Paul B. Freeman OD, FAAO, FOVDR
Chief, Low Vision Rehabilitation Services, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Clinical Professor, University of the Incarnate Word, Rosenberg School of Optometry, San Antonio, TexasDr. Paul B. Freeman is the Chief of Low Vision Rehabilitation Services at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he provides low vision rehabilitation services at Keystone Blind Association in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, and at Beaver County Association for the Blind in Conway, Pennsylvania. Dr. Freeman is also a Clinical Professor at the University of the Incarnate Word, Rosenberg School of Optometry in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Freeman’s clinical interests include visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual aspects of driving, and learning-related vision problems. He has been an investigator in a number of vision research projects to determine the efficacy of sophisticated low vision devices, to assess the psychological implications of low vision, and to explore the relationship of vision and the learning process.
A Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a Diplomate in Low Vision, Dr. Freeman is also a Fellow of Optometric Vision Development and Rehabilitation Association. He lectures both nationally and internationally and has authored numerous articles and book chapters. Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of Optometric Clinical Practice.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Preventing Negative Dysphotopsia
- Reasons for Dropout and Retention of Contact Lens Wearers
- Similar Pupil Response in Monocular and Uniocular Children
- Review of Intuitive Overlays on Visual Stress to Address Reading Difficulties
- Psychosocial Impacts of Adult Strabismus and Strabismus Surgery
- Development of Geographic Atrophy During 5-Year Follow-Up in AMD Treatments Trials
- Low Power and Type II Errors In Recent Ophthalmology Research
- OCT-Reflective Drusen Substructures Predict Progression to Geographic Atrophy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Population Study Data for Ocular Trauma in United States
- 2016 Top Stories in Eye Care: Low Vision/Neuro-Rehabilitation