InfantSEE® assessment opens eyes
May 30, 2011
Arizona InfantSEE® provider Caroline Griego, O.D., averages about three InfantSEE® assessments per month. One of her patients last month was 7-month-old Josie Sullivan-Wiltz who was born two months premature. Josie’s mom, Jennifer, said vision was a “topic that came up during pregnancy because Josie was genetically predisposed to minor vision issues. However, neither her mother or father inherited those issues. So, we were curious as to where she would fall.”
Dr. Griego explained what she was doing throughout the assessment and assured Jennifer that her daughter’s eyes looked very good.
“InfantSEE® assessments are easy if you do a lot of them,” said Dr. Griego. “When I first started my practice, half my patients were children so it’s a natural thing for us.”
Dr. Griego keeps the appointments short and simple. “I used to have all the bells and whistles, but now I pull them out only if I have to. It’s much easier.”
Dr. Griego said the best part about performing the assessments is getting to educate parents about children’s vision and encouraging the whole family to come in. She recommends infants return at age 2 and again before starting school. Dr. Griego has been an InfantSEE® provider since the program’s inception in 2005. She was the Arizona Optometric Association’s president at the time. During that period, she noted two instances where she detected something abnormal during an appointment; once it was a cataract and the other was amblyopia. To sign up as a provider, contact infantsee@aoa.org.
