Dr. Monica Daibert Nido

Latest Conference Lectures

Invited presentations in low vision rehabilitation

Audio-luminous biofeedback research and clinical education shared at national and international ophthalmology conferences.

Awarded Best Oral Presentation at the International Society for Low Vision Rehabilitation and Research Conference in Florence, Italy, September 2025.

International low vision conference

Recent Lectures

  1. 2026 Presenter and supervisor for Ghaliah Nsour. Correction of Abnormal Head Position in Pediatric Nystagmus using Yoked Low-value Prism Glasses: A Retrospective Study. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting. Montreal, QC, Canada, June 20.
  2. 2026 Grand Round DOVS. Driving with Low Vision Through the New Waiver: A Clinical Reality. Moderator and lecturer. Toronto, ON, Canada, May 8.
  3. 2025 TORIC National Introductory Course in Ophthalmology for residents from the University of Toronto, Low Vision Rehabilitation Module. Lead, Coordinator, Moderator and Lecturer. Lecture: Interventions in Vision Rehabilitation. Four-hour course. Toronto, ON, Canada, June 5.

International Invited Lectures and Presentations

  1. 2025 Guest Speaker. CURSO DE MICROPERIMETRIA E TREINAMENTO VISUAL POR BIOFEEDBACK - Universidade de Sao Paulo. HCFMUSP. Biofeedback Training Applications. Virtual for Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 27.
  2. 2025 Guest Speaker. The 15th International Conference on Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation. Biofeedback Training in Children with Low Vision. Florence, Italy, September 9.
  3. 2025 Guest Speaker. The 15th International Conference on Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation. Biofeedback Training in Individuals with Low Vision. Florence, Italy, September 11.
  4. 2025 Supervisor for Jessica Cao, resident. The 15th International Conference on Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation. Microperimetric Retinal Sensitivity and Biofeedback Training in Hemianopsia: Abnormalities on the Ipsilateral Hemi-Fields and Improving After Training. Florence, Italy, September 9.
  5. 2025 Supervisor for Ghaliah Nsour, clinical fellow. The 15th International Conference on Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation. Biofeedback Training to Improve Fixation Stability, Visual Function Outcomes, and Quality of Life in Hemianopsia Patients. Florence, Italy, September 9.
  6. 2025 Guest Speaker. The 15th International Conference on Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation. Microperimetric Retinal Sensitivity and Biofeedback Training in Hemianopsia: Abnormalities on the Ipsilateral Hemi-Fields and Improving After Training. Florence, Italy, September 9.
  7. 2025 Guest Speaker. American Nystagmus Network Conference. Researchers Workshop: Biofeedback Training for Infantile Nystagmus - A Short and Long Term Study. Patient Session: New Non-Invasive Therapies for Nystagmus. Philadelphia, PA, United States, July 17-19.
  8. 2024 Keynote Speaker. XXVII Congresso USP, University of Sao Paulo. Biofeedback Training in Vision Rehabilitation Updates; Vision Rehabilitation in Brain Injury, New Perspectives; The Use of Prisms for Abnormal Head Position in Nystagmus. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  9. 2024 International Guest Speaker. Biofeedback Training on the Microperimeter for Low Vision Rehabilitation. World Ophthalmology Conference, Low Vision Rehabilitation Session, August 16.
  10. 2024 International Guest Speaker. Photobiomodulation Course for the Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP. Successful Cases of Photobiomodulation - My Experience. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, April.
  11. 2024 International Guest Speaker. Interdisciplinary Union: Surgery, Traumatology, Ophthalmology in Peacetime and Wartime. Modern Interventions in Vision Rehabilitation. Vinnytsia National Medical University, Ukraine, January.
  12. 2022 Keynote Speaker. XXV Congresso USP, University of Sao Paulo. Visual Field Expansion for Hemianopia Post-Stroke; The Use of Virtual Reality in Vision Rehabilitation. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, November 11.
  13. 2022 Speaker and moderator. XIII International Low Vision Conference by the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation. Modern Vision Rehabilitation. Virtual presentation, Dublin, Ireland, July 8.
  14. 2021 Guest Speaker. American Nystagmus Network Virtual Conference. Biofeedback for Nystagmus. Virtual presentation, July 23-25.
  15. 2020 Keynote Speaker. XXIII Congresso USP, Low Vision Rehabilitation Session. Prescription of Prisms for Better Fixation Stability and Acuity in AMD; Biofeedback Training for AMD; Vision Rehabilitation in Field Defects Post-Stroke. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, December 1-5.
  16. 2019 Keynote Speaker. XXII Congresso USP, University of Sao Paulo, Low Vision Rehabilitation Sessions. Microperimetry in Vision Rehabilitation of AMD; Low Vision Rehabilitation for Tunnel Vision; Microperimetry for Prisms Prescription; Vision Rehabilitation of Nystagmus Using Biofeedback Training. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, November 28-29.

