The program, co-chaired by Steven Hitzeman, O.D., and Stephen Beckerman, O.D., provided volunteers the opportunity to establish testing protocols, gather data, and aid in identifying the best types of sports vision evaluation equipment. Read the rest of this entry ?
Archive for August, 2009

AOA SVS conducts free vision evaluations at Jr. Olympics
August 24, 2009
ODs, hospital join forces to prevent eye injuries
August 24, 2009
Cedar County, Mo., residents attend a free eye safety lecture in Cedar County Memorial Hospital’s classroom.
However, few farms or small manufacturers have the type of formal eye safety programs that are common among large employers. And rural residents, likely anyone, can be subject a variety of eye hazards in the course of day-to-day living or recreational activities, notes Michael Frier, O.D. Read the rest of this entry ?

Larry Fitzgerald’s visual skills catch eye of ESPN
August 19, 2009Full story from ESPN follows:
The Arizona Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald is arguably the best wide receiver in the NFL right now. But he is a football player, not an illusionist. So when a photograph captured Fitzgerald catching a football with his eyes closed, it must have been a fluke, right?
Not at all. He’s done it several times, as photos reveal, and even Fitzgerald can’t seem to make sense of it. Read the rest of this entry ?

