Students For Blindness Prevention

Students for Blindness Prevention (SBP) is an organization that aims to combat blindness in the DC Metropolitan Area through community volunteering and education. As a member, you will learn to conduct vision and glaucoma screenings, interact with DC residents, work alongside ophthalmologists, and learn about the most prevalent ophthalmic diseases.

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On Monday May 8, SBP hosted an ophthalmology skills night to teach students about the AAO 8 point exam (steps are outlined in the last picture). The students learned how to specifically conduct the light reaction pupil test, external examination, con

SBP Journal Club - On Tuesday April 25, MS1 Madeline Rocks presented a systematic review discussing the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s in patients with AMD (age-related macular degeneration). Among 563 articles, 8 were chosen for the qualita

GW SBP PRESENTS: OPHTHALMOLOGY ON CALL, March Edition. In this edition, we present two case reports. Firstly, a 50-year-old female presents with left eye blurry vision and is later diagnosed with siponimod-associated bilateral cystoid macular edema (

SBP Journal Club - On April 4, MS1 Sinan Akosman presented an analysis of a clinical trial where patients with dry eye disease were treated with either n-3 fatty acid supplement capsules or olive oil placebo.
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GW SBP PRESENTS: OPHTHALMOLOGY ON CALL, February Edition. In this edition we focus on two case reports: a 10 year old female presenting with a worsening bacterial ulcer in the cornea, later diagnosed with corneal neovascularization, and a 37 year old

SBP Journal Club - On Tuesday February 28, MS 1 Nitya Kumar presented a systematic review about the impact of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) on meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) dry eye disease. IPL therapy warms up the meibomian glands, which secrete li

GW SBP PRESENTS: OPHTHALMOLOGY ON CALL, January Edition. We focus on two case reports: a 28 year old female presenting with left sided vision loss, later diagnosed with optic neuritis, and a 49 year old male presenting with right sided blind spot, la

At our SBP December Journal Club, our resident M2 Sasha Narain presented a study that measured the effectiveness of doxycycline on patients with mild thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), also known as Graves’ disease.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

POB Vision Screening Event

Required: Must be registered with Prevention of Blindness Society (POB) in order to volunteer at this event. In order to register with POB, email ecasey@youreyes.org

Dates: 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30

Time: 11 AM- 6 PM

POB Vision Screening Event

Required: Must be registered with Prevention of Blindness Society (POB) in order to volunteer at this event. In order to register with POB, email ecasey@youreyes.org

Dates: 11/15, 11/16

Time: 9:30 AM- 2:30 PM

POB Vision Screening Event

Required: Must be registered with Prevention of Blindness Society (POB) in order to volunteer at this event. In order to register with POB, email ecasey@youreyes.org

Date: 12/4

Time: 11:30 AM-3:00 PM

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