International Moderation and Presented Abstracts

  1. 2025 Moderator. Poster Sessions. The 15th International Conference on Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation. Florence, Italy, September 11.
  2. 2024 Garcia-Giler E, Zhang B, Misawa M, Pyatova Y, Daibert Nido M, et al. Immersive Virtual Reality: A Paradigm Shift and a Disruptive Tool for Visual Neurorehabilitation. European Metaverse Research Network. Oral presentation. Barcelona, Spain, April 9.
  3. 2023 Misawa M, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. Innovative Vision Rehabilitation Method for Hemianopsia: Comparing Pre-and-Post Audio-Luminous Biofeedback Training for Ocular Motility Improving Visual Functions and Quality of Life. ISLRR Vision 2023. Oral presentation. Denver, CO, United States, July 24.
  4. 2023 Misawa M, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. Biofeedback Training for Improving Visual Functions in Children with Nystagmus: A Short-and-Long Term Analysis. 127th Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Poster presentation. San Francisco, CA, United States, November 3-6.
  5. 2023 Misawa M, Bajin I, Bartels U, Reginald A, Daibert-Nido M, Markowitz SN, Bouffet E, Reber M. Impact of a Visual Telerehabilitation Program in Children with Hemianopsia: A Pilot Study. ISLRR Vision 2023. Poster presentation. Denver, CO, United States, July 26.
  6. 2023 Daibert-Nido M, Misawa M, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN. Innovative Vision Rehabilitation Method for Hemianopsia: Comparing Pre-and-Post Audio-Luminous Biofeedback Training for Ocular Motility Improving Visual Functions and Quality of Life. ISLRR Vision 2023. Poster presentation. Denver, CO, United States, July 26.
  7. 2022 Misawa M, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. Audio-Luminous Biofeedback Training to Improve Visual Functions and Quality of Life in Patients with Brain Injury. ARVO Annual Meeting. Poster presentation. Denver, CO, United States, May 1.
  8. 2022 Pyatova Y, Markowitz SN, Daibert-Nido M. Biofeedback Training to Improve Visual Functions and Quality of Life Post Brain Injury. ARVO Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, United States, May 1-4.
  9. 2020 Daibert-Nido M, Pyatova Y, Markowitz M, Markowitz S, Taheri-Shirazi M. Biofeedback Training for Pediatric Nystagmus Improving Visual Functions and Quality of Life. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract. Poster presentation, June.
  10. 2019 Markowitz SN, Daibert-Nido M. Lightsite 1: A Double-masked, Randomized, Sham-controlled Single Center Study with Photobiomodulation for the Treatment of Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration. European Society of Retina Specialists. Oral presentation. Nice, France, June 14.

National Invited Lectures and Moderation

  1. 2025 Speaker. Driving with Bioptics in Ontario. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 22.
  2. 2024 Moderator. Emerging Technologies in Vision Rehabilitation. Low Vision Rehabilitation Session, Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON, Canada, June 1.
  3. 2024 Moderator. Driving with Bioptics in Ontario. Low Vision Rehabilitation Journal online presentation from DOVS. Toronto, ON, Canada.
  4. 2024 Speaker. Orcam: Efficacy and Satisfaction from Patients in Visual Rehabilitation. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON, Canada, June 1.
  5. 2023 Speaker. A Couple of Interventions in Paediatric Vision Rehabilitation. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Conference, Low Vision Rehabilitation Session. Quebec City, QC, Canada, June 18.
  6. 2022 Speaker. Vision Rehabilitation in Glaucoma. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Conference, Low Vision Rehabilitation Session. Halifax, NS, Canada, June 11.
  7. 2021 Speaker. Vision Rehabilitation Post-Stroke: University of Toronto's Experience. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting, Low Vision Rehabilitation Session. Virtual meeting, June 26.
  8. 2019 Speaker. Microperimetry and Nystagmus Vision Rehabilitation. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting, Low Vision Rehabilitation Session. Quebec City, QC, Canada, June 18.
  9. 2019 Speaker. Photobiomodulation for AMD. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting, Low Vision Rehabilitation Session. Quebec City, QC, Canada, June 18.

