT Patient Engagement Program Graduate

Nicole Guysi
ASPECT Patient Engagement Program Graduate
Parent Perspective

Barbara E. Bierer, MD Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Barbara E. Bierer, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Equitable Engagement and Practices for Children’s Vision Research

SESSION 3: Keynote Presentation: A New Vision for Reaching Latinos for Systemic and Behavioral Change & Closing Remarks

The importance of tailored and targeted health communications to the Latinx community, share ways those working in vision and eye health can reach these communities, and provide how strategic partnerships can improve health and eye health in these communities

Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH Director, Salud America! National Program, UT Health San Antonio

Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH
Chair, Department of Population Health Sciences
Director, Salud America! National Program
Director, Institute for Health Promotion Research
UT Health San Antonio
A New Vision for Reaching Latinos for Systemic and Behavioral Changes

Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness

Jeff Todd
President & CEO, Prevent Blindness