Welcome to the OEP Clinical Curriculum Center - 

OEPF Clinical Curriculum Instructors

   Curriculum Vitae

  Gregory Kitchener, O.D.  

  8041 Hosbrook Rd.

  Cincinnati, Ohio    45236

  513 - 984-1176

  Education

  1972                  Bachelor of Arts (Psychology major) – University of Cincinnati

  1977                  Doctor of Optometry – Pacific University

  1977- Present     Postgraduate Continuing Education - Optometric Extension Program Foundation

  1985- 1988        Postgraduate Clinical Course Work – National Optometry-Education

                           Learning Center

  1997                  Treatment and Management of Ocular Disease – Ohio State University

  1997                  TMOD Examination - National Board of Optometry

  Professional Memberships & Licenses

  1977 - Present   Ohio State Board of Optometry - Professional Licensure

  1977 - Present   Cincinnati Optometric Association

                          Ohio Optometric Association

                          American Optometric Association

  1992 - Present   Societe d’Optometrie d’Europe - American Colleague

  1995 - Present   College of Optometrists in Vision Development - Associate Member

  1997 - Present   Ohio State Board of Optometry - Diagnostic and Therapeutic                 

                          Pharmaceutical Certification

  Positions

  1976 -1977        President – Student Optometric Assn. – Pacific University

  1977 - Present   Private practice – Cincinnati, Ohio – General practice with emphasis in

                           Vision Therapy and behavioral aspects of Optometry.  Extensive work with

                           handicapped children, learning difficulties, and adult therapy situations.

  1980 - 1990       State Director – Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF)

  1981 – 1985      Optometric Consultant – National Institute of Occupational Safety and

                          Health – Visual Status of VDT Operators

  1982 – 1989      Chairman – Ohio Valley Congress (OEPF)

  1989 – 1995      Facilitator – Behavioral Vision Project – Clinical Course Work

  1990 – 1995      Regional Director – OEPF Mid-Atlantic Region

  1992 – 1994      Manuscript Review Committee (OEPF)

  1995 – Present   Program Coordinator – Conference on Clinical Vision Care (OEPF)

  1995 – 1999      Director/Trustee – OEPF Board of Directors

  1999 – 2005      Secretary/Treasurer – OEPF Board of Directors

  2005 - Present   Vice-President  - OEPF Board of Directors

  2001 - 2003       Associate Editor – Journal of Behavioral Optometry

  2005 - 2007       Committee Member - Vision Awareness Network/AFVA

  2007 - Present   Committee Member - AOA Foundation - Endowment Committee

      Presentations

• Expert Testimony – Ohio State Legislature – Computers in the Workplace – Columbus
• National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health – Visual Demands of Computers in the Workplace – Cincinnati
• Ohio Valley Congress of Optometry – Lancaster
• Skeffington Invitational Symposium – Washington, D.C.
• Mid-Atlantic Congress of Optometry – Pittsburgh
• New England College of Optometry & Pacific University College of Optometry – OEPF sponsored lectures for students – Boston & Portland
• Eastern States Congress of Optometry – Ellenville, N.Y.
• Summerville Behavioral Vision Seminar – South Carolina
• Societe d’Optometrie d’Europe – Educational Seminars – Santa Margherita & Milan, Italy
• Heart of America Congress – Kansas City
• Northeast Congress of Optometry – Boston
• Danish Annual Optometric Education Meeting – Snekkersten, Denmark
• Children’s Hospital Medical Center,  Cincinnati, Ohio  -  Occupational Therapy In-Service
• Great Lakes Congress of Optometry - Chicago
• Northwest Congress of Optometry – Portland
• Southwest Ohio School Nurses Association - Cincinnati
• Mexican Congress of Functional Optometry (COMOF) - Mexico City
• European Congress of Behavioral Optometry - Keynote Speaker - Copenhagen
• Drake Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio - Occupational Therapy In-Service
• Co-Author - AOA Position Paper - “Optometric Co-Management of Vision Therapy”
• Co-Author - AOA Position Paper - “ The Use of Tinted Lenses and Colored Overlays for the Treatment of Dyslexia and Other Related Reading and Learning Disorders”
• Co-Author - AOA Position Paper - “Vision: A Collaboration Of Eyes and Brain”
• Editor - Lens Power in Action by Robert Kraskin
• OEPF - Curriculum II - DVD presentation on Optometric Case Analysis
• International Congress of Behavioral Optometry
  • 3^rd - 1998 - Washington, D.C. - Kraskin Memorial Lecture
  • 4^th - 2002 - Versailles, France - Keynote Address
  • 5^th - 2006 - Sydney, Australia - “Vision Development Activities for Human Intelligence”

   

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