Vision Rehabilitation - Inherited Eye Disease: Genetic Testing and Vision Rehabilitation

Friday, June 6
1545-1715
Room: 200E

Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe current research initiatives that are identifying genetic factors that predispose to glaucoma and gene-based diagnostic screening tests
• Describe current research initiatives that are identifying genetic factors that predispose to inherited retinal diseases and gene-based diagnostic screening tests
• Understand the vision rehabilitation interventions that can assist patients with glaucoma and patients with inherited retinal disorders

Schedule and description

1545	Introduction Mary Lou Jackson
1547	Overview of genetic testing in ophthalmology Janey Wiggs
1601	Questions
1605	Inherited retinal disease: An approach to clinical diagnosis and genetic testing Elise Héon
1615	Vision rehabilitation interventions for inherited retinal disease Mary Lou Jackson
1623	Recording binocular preferred retinal loci in patients with central vision loss Marty Steinbach
1630	Questions
1640	Genetic investigation for early onset glaucoma Janey Wiggs
1655	Will your patient with glaucoma benefit from vision rehabilitation? Mary Louise Lapointe
1704	Questions