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.
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
President & CEO, Prevent Blindness
2022 Eyesummit Opening Remarks
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
IAPB President
Founder of The Valuable 500
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
A Guiding Light: Mentorship and Diversity in Ophthalmology
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
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
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
VOSH/International
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
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
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
Patient Perspective
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
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
Parent Perspective
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
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
President & CEO, Prevent Blindness
