NSUCO - The Visionary Fall 2017

20 • NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY David S. Loshin , O.D., Ph.D., FAAO, dean, and Hua Bi , O.D., Ph.D., FAAO, associate professor, were awarded a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant on May 15 for their research pro- ject “Effect of EnChroma Lens on Spectral Sensitivity of the Retina in Color Vision Deficiency.” Ava K. Bittner , O.D., Ph.D., FAAO (Dipl.), associate profes- sor, was awarded research diplo- mate status in the Low Vision Section of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) at the organization’s annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, in October 2016. She also is the new program chair for the AAO’s Low Vision Section and an invited sympo- sium speaker at Vision 2017, which is the 12th International Conference by the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation, to be held in The Hague in the Netherlands. Bittner will present her research findings for the project “Feasibility of Telerehabilitation for Low Vision” at the symposium. Marlon J. Demeritt , O.D., M.B.A., FAAO, assistant professor, and Beata Lewandowska , O.D. (Dipl.), assistant professor, published the article “A Case Report Discussing the Options for Placement of Glaucoma Drainage Devices in the Presence of Corneal Decompensation” in the Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice . Demeritt also published an article in the April 2017 edition of Optometric Management titled “Equipment Acquisition” with Diana Shechtman , O.D., FAAO, professor. Philip Kim , O.D., instructor, had his article “Fix- ing a Hole” published in the January 2017 issue of Review of Optometry . Rim Makhlouf , O.D., FAAO, assistant profes- sor, had her article “Could This Be Glauco- ma?” published in the January 2017 issue of Review of Optometry . Faculty Highlights