Optometric Residency
Ocular Disease / Low Vision Rehabilitation
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Ocular Disease
Ocular Disease
Low
Vision
Low
Vision
Contact Lenses
Contact Lenses
Residents are presented with a high patient volume and gain a large amount of experience diagnosing and treating complex ophthalmic conditions in a patient population with a high prevalence of systemic disease.
Our high patient volume allows residents to gain a large amount of experience managing complex ophthalmic conditions in a population with a high prevalence of systemic disease.
Residents are presented with a high patient volume and gain a large amount of experience diagnosing and treating complex ophthalmic conditions in a patient population with a high prevalence of systemic disease.
Each resident rotates one day per week at Hines VA where they are immersed in both the outpatient and inpatient delivery of low vision, including interaction with the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team.
Residents are presented with a high patient volume and gain a large amount of experience diagnosing and treating complex ophthalmic conditions in a patient population with a high prevalence of systemic disease.
Residents get the unique experience of fitting medically necessary contact lenses for a variety of corneal conditions using soft, RGP, and scleral lenses.
Sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs
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Affiliated with the Illinois College of Optometry and associated with the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Ophthalmology
The Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) has granted Jesse Brown VA Optometry the accreditation status of “Accredited.” Accredited is a classification granted to an educational program indicating that the program generally meets the Standards for accreditation. For more information, see the ACOE’s website at www.theACOE.org or contact the ACOE at accredit@theacoe.org.
