Low Vision Education Day 2027
Friday, Feb 12, 2027
8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
“The Road Ahead”: Navigating Life with Peripheral Field Loss
Event Location:
TMC Innovation Factory
2450 Holcombe Blvd., Suite X
Houston, TX 77021
This event is free, but space is limited. Register now to reserve your seat: RSVP here » (external link)
PARKING
Please park in Lot 2450, which can be accessed through Entrance 81. Entrance to the lot is on Holcombe Blvd.
Parking will be validated.
PROGRAM
| Time | Topic and Presenter |
|---|---|
| 8 a.m. | Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibitor Hall |
| 9 a.m. | Welcome Bhavani Iyer, OD, FAAO, Dipl. AAO LV |
| 9:10 a.m | Pediatric Eye Diseases Marybeth Farazdaghi, MD |
| 9:40 a.m. | Glaucoma Management: Current and Future Fiaz Zaman, MD |
| 10:10 a.m. | Stroke Management: Current and Future Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH |
| 10:40 a.m. | Break |
| 10:50 a.m. | Navigating with Peripheral Vision Loss Anne Riddering, PhD, OTR, CLVT, COMS |
| 11:20 a.m. | Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Driving with Vision Loss Bhavani Iyer, OD, FAAO, Dipl. AAO LV |
| 11:40 a.m. | Car Adaptations for Field Loss Strowmatt Rehabilitation Services |
| Noon | Technology Showcase: Tesla Supervised Full Self-Driving Nadine Badreddine, Tesla Galleria |
SPEAKERS
Bhavani Iyer, OD, FAAO
Low Vision Diplomate and Optometrist
Associate Professor, Alfred W. Lasher III Endowed Professor
Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Director
Dan Arnold Center for Vision Rehabilitation
UTHealth Houston Robert Cizik Eye Clinic
Marybeth Farazdaghi MD
Ophthalmologist (Pediatric and Adult Strabismus)
Associate Professor
Ruiz Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Fiaz Zaman MD, FACS
Ophthalmologist, (Glaucoma)
Houston Eye Associates
Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH
Vascular Neurologist
Professor
Department of Neurology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Director of Stroke Prevention
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Anne Riddering, PhD, OTR, CLVT, COMS
Director
Henry Ford Health Center for Vision and Neuro Rehabilitation
Strowmatt Rehabilitation Services
Nadine Badreddine
Sales Manager
Tesla Galleria
Questions:
[email protected]
713-486-9400
Ways to Give
If you’d like to make a donation to the Low Vision Clinic, please click here. (external link)
The Low Vision Education Day event is underwritten by the Alfred W. Lasher III Professorship.