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Community Outreach Clinics
 

Berkeley Optometry has developed a number of off-campus Community Outreach programs in which students provide vision care services to disadvantaged patient populations.

Our goal is to provide valuable clinical training for our students as they serve those segments of the local population who have only limited access to health care due to lack of health insurance, low income, disability, or other restrictions.

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Community Outreach Programs

Off-Campus Clinic Description Director
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. Dr. Shital Chatwani and Dr. Robert Greer
La Clinica de la Raza (Oakland) Provides access to vision care for financially disadvantaged patients with higher prevalence of eye and eye-related disease in community clinic setting.  

Community Colleges of SF Bay Area

Eye exams and materials for $19 provided to financially disadvantaged
students

 

Community Outreach by the Meredith W. Morgan Eye Center: (1) North Berkeley Senior Center, and (2) Rossmoor (Walnut Creek, CA)

Vision care for financially disadvantaged patients with higher prevalence of eye and eye-related disease.  

Head Start Screenings

Vision screenings to assess preschool patients. Also see NIH Vision in Preschoolers Study (VIP) and VIP Results.
Dr. Sarah Fisher and Dr. Deborah Orel-Bixler

Home Vision Program

Vision care for homebound, mobility restricted patients, emphasizing primary care with sensitivity to end-of-life issues and needs. Dr. Meredith Whiteside

Jeppson Vision Program

Free eye exams and glasses for children preschool-18 from families without Medicaid or insurance  
Lake County Indian Health Consortium mobile clinics   Dr. Mika Moy
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  
Migrant workers

Free eye exams to uninsured migrant workers in Oakland, CA

 

Over-60 Clinic (Elder Care)

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

School screenings: (1) Diablo Valley, and (2) Tracy

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.  

Vision Clinic at Eastmont Health Center/Alameda County Medical Center

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.  

Yolo County Medical Clinic

   

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