Northport VA Residency in Primary Eye Care / Vision Therapy And Low Vision Rehabilitation

Category:
Primary Care

School Affiliation:
SUNY College of Optometry

Residency Location:
Northport VA Medical Center

Northport VA Medical Center, Optometry Service (123)
79 Middleville Road
Northport, NY 11768
Phone: 631-261-4400 ext. 2136
Fax: 631-266-6056

Coordinator:
Michael McGovern, O.D., F.A.A.O. - michael.mcgovern@va.gov
Residency Director:
Dr. Diane T. Adamczyk - dadamczyk@sunyopt.edu

Key Residency Information:

Residency Description:

The residency program at Northport VAMC is designed to provide the graduate optometrist with an excellent training experience through direct clinical care and extensive didactic and scholarly activities. The clinical component of the residency program involves direct patient care and rotations through various clinics throughout the hospital. There are two main components of the program: rehabilitation and hospital-based primary eye care. The rehabilitative orthoptics component consists of the diagnosis and treatment of visual problems secondary to aging, stroke, TBI and a variety of systemic/ocular conditions, in the construct of a multidisciplinary health team model.

Residents also provide care in the hospital's Center of Balance, a unique multidisciplinary program in which patients with vestibular and balance problems are evaluated and treated by Optometry, Audiology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services. The low vision rehabilitation components consist of diagnostic exams and treatment of patients with low vision/legal blindness in both an outpatient setting and through our comprehensive VICTORS Program (low vision, rehabilitation, social work, etc.).

As this is a hospital based program, the opportunity to interact with medical, social service, nursing and other specialized care practitioners at the hospital is available. The emphasis of the primary eye care component is the involvement of the residents in the Primary Health Care model and will emphasize the optometrist as the "Primary Eye Care Provider". The residents will be exposed to clinical experiences in the diagnosis and treatment of refractive and binocular conditions, ocular pathology and the ocular consequences of systemic disease and medications.

The didactic and scholarly activities component of the program includes morning lectures by staff, journal club, various lecturing responsibilities, attending professional meetings, and participation in the comprehensive educational program sponsored by our affiliate

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