EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK

The Glaucoma Institute

The first facility devoted exclusively to glaucoma, the Glaucoma Institute at University Eye Center is dedicated to providing the highest quality patient care, research, public education, and continuing professional education. The Glaucoma Institute brings together world-renowned vision scientists, residency-trained Doctors of Optometry, ophthalmologists and state-of-the-art technology- all of whom are dedicated to the care, treatment and investigation of this most common, yet still misunderstood, ocular disease. The Institute is sponsored, in part, by an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis Ophthalmics.

Glaucoma

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Ocular Hypertension

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 Ocular Disease and Special Testing Service

Head Trauma Unit

Incidents like strokes, motor vehicle accidents, falls, physical assaults, pedestrian accidents or brain surgery can often disrupt the visual process and interfere with information flow and processing in the brain. The Head Trauma Unit at University Eye Center serves as a resource for rehabilitation hospitals and centers throughout the New York Metropolitan area, providing comprehensive ocular and visual services to individuals with acquired brain injuries.

Comprehensive Evaluations Include:

Refractive Evaluation

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 Ocular Health Assessment and Management  Diagnosis of Diplopia (Double Vision), Visual Field Defects, and Visual Neglect  State-of-the-Art Visual Field Evaluation  Electro-Diagnostic Assessment of Eye Movements  Visual Skills Evaluation Two to three visits may be required to complete the evaluation. Upon review of the findings, a management plan is developed which may include special prism spectacles, vision therapy, referral, and follow-up with other professionals involved in the patient's care. The patient is periodically reevaluated by the Head Trauma

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