Division of Public Affairs

Trustee:  Stephanie Judkins, OD  sjudkinsod@gmail.com
Society Project Chair: Tina Doan, OD  tinadoanod@gmail.com
Society Project Chair: Bic Trinh, OD  bntrinh@gmail.com

Society Project of the Year 2014
 Healthy Living Health Fair

A huge thanks to all those who helped make our Society Project of the Year a success!  On Sunday, April 27th 2014, our society participated in the 9th Annual Healthy Living Health Fair held in East San Jose.

This year, we had two projects running parallel at one location. In the first part of our project, doctors provided eye health and vision screenings to underprivileged and low income patients, with the purpose of identifying those who should be seen for a comprehensive eye evaluation.  In the second part of the project, full eye examinations were provided to homeless patients, who otherwise lacked access to healthcare.  The VSP mobile clinic included an optical lab allowing for frames and lenses to be onsite courtesy of VSP and Marchon. 

VSP provided equipment for both events.  They also donated a total of 125 vouchers for patients who were unable to be seen and those who needed follow up care.  Between the two events, we screened or examined over 130 patients!

A huge thanks to all of those involved … all of the organizers, supporters, volunteer doctors who helped make our Society Project a success!  A special thank you to Susan Schwaderer, our veteran organizer/contact person for the Healthy Living Health Fair... and to all those people involved in the running of this project: Karen Cheng, Tina Doan, Bic Trinh, Kelly Kageyama, and our wonderful volunteers who saw patients: Kenneth Schwaderer, Saul Levine, Hien Nguyen, Taylor Tran, Linh Vu, Susan Gordon, Phuong Pham, Jeremy Walz, Minh Nhat Le, Mai-Anh Nguyen, Deborah McBride, and Jenna Buckley (Dr. McBride’s daughter who helped with pre-testing and case history).


Screening summary: 

77 Screenings

65 voucher/referrals

35 vouchers for those who could not be seen

Myopia  29

Hyperopia  29

Astigmatism  22

Presbyopia  31

Hypertension 7

Diabetic  8

Diabetic Retinopathy 1

Glaucoma  6

Corneal Arcus  2

Floaters  3

Cataracts  6

Strabismus  1

Mac. Degen  1

Amblyopia  2

 

Mobile Exam Summary:

 

54 patients total:

 

51 Patients Exam + glasses

2 Patients – Exam only (referred out for cataracts)

1 Patient - Glasses only

25 vouchers for those who could not be seen

For more information about the California Vision Foundation visit:
http://www.coavision.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3350 


Ellin Wu, OD
ellinchen@gmail.com 
CVF Liaison

InfantSEE Corner

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InfantSEE® is a public health program managed by Optometry Cares® - the AOA Foundation. This program is a public health program that provides professional eye care to infants between the ages of 6 and 12 months at no cost, regardless of income. Through this program, participating AOA member optometrists will provide a one time comprehensive eye examination to infants during the first year of life to detect eye and vision problems early. 


To learn more and locate a doctor in your area who can provide the free infant assessment, visit: www.infantsee.org.


Nancy Chan, OD
nancychanod@gmail.com
InfantSEE® Liaison

MCT/SCCOS Vision Screening

As we all know, vision is a critical component of the learning process and experience. However, studies show that more than 80% of the children start school without having a proper eye exam and 60% of children labeled as "problem learners" may have undetected vision problem.  Through the MCT program, the Santa Clara County Optometric Society aims to provide an effective method for vision screening for school age children in the San Jose Unified School District.  

Dr. Vickie Young: yakritz@yahoo.com
Dr. Annie Yeh: ayeheyedoc@gmail.com

MCT Documents
To help doctors who are interested in doing the the vision screening with the MCT program, Drs. Jennifer Hsieh and Lucy Yen have recorded this training video to help you to become familiar with the screening process, paperwork and equipment used. Dr. Yen will go over the various equipment inside the MCT kit, paperwork, referral criteria, etc.

Thank you for watching this training video and dedicating your time to help our children to see and excel. Please contact Drs. Vickie Young or Annie Yeh if you have any questions.

SCCOS Access Program

Linda Zhao, OD Program Coordinator
lindaszhao2020@gmail.com