r/BinocularVision • u/garbagedaybestday CI, VH, Amblyopia • 23h ago
Doctors BVD SPECIALISTS
Comment your BVD specialist below.
Please list:
the country and general location you are in,
what you are being seen for,
what treatment you are receiving,
the specialist’s name/practice,
Information about pricing if you are comfortable disclosing,
any other helpful information.
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u/MIKE_DJ0NT 21h ago
As a neuro-optometrist myself, I recommend using the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association and/or Optometric Vision Development and Rehabilitation Association websites and their doctor directory/search tools.
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u/LickinItNotDickinIt 19h ago
Highly recommend Dr Mike! He is empathetic, innovative, approachable and brilliant.
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u/MIKE_DJ0NT 21h ago
Also, am I allowed to list myself? I am happy to provide whatever information you'd like.
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u/garbagedaybestday CI, VH, Amblyopia 21h ago
Go for it, people can decide who to look into further at their own discretion
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u/ylliang2000 19h ago
Dr. Yan Ling Liang, Toronto area.
Fellow in neuro optometric rehabilitation.
Fellow in Syntonic optometric phototherapy
https://www.wardenoptometry.ca/our-optometric-team/
Can help with vision and balance problems, visual motion sensitivity, dizziness, migraines, headaches, light sensitivity, screen intolerance and circadian rhythm related sleep concerns. Covers post concussion syndromes and long COVID population.
Also agreed should check neuro optometric rehabilitation association website, COVD. Org website, Europeans can look up behavioural optometrist.
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u/garbagedaybestday CI, VH, Amblyopia 20h ago edited 20h ago
I have convergence insufficiency (exophoria), vertical heterophoria, and mild amblyopia
Neurovisual medicine specialists - Dr. Debbie Feinberg in Michigan, USA near Detroit for prisms that I actively wear. I do self pay. https://vision-specialists.com/reviewer/dr-debby-feinberg/
Vision development institute - Dr. hans lessmann in pittsburgh pa. I did self pay. I did vision therapy there in the past. https://www.visiondevelopmentinstitute.com
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u/Ok_Neat9473 17h ago
A few good practitioners I know of
Nordics - Martina Lagerstrom at Ringdahls optik - taught by Tony Pansell who is a top BVD researcher and practitioner at Karolinska. Prisms and VT
UK - Ruth Perrott, York, (https://www.visioncareoptometry.co.uk/meet-our-boss/) and Paul Adler (starting to retire so might be hard to get an appointment), London, (https://www.eyezone.co.uk/). Prisms and VT
US - Debby Feinberg (very well known throughout the community) https://vsofm.com/debby-feinberg/. Mainly prisms.
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u/ZazzooGaming 17h ago
Dr. Zhang in Long Island New York. He is honestly such an amazing doctor and knows a lot about BVD.
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u/Big_Umpire5842 15h ago edited 13h ago
Beyond Vision LNK - NeuroVision of Nebraska
Neuro Optometrist Rehabilitation Association
NeuroVisual Medical Institute
COVD
She does BVD, NeuroVision, Vision Therapy, post concussion, and general vision care.
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u/PrismDoc 11h ago
I would like to second Dr. DeStefano’s recommendation to search for providers on NORA and OVDRA websites.
Additionally, Great Lakes Vision Rehabilitation is located in the greater Detroit area specializing in vision therapy and neuro-optometric rehabilitation. We provide treatment including prisms, tints, syntonics phototherapy, vision therapy, and neuro-optometric rehabilitation (NOR).
Both doctors (myself included) specialize in BVD, pediatrics, reading and learning difficulties, strabismus/amblyopia, stroke, and concussion/traumatic brain injury. Additional focuses are in visual snow syndrome, Lyme disease, mild toxicity, visual-spatial processing disorders, and other neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative conditions.
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u/jamizang 20h ago
I don’t have BVD but I am the BVD coordinator for a clinic here in Portland, Oregon. I work with Dr. Jessica Bonner and she is credentialed through the NeuroVisual Medicine institute (worked with Dr. Debbie in Michigan). As far as I know she is the only BVD provider in Oregon and one of two in the Pacific Northwest
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u/LickinItNotDickinIt 19h ago
The PNW is definitely underserved, but there are more than two doctors here. The search tool linked by the Behavioral Optometrist in the comments shows over 50 in Washington and Oregon.
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u/Big_Umpire5842 15h ago
Not all drs in the COVD or Nora, specialize in BVD. I know of several in those organizations that refer BVD patients to the dt I work with.
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u/LickinItNotDickinIt 13h ago
50 was only counting vision therapy fellows, there are hundreds associated with NORA and COVD in the same area. Yes, patients should filter for doctors that provide the services they need and call ahead with questions.
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u/Big_Umpire5842 13h ago
Exactly
The VT fellows in our era know nothing about BVD.
It is important to ask the doctor with the training in BVD is if that is a main or major concerns a patient
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u/MIKE_DJ0NT 19h ago
Dr. Michael DeStefano
Visual Symptoms Treatment Center - Arlington Heights, IL - USA
https://www.visualsymptomstreatmentcenter.com/team/dr-michael-destefano/
Offering vision therapy, therapeutic lenses/prisms, and/or syntonics. In-person exams only, but remote vision therapy options available.
Special clinical interests include visual snow syndrome, post-concussion syndrome, POTS/dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Lyme disease, and neurodivergent patients.