I was recently featured in a short article about my helping to found a new optometric journal, Optometry & Visual Performance

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Dedicated to improving the health of unmet need of vision care for children
IEI Princeton children throughout the Land of Lincoln, within the city of Chicago.”
the Illinois Children’s Healthcare
Clinic Receives Foundation has awarded over $50 million In partnership with CPS, ICO established
the nation’s largest school-based clinic
in grants to programs across the state since
Sizeable Grant its establishment in 2002. ICO and Chicago providing primary and advanced eye care
Public Schools are the latest beneficiaries services year-round to underserved youth.
of the foundation’s endowment, receiving The award from the ILCHF will be used
a $249,000 grant in support of the college’s to increase clinic capacity and utilization
school-based eye clinic, the Illinois Eye of on-site vision care through capital
Institute at Princeton Elementary. equipment upgrades. The grant will also
provide critical support for an additional
“The mission of the foundation is to staff person to champion the program
create opportunities for and lead in the within the CPS system.
development of initiatives that improve
the health of all children,” says ILCHF senior “Since the clinic has been opened, more
program officer Bob Egan. “By partnering than 11,000 students have received eye
with ICO and CPS, children will have the exams and 75 percent have received
opportunity to succeed in school and be eyeglasses,” says CPS chief health officer
ready to learn by receiving the proper eye Dr. Stephanie A. Whyte. “Without a doubt,
care they need to grow up healthy.” we know those children have an increased
opportunity to perform better in school.
“We are very pleased the ILCHF has awarded We value our partnership with ICO and are
us this significant grant and recognizes grateful to the ILCHF for supporting our
the essential services our Princeton clinic efforts to expand vision services for CPS
provides,” says ICO President Dr. Arol students.”
Augsburger. “This grant will go a long way
in supporting our efforts to address the
Applying the philosophy that there’s strength
in numbers, the College of Optometrists in
Dr. Dominick Vision Development, the Optometric Extension
Maino ’78 Program Foundation and the Australasian
College of Behavioural Optometry have
Named partnered to create a new journal, Optometry
& Visual Performance, which debuted in
Founding October 2012. Along with Southern College
of Optometry’s Dr. Marc Taub, the editor of
Co-Editor of the former Journal of Behavioral Optometry,
New Journal ICO’s Dominick Maino, OD ’78, MEd, FAAO,
FCOVD-A will serve as founding co-editor. From left: Dr. Maino, managing editor Kelin Kushin
Dr. Maino was the editor of the former COVD and Dr. Taub debut OVD at Academy 2012 in Phoenix
journal, Optometry & Visual Development.
about how to do a specific therapy technique
Articles in OVD will be dedicated to evidence-
for folks with brain injury,” says Dr. Maino.
based clinical care of patients with strabismus,
“We’ll do a video with the article’s author
amblyopia, binocular vision problems, learning
demonstrating exactly how this technique is
related vision problems and rehabilitative
done.”
vision therapy. Dr. Maino estimates OVD’s
readership to be between 40,000 and 50,000, OVD will be published six times a year along
“but even more if you take into account with a quarterly sister publication, VP Today,
the fact that it’s online and open-access.” which launched this January. More practical in
Additionally, the journal will have enhanced nature, the content of VP Today includes news,
digital content. “We have an article coming practice management advice, meeting reviews,
up—I’m not sure when it will be published— editorials and more.
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