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  Diane Serex-Dougan, OD, FCOVD 

Office:  7954 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21234  443-629-5459

Dr. Diane Serex-Dougan graduated with Departmental Honors in Biology from Alfred University in Alfred, New York.  From Alfred, Dr. Diane headed to the heart of the Mid-South, Memphis, Tennessee to attend Southern College of Optometry.  Midway through her academic career at SCO, Dr. Diane began getting headaches whenever she would study for extended periods of time.  Seeking help and relief, she sought advice from one of the clinic doctors.  His solution made the headaches worse.  Another student suggested she seek the advice of Dr. Glen Steele in the Vision Therapy department.  Skeptical but desperate, she went to see Dr. Steele.  He looked at the same exam numbers, did two more tests and wrote a completely different prescription.  One for bifocals!  Bifocals at the ripe age of 23?  Who ever heard of that?  It worked and changed her career path.  She didn’t know what he saw differently in her exam numbers but she knew she wanted to learn what that difference was.  The difference was the philosophy of Behavioral Optometry. 

After graduation from SCO, Dr. Diane did a residency in Pediatric Optometry and Vision Therapy under the guidance of Drs. Wayne Yorkgitis and Steele.  This was the beginning of learning Behavioral Optometry.  This has been her field of interest and specialization for over 25 years.  Dr. Serex-Dougan stayed on as a member of the Pediatric and Vision Therapy faculty for seven years.  She was involved with the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (www.oep.org) as the faculty liaison.  She brought other Behavioral Optometrists to SCO to speak to students.  She was awarded the Optometric Recognition Award by the American Optometric Association (www.aoa.org) several times.  Dr. Serex-Dougan received her Fellowship from the College of Optometric in Vision Development  in 1986(www.covd.org).  In addition to being a member of the clinical staff, Dr. Serex-Dougan was Director of Residencies and Director of Continuing Education.

Dr. Serex-Dougan has been in private practice in the Baltimore area for 18 years. In addition to private practice, she is the Clinical Director of Special Olympics Lions Club International Opening Eyes for the Maryland Special Olympics (www.somd.org).  A strong believer in continuing education, she is the Mid Atlantic chairperson for the Regional Clinical Seminars sponsored by OEP.  Dr. Serex-Dougan is also a member of the Maryland Optometric Association.

Experience

Education

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Certification

1996, Fellow, College of Optometrists in Vision Development

Volunteer Positions

2001-present           Special Olympics Lions Club International Opening Eyes

Clinical Director, Maryland

Publications

 “It’s A Baby” series published in the OEP assistants papers 1984.

Chapter in “Developing the Dynamic Vision Therapy Practice”, OEP edited by Wid Blything. 2004.

Presentations

“Learning Related Vision Disorders” given to the Arkansas Learning Disabilities Association, 1984.

“Visual Perceptual Testing for the Primary Care Optometrist”  Southern College of Optometry continuing Education program, 1996.

“Marketing Vision Therapy” COVD/OEP Practice Management Symposium, COVD, 2003

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