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FREE LECTURE: Hospital In-Patient Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation by Marsha Benshir OD FNORA

This is a pre-order item. The item is not yet available because it is still in production. However, a pre-order entitles you to a copy that will be sent out as soon as production is complete. If you ordered the online access option you will be sent an email once the content is available for viewing. We expect to finish production by Oct. 7, 2025.

Expected title list from the Conference Agenda:

Friday, September 19

Decoding Dizziness: From Perception to Pathways

• Lernik Torossian, OD Management of Patients with Dizziness, a Multidisciplinary Review
• Mychal Beebe, DC Upper Cervical Chiropractic Management of Cervicogenic Dizziness
• Vince Vicci, OD, The Use of Base-In Prisms for the Treatment of Dizziness for Beginner OD

Dizziness is one of the most common and complex symptoms encountered in neurorehabilitation. This session brings together experts from optometry, chiropractic, and physical therapy to explore the diverse origins of dizziness and the collaborative strategies that lead to effective treatment. Presenters will examine visual, vestibular, and cervicogenic contributors to dizziness, including how upper cervical dysfunction, visual processing deficits, and sensory integration challenges can converge in patients with TBI, ABI, and other neurological conditions.

Attendees will gain insight into differential diagnosis, interprofessional collaboration, and evidence-based interventions from each discipline’s perspective. Real-world cases will demonstrate how coordinated care can improve outcomes for patients struggling with dizziness and instability.

KEYNOTE: Neuroimaging, Advocacy, and the Fight for Patient-Centered Care in TBI Recovery

• Dr. Cyrus Raji, MD (Neuroradiologist)

Craig Hospital Multi-disciplinary Panel

Representatives from Craig’s Hospital OD, PT, OT, will present 20-minute sessions then sit for a 20-minute panel

TBI and Behavioral Health

• Dr. Edie Zusman, MD (Neurosurgeon) Exact Title TBD: TBI/Concussion/Cervicogenic Hidden Damage
• Rusha Knauer, MS The Intersection of Brain Injury and the Criminal Legal System
• Dr. Doug Major, OD Visual and Behavioral Markers of TBI in Underserved Populations

Saturday, September 20

Billing and Coding: Get the most out of offering neuro-optometric visual rehabilitation

• Teacher: Denise Helle

The Prism Panel: Practical Approaches in Neuro-Optometric Care

• Charlie Saccarelli: How Glasses Could Mess Up a Perfectly Good Refraction

Panel Moderated by William Padula, OD, SFNA, FNORA, FAAO

• Charles Shidlofsky, OD
• Shirley Blanc, OD
• Kathryn Collins, OD
• Amy Thomas, OD

This interactive 3-hour session brings together a lens specialist and four experienced neuro-optometrists to explore the nuanced and highly individualized use of prism in neuro-optometric rehabilitation.

The session opens with a lens expert covering the principles of prism design, prescribing considerations, and practical tips and tricks for achieving successful clinical outcomes, especially in complex TBI cases. From optical properties to patient-specific adjustments, attendees will learn why subtle differences in prescribing can yield dramatically different results.

Next, four leading optometrists will briefly introduce their background in prism use and present 1–2 real-world cases illustrating how they apply prism in their daily neuro-rehab practice, highlighting the variability, creativity, and precision that effective prism work demands.

The session concludes with a 30-minute moderated Q&A, where panelists will address audience questions, discuss challenging cases, and compare perspectives on clinical decision-making.

Avulux Vendor Presentation: Charles Posternack, MD, President, Avulux, Optometry's Central Role in Migraine

The Light Session

• Cathy Stern, OD, Light Therapies in Neuro-Optometry
• Anadi Martel, MSc, DeAnn Fitzgerald, OD, Chula Lerdvoratavee, OD, FCOVD, Visual Pathways, Autonomic Integration, and the Power of Syntonics

This session explores the growing role of light-based therapies in neuro-optometric rehabilitation for concussion and traumatic brain injury. Presenters will cover the science and clinical applications of transcranial photobiomodulation, optometric phototherapy, and low-level laser therapies such as gamma light, and EVA Light. Topics will include mechanisms of action, current research (including MIT’s work on gamma-frequency light), and how these modalities may influence eye movements, cognition, and visual processing in brain-injured patients.

Breaking Research! GLP1 – DeAnn Fitzgerald, OD GLP1 and Losing Vision--Brain Based Rehab

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Sunday, September 21

TBI and Sleep: Sleep and Glymphatics after Traumatic Brain Injury

• J. Kent Werner, MD Neurolologist

How To Feed A Brain: Concussion Management

• Vitto Mena, OD, MS

Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation: Ask The Experts (Board Panel discussion)

• Moderator: Charles Shidlofsky OD FOVDR FNAP
• Charles Shidlofsky OD FOVDR FNAP
• Shirley Blanc, OD FNORA
• Kathryn Collins, OD
• DeAnn Fitzgerald, OD
• David Katz, MSOT, OTR/L, CBIS
• Gina Kim, MOT OTR/L, CBIS, CSRS
• Cheryl Letheren, B.SC. OD FAAO
• Melissa Zarn Unrankar OD, FAAO

This course will discuss a series of topics in Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation with the opportunity to ask members of the Board of NORA questions and get answers by the group of experts. Topics to be covered are audience driven.