Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association

Enhancing Neurological Recovery Through Vision Rehabilitation

Collaborative Care Neglected in New CDC Concussion Guidelines

While the new CDC guidelines for managing mild traumatic brain injury in children cite vestibular-oculomotor dysfunction as a part of concussion syndrome, the CDC failed to mention optometry’s role and those of many other integral health care providers that must be included in the comprehensive care of these vulnerable patients. NORA VP DeAnn Fitzgerald, OD and NORA Secretary/Treasurer Charles Shidlofsky, OD, FCOVD are among experts interviewed for this article, published in the January, 2019 issue of Primary Care Optometry News.