National and Local Presented Abstracts

  1. 2024 Misawa M, Teplitsky K, Markowitz M, Markowitz S, Daibert Nido M. Biofeedback Training in Low Vision Rehabilitation: A Big Cohort Retrospective Study from the University of Toronto. Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Oral presentation. Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2.
  2. 2024 Misawa M, Goldschmit M, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. Biofeedback Training for Improving Visual Functions in Children with Nystagmus: A Short-and-Long Term Analysis. Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Oral presentation. Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2.
  3. 2024 Eldeeb M, Misawa M, Goldsmith M, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. Biofeedback Training for Improving Visual Functions in Children with Nystagmus: A Short-and-Long Term Analysis. DOVS 66th Annual Research Day, University of Toronto. Poster presentation. Toronto, ON, Canada, May 24.
  4. 2024 Misawa M, Felfeli T, Teplitsky K, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. A Retrospective Study of Biofeedback Training in Low Vision Patients. DOVS 66th Annual Research Day, University of Toronto. Oral presentation. Toronto, ON, Canada, May 24.
  5. 2023 Misawa M, Pyatova Y, Reber M, Markowitz SN, Daibert-Nido M. Innovative Vision Rehabilitation Method for Hemianopia: Audio-Luminous Biofeedback Training for Ocular Motility Improving Visual Functions and Quality of Life. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting. Hot Topics poster oral presentation. Quebec City, QC, Canada, June 16.
  6. 2023 Misawa M, Bajin IY, Bartels U, Reginald A, Daibert-Nido M, Markowitz SN, Bouffet E, Reber M. The Effect of a Visual Telerehabilitation Program in Children and Adolescents with Hemianopsia Consecutive to Brain Tumor: A Pilot Study. DOVS 65th Annual Research Day, University of Toronto. Poster presentation. Toronto, ON, Canada, May 26.
  7. 2022 Pyatova Y, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. Audio-Luminous Biofeedback Training to Improve Visual Functions and Quality of Life in Patients with Brain Injury. DOVS 64th Annual Research Day, University of Toronto. Poster presentation. Virtual session, April 26.
  8. 2020 Reber M, Taheri-Shirazi M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. Virtual Reality Training Outcomes for Hemianopia: A Clinical Case Discussion. DOVS 62nd Annual Research Day, University of Toronto. Paper oral presentation. Virtual presentation, May 14.
  9. 2019 Pyatova Y, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. Nystagmus Treatment with Biofeedback Training. DOVS 61st Annual Research Day, University of Toronto. Poster presentation. Toronto, ON, Canada, May 24.
  10. 2019 Pyatova Y, Markowitz M, Markowitz SN, Daibert Nido M. Long Term Outcomes in Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration Following Low Vision Rehabilitation Interventions. DOVS 61st Annual Research Day, University of Toronto. Poster presentation. Toronto, ON, Canada, May 24.

Teaching Courses

  1. 2022 TORIC National Introductory Course in Ophthalmology for residents from the University of Toronto, Low Vision Rehabilitation Module. Lead, Coordinator, Moderator and Lecturer. Three-hour course, June 23.
  2. 2021 Lecturer. Microperimetry Course, University of Sao Paulo. Biofeedback Training Cases and Applications. Virtual course. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, October 31.
  3. 2021 TORIC National Introductory Course in Ophthalmology for residents, Low Vision Rehabilitation Module. Lead, Coordinator, Moderator and Lecturer. Three-hour course, June 21.
  4. 2019 TORIC National Introductory Course in Ophthalmology for residents, Low Vision Rehabilitation Module. Lead, Coordinator, Moderator and Lecturer. June.

Local Presentations

  1. 2024 Speaker. Low Vision Rehabilitation Clinical Research at the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute. Ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Clinical Research Unit at Toronto Western Hospital. Toronto, ON, Canada, June 10.
  2. 2023 Speaker. Virtual Reality Stimulation for Vision Rehabilitation: Visual Assessment; Biofeedback Training for Vision Rehabilitation. Presentation to Her Highness Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, during her visit to the new Clinical Research Unit at Toronto Western Hospital. Toronto, ON, Canada, November 7.
  3. 2023 Moderator and lecturer. New Interventions in Paediatric Vision Rehabilitation. Ophthalmology Department Rounds, Low Vision Rehabilitation Rounds at the University of Toronto. Toronto, ON, Canada, December 15.
  4. 2023 Speaker. Driving with Glaucoma, Requirements in 2023. Walter Wright Symposium, DOVS. Toronto, ON, Canada, December 3.
  5. 2023 Moderator and lecturer. Low Vision Rehabilitation: Why and How. DOVS Rounds, Low Vision Rehabilitation Rounds at the University of Toronto. Toronto, ON, Canada, January 27.
  6. 2022 Moderator and lecturer. Low Vision Rehabilitation in Glaucoma, It Makes a Difference. DOVS Rounds, Low Vision Rehabilitation Rounds at the University of Toronto. Toronto, ON, Canada, April 1.
  7. 2021 Moderator and lecturer. Vision Loss Post Brain Injury: What Can I Do for My Patients? DOVS Rounds, Low Vision Rehabilitation Rounds at the University of Toronto. Toronto, ON, Canada, April 30.
  8. 2020 Moderator and lecturer. Preferred Retinal Locus Rehabilitation. DOVS Rounds, Low Vision Rehabilitation Rounds at the University of Toronto. Toronto, ON, Canada, January.
  9. 2019 Moderator and lecturer. New Technologies for Low Vision Rehabilitation. DOVS Rounds, Low Vision Rehabilitation Rounds at the University of Toronto. Toronto, ON, Canada, January 25.