Young Patient Sees the World Clearly for the First Time
A young girl with nystagmus improved 4 lines of vision on the vision charts after biofeedback training, bringing national attention to this rehabilitation pathway.
Media Appearances
Clinic work featured in public health stories
The Importance of Scheduling Eye Exams
This feature highlighted pediatric ocular exams and myopia progression related to intensive screen use.
Media Appearances
Interviews and public health features
- 2024
Interviewed by Ross Hill in "Global News Morning" for national Global News "The importance of scheduling eye exams: Back to school - attention to children's vision". Toronto, ON, Canada. September 5, 2024. Global News video
- 2024
Interviewed for VISION from the UHN Foundation: "Handling visual impairments in the classroom: Q&A with a UHN vision expert". Toronto, ON, Canada. August 6, 2024.
- 2024
Interviewed by the CHIN radio for a Portuguese speaker's program for 1 hour. Topics: low vision rehabilitation, biofeedback training, blindness prevention, glaucoma, strabismus, diabetes, and pediatric Ophthalmology. Toronto, ON, Canada. May 8, 2024.
- 2024
Interviewed by reporter from the national CTV News as specialist and researcher for UHN/ Donald Johnson K Eye Institute. Title: New therapy gives 4-year-old new outlook on life. Toronto, ON, Canada. January 29, 2024. This presentation had a national repercussion, and patients from all over Canada have been calling the Low Vision Rehabilitation Service at the Toronto Western Hospital since then for vision rehabilitation through biofeedback. It opened opportunities for grants to develop a home-based biofeedback device that will promote inclusion to this new therapy. CTV News story
- 2023
Interviewed by Sara Yuan as a specialist for the UHN News, Rehabilitation for Vision loss. Title: "Therapy involving visual tasks with auditory feedback effectively treats form of vision loss". Toronto, ON, Canada. July 27, 2023. This article clarified for many low vision patients about their therapeutic opportunities through biofeedback training for vision rehabilitation.
- 2023
Interviewed by Sara Yuan for the UHN magazine, as specialist and researcher for UHN. Title: "Impact, Vision". Title: "Young patient regains sight with revolutionary treatment". Toronto, ON, Canada. February 23, 2023. The article had a great repercussion in Toronto, and brought many paediatric patients for vision rehabilitation. UHN Foundation story
- 2020
Interviewed by Anna Sharratt for Vision Magazine 2020, as specialist and researcher for UHN. Title: "Bringing life into focus". Toronto, ON, Canada. December 2020. This article impressed the department of ophthalmology and opened various invitations for scientific presentations in vision rehabilitation. Vision Magazine 2020