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Off-Campus Clinic |
Description |
Director/Provider |
| California School for the Blind (CSB), Fremont, CA |
Vision care and technical assistance for educators to meet the needs of young, congenitally, visually impaired
patients; an innovative collaborative program receiving special recognition from the California State
Superintendent of Schools (see Press Release). |
Dr. Cindy Sakai and Dr. Robert Greer |
| Castle Family Health Centers (Atwater, CA) |
High-volume primary care emphasizing systemic disease in a low-income Hispanic population |
Dr. Randall McPherran |
| La Clinica de la Raza Family Optical (Oakland) |
Provides access to vision care for financially disadvantaged patients with higher prevalence of eye and
eye-related disease in community clinic setting. |
Dr. Karen Chester |
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Community Colleges of SF Bay Area
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Eye exams and materials at a nominal charge provided to financially disadvantaged students
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Community Outreach by the Meredith W. Morgan Eye Center: (1) North Berkeley Senior Center, and (2) Rossmoor (Walnut Creek, CA)
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Vision care for financially disadvantaged patients with higher prevalence of eye and eye-related disease. |
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Head Start Screenings
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Vision screenings to assess preschool patients. Also see NIH Vision in Preschoolers Study (VIP) and VIP Results.
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Dr. Sarah Fisher and Dr. Deborah Orel-Bixler |
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Home Vision Program
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Vision care for homebound, mobility restricted patients, emphasizing primary care with sensitivity to
end-of-life issues and needs. |
Dr. Meredith Whiteside |
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Jeppesen Vision Program
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Free eye exams and glasses for children preschool-18 from families without Medicaid or insurance |
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| Lake County Indian Health Consortium mobile clinics |
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Dr. Kuniyoshi Kanai |
| LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired |
This clinic specializes in care for adults with low vision. The goal of the clinic is to low vision services and provide devices that will assist the patients with staying in the workplace and/or maintaining independence |
Dr. Robert Greer |
| Lions Club of Northern California and San Diego |
Eye exams and materials for those in need of eye care without funds. Special partnerships between UCBSO and the Lions Clubs |
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| Migrant workers |
Free eye exams to uninsured migrant workers in Oakland, CA
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Over-60 Clinic (Elder Care)
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Vision care for low-income geriatric patients with a high incidence of eye and eye-related disease such as
diabetes; care provided in the award-winning multidisciplinary setting of the Over-60 Clinic in the economically
disadvantaged South Berkeley community. |
Dr. Meredith Whiteside |
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School screenings: (1) Diablo Valley, and (2) Tracy
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Vision screening system ("BEST") used to assess kindergarten through third-grade patients. |
Dr. Sarah Fisher and Dr. Scott Gee |
| Suitcase Clinic (Berkeley, CA) |
Collaborative UCBSO Clinic-Student program providing free weekly preliminary vision screenings at the First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley for low-income and homeless persons. People in need of further evaluation are referred to the UCBSO Eye Clinic for free complete eye exams; patients are also eligible to receive free eyeglasses. |
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Vision Clinic at Eastmont Health Center/Alameda County Medical Center
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Community clinic providing access to vision care for low-income uninsured patients |
Dr. George Lee and Dr. Glen Ozawa |
| Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity (VOSH) |
An independent student organization whose members donate their time and skills to deliver vision care to needy people around the world (eye care supervised by UCBSO faculty). The emphasis has been on providing optometric care to third-world countries where the need is the greatest. See VOSH-Belize. |
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Berkeley Optometry has developed a number of off-campus Community Outreach programs in which, as part of their standard clinical training, students provide vision care services to underserved [disadvantaged] patient populations and work in satellite clinics that offer a variety of clinical experience.