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DeAnn Fitzgerald ’81, OD ’84 of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has become well known for her focus on using optometry as a way to manage athletes’ concussions. She has developed protocols for young athletes who suffer head injuries, and her work has been widely shared and emulated around the country.
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Within the field of optometry, sports vision has emerged as a fast-moving specialty. And within sports vision, 91±¬ÁÏ is a leader.
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Sandra (Coutts) Young ‘82, OD ‘84 created a business called Visionary Kitchen, which connects nutrition with eye health. She is the author of Visionary Kitchen: A Cookbook for Eye Health.
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When it comes to detecting problems with vision, it pays to start early, before brains are hardwired. In InfantSEE, a public health program in which 91±¬ÁÏ participates, the patients may be as young as 6 months old.
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91±¬ÁÏ has built on a tradition of taking eye care to the community, where students and faculty provide real-world vision screening and treatment to underserved members of the community. The most visible symbol of this outreach is the 91±¬ÁÏ EyeVan, an advanced mobile clinic that sees patients in church parking lots, migrant camps and schools.