Saving Sight, and Preventing Vision Loss in Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema
NEI Blindness
Prevention
Initiative
“A patient can see well on an eye chart or in the real world yet still have sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy.”
— A. PAUL CHOUS, MA, OD, FAAO, CDE
Steering Committee Member
Let’s find these patients. Join us.
LEADERSHIP
18TH U.S. SURGEON GENERAL
REGINA BENJAMIN,
M.D.,
URGES YOUR PARTICIPATION:
“If you are a clinician who manages patients with diabetes, you may very well be the one person who can save them from a future of decreased vision or possible blindness . This initiative is for you.”
Click your Education Pathway to learn more about screening, treatment, and referral.
AN
EDUCATION
PATHWAY
DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE
SELECT YOUR SPECIALTY
RETINA SPECIALISTS OPHTHALMOLOGY OPTOMETRY ENDOCRINOLOGY PRIMARY CAREVOICES FROM FACULTY
WHO
WE
ARE
STEERING COMMITTEE & FACULTY
LEADING EXPERTS
IN EYE HEALTH
COMPELLED BY A
COMMON
PASSION
From academia and research to
clinical and government, we are
joined
together to change the
outcomes in eye health.
STEERING COMMITTEE
Emily Chew, MD
(NEI)
Janine
Austin Clayton, MD
(NIH/ORWH)
A. Paul Chous, MA, OD, FAAO, CDE
Anne Peters, MD
Charles Wykoff, MD
FACULTY
Diana V. Do,
MD
Sharon D. Solomon, MD
Anne Peters, MD
Mark T. Dunbar, OD, FAAO
Diana L.
Shechtman, OD, FAAO
Jay M. Haynie, OD, FAAO
Rishi P. Singh, MD
David M. Brown,
MD
Thomas Gardner, MD
Peter K. Kaiser, MD
OUR GOAL
ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE
“Saving Sight, and Preventing Vision Loss in Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema”
This
groundbreaking
educational initiative is developed in
collaboration
with the
National Eye Institute
of the NIH along with 14
nationally renowned
experts
in
eye
health and diabetes management.
Our goal is to empower action by
screening, referring,
and
treating
all patients with diabetes who are at risk for vision loss.
