Miami-Dade Optometric Physicians Association Meetings held at Miami Lighthouse

Miami-Dade Optometric Physicians Association Meeting Held at Miami Lighthouse on October 2023

Members of the Miami Dade Optometric Physicians Association (MDOPA) held their September dinner meeting at Miami Lighthouse. Dr. Eric Chow, MDOPA President, welcomed attendees and Virginia Jacko, President and CEO of Miami Lighthouse, introduced a video about our Miami Lighthouse Florida Heiken Children's Vision Program which was established by MDOPA members in 1992 as the Dr. Bruce Heiken Memorial Fund. Dr. Carlos Mendoza-Santiesteban, Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, along with Francesca Crozier-Fitzgerald, Director of Miami Lighthouse CVI Collaborative Center and Tania Perez, Associate Director of Miami Lighthouse CVI Collaborative Center gave a continuing education presentation on "CVI : From the Clinical and Educational Perspectives". The evening's music was provided by Miami Lighthouse nationally recognized Music Program and the event was sponsored by Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals.

	Miami Lighthouse Honorary Board Director Dr. Maricarmen Perez Blanco, President and CEO Virginia Jacko, Dr. Carlos Mendoza-Santiesteban and President of MDOPA Dr. Eric Chow

Miami-Dade Optometric Physicians Association Meeting Held at Miami Lighthouse on October 5, 2015

Members of the Miami-Dade Optometric Physicians Association (MDOPA) held their October dinner meeting at Miami Lighthouse. Dr. Teresita Bollar, MDOPA President welcomed attendees who viewed a video about the Miami Lighthouse Florida Heiken Children's Vision Program which was established by MDOPA members in 1992 as the Dr. Bruce Heiken Memorial Fund. MDOPA member and Miami Lighthouse Board Director Dr. Alan Levitt gave a continuing education presentation “The Benefits and Dangers of Blue Light for Your Eyes.” The evening’s music was provided by Miami Lighthouse Better Chance Music Program instructors, guitarist Tony Cobo and violinist Oman Pedreira.

	MDOPA President Dr. Teresita Bollar, Miami Lighthouse Board Directors Drs. Maricarmen Perez-Blanco and Stephen Morris, President & CEO Virginia Jacko and Miami Lighthouse Board Director Dr. Alan Levitt

Miami-Dade Optometric Physicians Association Meeting Held at Miami Lighthouse on September 10th, 2012

Members of the Miami-Dade Optometric Physicians Association (MDOPA) held their September meeting at Miami Lighthouse on September 10, 2012. Miami Lighthouse President and CEO Virginia Jacko and Miami Lighthouse Board Director and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Senior Optometric Physician Dr. Maricarmen Perez-Blanco welcomed members of MDOPA. Attendees viewed a video about Miami Lighthouse Programs entitled “See The Light,” and Dr. Scott Gartner, Miami Lighthouse Low Vision Consulting Optometrist, gave a continuing education presentation “Remaining Independent With Low Vision.” Miami Lighthouse Better Chance Music Program™ instructors, guitarist Harold Cobo and violinist Oman Pedreira provided, the evening’s music. Dinner was generously sponsored by Essilor Labs and Transitions Optical.

	Dr. Adam Stelzer President of MDOPA, Dr. Stephen Morris, Dr. Scott Gartner, Dr. Maricarmen Perez-Blanco, Dr. Ericka Herrera and Dr. Teresita Bollar
	Maria E. Perez and Glenn Batteiger from Essilor Labs and Transitions Optical

Dade County Optometric Association Meeting Held at Miami Lighthouse on October 25th, 2011

	Dr. Marie Carmen Perez-Blanco, Dr. Rebecca del Moral, CEO Virginia Jacko, and Dr. Sidney Stern
	Board Director Dr. Alan Levitt, Miami Lighthouse Consulting Optometrist Dr. Bryan Wolynski, and Board Director Dr. Joanne Kundl
	Miami Lighthouse Consulting Optometrists Dr. Bryan Wolynski and Dr. Rosemary Gonzalez, CEO Virginia Jacko, Board Director Dr. Joanne Kundl, and Dr. Stephen Morris

More than 40 members of the Dade County Optometric Association (DCOA) attended their monthly General Meeting held at Miami Lighthouse on October 25th. They were welcomed by Miami Lighthouse President and CEO Virginia Jacko, Miami Lighthouse Board Director and DCOA Adjunct Board Member Dr. Alan P. Levitt, and DCOA President Dr. Maria Carmen Perez-Blanco. Dr. Rosemary Gonzalez, Miami Lighthouse Low Vision Consulting Optometrist, presented “A Low Vision Case Study” focusing on the importance of low vision assessments. Attending DCOA members received one hour of continuing education credit. Dinner was generously sponsored by Essilor Laboratories of America.

To make an appointment for a low vision assessment at Miami Lighthouse please call 786-362-7479.

Miami Lighthouse Hosts Miami Ophthalmological Society December Meeting 2009

On December 10, 2009, the Miami Lighthouse hosted a meeting of the Miami Ophthalmological Society. Attendees were welcomed by CEO Virginia Jacko and Dr. Henry Trattler, Executive Director of the Miami Ophthalmological Society, and heard a testimonial from MLB low vision client Wendell Beard.

	CEO Virginia Jacko with Dr. Henry Trattler, Executive Director of the Miami Ophthalmological Society

 

 

Miami Lighthouse has been continuously accredited by the National Accreditation Council For Blind and Low Vision Services (NAC) since 1978 and The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) since 2017 distinguishing that an agency or school operates at the highest level of quality and is positioned to generate the outcomes needed by the clients.